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Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Me–Mz)

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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.

Mecklenburg-Schwerin

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Dates
1856–1868
Capital
Schwerin
Currency
48 schillings = 1 thaler
Refer
German States

Mecklenburg-Strelitz

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Dates
1864–1868
Capital
Strelitz
Currency
30 silbergroschen = 1 thaler
Refer
German States

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Russian Zone)

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Dates
1945–1946
Capital
Schwerin
Currency
100 pfennige = 1 mark
Refer
Germany (Allied Occupation)

MEF

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Refer
Middle East Forces (MEF)

Melaka

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Refer
Malacca

Memel (French Administration)

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Dates
1920–1923
Currency
100 pfennige = 1 mark
Refer
French Occupation Issues

Memel (Lithuanian Occupation)

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Refer
Klaipėda

Mengkiang (Japanese Occupation)

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Dates
1942–1945
Currency
100 cents = 1 dollar
Refer
Japanese Occupation Issues

Mengtse

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Refer
Mong-Tseu (Indochinese Post Offices)

Mesopotamia

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Refer
Mosul (Indian Forces)

Metelin

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Refer
Mytilene (Russian Post Office)

Mexico

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Dates
1856 –
Capital
Mexico City
Currency
8 reales = 100 centavos = 1 peso

Micronesia, Federated States of

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Dates
1984 –
Capital
Palikir
Currency
100 cents = 1 dollar
Main Article
Postage stamps and postal history of the Federated States of Micronesia

Middle Congo

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Dates
1907–1937
Capital
Brazzaville
Currency
100 centimes = 1 franc
Main Article Needed
See also
Congo Republic;
French Congo;
French Equatorial Africa

Middle East Forces (MEF)

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Dates
1942–1947
Currency
12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Main Article Needed
See also
BA/BMA Issues;
British Occupation Issues;
Egypt (British Forces)

Midway Islands

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Refer
United States of America (USA)

Modena

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Dates
1852–1860
Capital
Modena
Currency
100 centesimi = 1 lira
Refer
Italian States

Moheli

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Dates
1906–1914
Capital
Currency
100 centimes = 1 franc
Refer
Madagascar & Dependencies

Moldavia

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Dates
1858–1862
Capital
Iași
Currency
40 parale = 1 piastre
Refer
Romania

Moldo-Wallachia

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Dates
1862–1865
Capital
Bucharest
Currency
40 parale = 1 piastre
Refer
Romania

Moldova

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Dates
1991 –
Capital
Kishinev
Currency
(1991) 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
(1993) kupon (temporary currency)
(1993) 100 bani = 1 leu
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Moldova
See also
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Moluccas

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Refer
Japanese Naval Control Area

Monaco

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Dates
1885 –
Capital
Monte Carlo
Currency
(1885) 100 centimes = 1 franc
(2002) 100 cent = 1 euro
Main Article Needed

Mongolia

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Dates
1924 –
Capital
Ulan Bator
Currency
(1924) 100 cents = 1 Mongolian dollar
(1926) 100 möngö = 1 Mongolian tögrög
Main Article Needed

Mong-Tseu (Indochinese Post Office)

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Dates
1903–1922
Currency
(1903) 100 centimes = 1 franc
(1919) 100 cents = 1 piastre
Refer
China (Indochinese Post Offices)

Mongtze

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Refer
Mong-Tseu (Indochinese Post Offices)

Mont-Athos

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Refer
Mount Athos (Russian Post Office)

Montenegro

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Dates
1874–1918; 2006 –
Capital
Podgorica
Currency
(1874) 100 novcic = 1 florin
(1902) 100 heller = 1 krone
(1907) 100 para = 1 krone (note: in 1910 only, krone were called perper)
(2006) 100 cent = 1 euro
Main Article Needed
Includes
Montenegro (Yugoslav Regional Issues)
See also
Yugoslavia

Montenegro (Austrian Occupation)

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Dates
1917 only
Currency
100 heller = 1 krone
Refer
Austro–Hungarian Military Post

Montenegro (German Occupation)

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Dates
1943–1945
Currency
(1943) 100 centesimi = 1 lira
(1944) 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Refer
German Occupation Issues (WW2)

Montenegro (Italian Occupation)

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Dates
1941–1943
Currency
(1941) 100 paras = 1 dinar
(1941) 100 centesimi = 1 lira
Refer
Italian Occupation Issues

Montenegro (Yugoslav Regional Issues)

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Dates
1945 only
Capital
Titograd (Podgorica)
Currency
100 centesimi = 1 lira
Refer
Montenegro

Montserrat

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Dates
1876 –
Capital
Plymouth
Currency
(1876) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
(1951) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Main Article Needed

Morocco

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Dates
1956 –
Capital
Rabat
Currency
(1956) 100 centimos = 1 peseta (Northern Zone)
(1956) 100 centimes = 1 franc (Southern Zone)
(1958) 100 centimes = 1 franc (whole country)
(1962) 100 francs = 1 dirham
Includes
Northern Zone, Morocco;
Sherifian Post;
Southern Zone, Morocco

Morocco Agencies

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Dates
1898–1957
Currency
British, French and Spanish all used
Main Article Needed
See also
Tangier

Morocco (British Post Offices)

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Refer
Morocco Agencies

Morocco (French Post Offices)

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Dates
1862–1914
Currency
100 centimos = 1 peseta
Refer
French Post Offices Abroad

Morocco (German Post Offices)

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Dates
1899–1917
Currency
100 centimos = 1 peseta
Refer
German Post Offices Abroad

Morocco (Spanish Post Offices)

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Dates
1903–1914
Currency
100 centimos = 1 peseta
Refer
Spanish Post Offices Abroad

Morvi

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Dates
1931–1948
Currency
12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Refer
Indian Native States

Mosul (Indian Forces)

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Dates
1919 only
Currency
12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Refer
Indian Overseas Forces

Mount Athos (Russian Post Office)

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Dates
1909–1914
Currency
40 paras = 1 piastre
Refer
Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Moyen Congo

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Refer
Middle Congo

Mozambique

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Dates
1876 –
Capital
Maputo (formerly Lourenço Marques)
Currency
(1876) 1000 reis = 1 milreis
(1913) 100 centavos = 1 escudo
(1980) 100 centavos = 1 metical
Main Article Needed
See also
Africa (Portuguese Colonies)

Mozambique Company

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Dates
1892–1942
Currency
(1892) 1000 reis = 1 milreis
(1913) 100 centavos = 1 escudo
Main Article Needed

Mozambique Territories

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Main Article Needed
Includes
Inhambane;
Kionga;
Lourenço Marques;
Quelimane;
Tete;
Zambezia

Muscat

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Dates
1944–1948
Capital
Muscat
Currency
12 pies = 1 anna, 16 annas = 1 rupee
Refer
Muscat & Oman
See also
British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia;
Oman

Muscat & Oman

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Dates
1966–1970
Capital
Muscat
Currency
(1966) 64 baizas = 1 rupee;
(1970) 1000 baizas = 1 rial saidi
Main Article Needed
Includes
Muscat
See also
British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia;
Oman

Mustique

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Refer
Grenadines of St Vincent

Mutawakelite Kingdom

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Refer
Yemen (Mutawakelite Kingdom)

Myanmar

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Refer
Burma

Mytilene (Russian Post Office)

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Dates
1909–1914
Currency
40 paras = 1 piastre
Refer
Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

References

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Bibliography

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  • 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
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