Each "article" in this category is in fact a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries themselves 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.
Brunei
Dates 1895 – Capital Bandar Seri Begawan Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Brunei
Brunei (Japanese Occupation)
Dates 1942 – 1945 Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar
Refer Japanese Occupation Issues
Brunswick
Brunswick joined the North German Confederation in 1868.
Dates 1852 – 1868 Capital Brunswick Currency 30 silbergroschen = 1 thaler
Refer German States
Buenos Aires
Dates 1858 – 1862 Currency 8 reales = 1 peso
Refer Argentine Territories
Bukovina
Refer West Ukraine
Bulgaria
Dates 1879 – Capital Sofia Currency (1879) 100 centimes = 1 franc (1881) 100 stotinki = 1 lev
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Bulgaria
Bulgarian Occupation Issues
Refer Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation)
Bulgarian Territories
Main Article Needed
Includes Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation); Eastern Rumelia; South Bulgaria
Bundi
Indian state which became part of Rajasthan 1948–50.
Dates 1894 – 1948 Currency 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Refer Indian Native States
Burkina Faso
Formerly Upper Volta.
Dates 1984 – Capital Ouagadougou Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Burkina Faso
See also Upper Volta
Burma
Dates 1937 – Capital Rangoon Currency (1937) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee (1953) 100 pyas = 1 kyat (rupee)
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Burma
Includes Myanmar
Burma (Japanese Occupation)
Dates 1942 – 1945 Currency (1942) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee (1942) 100 cents = 1 rupee
Refer Japanese Occupation Issues
Burundi
Dates 1962 – Capital Bujumbura Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Burundi
Bushire (British Occupation)
Bushire (now Bushehr) is an Iranian port on the Persian Gulf. During World War I, it was occupied by British forces who issued separate stamps 15 August to 16 October 1915. There were 30 stamps in three issues. All were Iranian types overprinted BUSHIRE UNDER BRITISH OCCUPATION.
Dates 1915 only Currency 20 shahis = 1 kran; 10 kran = 1 toman
Refer British Occupation Issues
Bussahir
Dates 1895 – 1901 Currency 16 annas = 1 rupee
Refer Indian Native States
Byelorussia
Refer Belarus
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
Encyclopaedia of Postal History