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Compendium of postage stamp issuers (H)

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Each "article" in this category is a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries are formulated on the micro model and so provide summary information about all known issuers.

See the Category:Compendium of postage stamp issuers page for details of the project.

Hadhramaut

Refer: Qu'Aiti State in Hadhramaut

Haiti

Dates: 1881 –
Capital: Port-au-Prince
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 gourde

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Haiti

Hamburg

Dates: 1859–1867
Currency: 16 schillings = 1 mark

Refer: German States

Hanover

Dates: 1850–1866
Currency: (1850) 12 pfennige = 1 gutegroschen; 24 gutengroschen = 1 thaler; (1858) 10 pfennigs = 1 groschen; 30 groschen = 1 thaler

Refer: German States

Hatay

Dates: 1938–1939
Capital: Alexandretta
Currency: (1938) 100 centimes = 1 piastre; (1938) 100 santims = 40 paras = 1 kuru

Main article: Postage stamps and postal history of Hatay

Haute Volta

Refer: Upper Volta

Hawaii

Dates: 1851–1898
Capital: Honolulu
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Hawaii

Heilungkiang

Refer: Kirin & Heilungkiang

Hejaz

Dates: 1916–1926
Capital: Mecca
Currency: 40 paras = 1 piastre

Refer: Saudi Arabia

See also: Hejaz-Nejd

Hejaz-Nejd

Dates: 1926–1932
Capital: Riyadh
Currency: (1926) 40 paras = 1 piastre; (1929) 110 guerche = 10 riyal = 1 gold sovereign

Refer: Saudi Arabia

See also: Hejaz

Heligoland

Dates: 1867–1890
Capital
Currency: (1867) 16 schillings = 1 mark; (1875) 100 pfennige = 1 mark

Hellas

Refer: Greece

Helvetia

Refer: Switzerland

Herm

Refer: Channel Islands

Herzegovina

Refer: Bosnia & Herzegovina

Hoi-Hao (Indochinese Post Office)

Dates: 1902–1922
Currency: (1902) 100 centimes = 1 franc; (1918) 100 cents = 1 piastre

Refer: China (Indochinese Post Offices)

Holkar

Refer: Indore

Holland

Refer: Netherlands

Holstein

Dates: 1864–1867
Capital: Kiel
Currency: 16 schilling = 1 mark

Refer: German States

Honduras

Dates: 1866 –
Capital: Tegucigalpa
Currency: (1866) 8 reales = 1 peso; (1878) 100 centavos = 1 peso; (1933) 100 centavos = 1 lempira

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Honduras

Hong Kong

Dates: 1862 –
Capital: Victoria
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar
Main article: Postage stamps and postal history of Hong Kong

Hong Kong (Japanese occupation)

Dates: 1945 only
Currency: 100 rin = 1 sen; 100 sen = 1 yen

Refer: Japanese Occupation Issues

Horta

Dates: 1892–1905
Capital
Currency: 1000 reis = 1 milreis

Refer: Azores Territories

Horthy Regime

Refer: Szeged

Hrvatska

Refer: Croatia

Hungary

Dates: 1871 –
Capital: Budapest
Currency: (1871) 100 krajczar = 1 forint; (1900) 100 Fillér (heller) = 1 korona (krone); (1926) 100 Fillér = 1 pengo; (1946) 100 Fillér = 1 forint

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Hungary

See also: Szeged

Hungary (French occupation)

Refer: Arad (French Occupation)

Hungary (Romanian occupation)

Dates: 1919–1920
Currency: 100 Fillér = 1 korona

Refer: Romanian Post Abroad

Hungary (Serbian occupation)

Dates: 1919 only
Currency: 100 Fillér = 1 korona

Refer: Serbian Occupation Issues

Hyderabad

Dates: 1869–1948
Currency: 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer: Indian Native States

References

Bibliography

Stanley Gibbons Ltd, Europe and Colonies 1970, Stanley Gibbons Ltd, 1969
Stanley Gibbons Ltd, various catalogues
Stuart Rossiter & John Flower, The Stamp Atlas, W H Smith, 1989
XLCR Stamp Finder and Collector's Dictionary, Thomas Cliffe Ltd, c.1960

External links

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Compendium of postage stamp issuers