Belgian Congo - Bremen
* Belgian Congo
Became the Congo Republic and later Zaire.
Dates: 1909 - 1960
Capital: Leopoldville
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc
See also: Congo Free State
* Belgian Occupation Issues
Includes: Eupen & Malmedy (Belgian Occupation);
German East Africa (Belgian Occupation);
Germany (Belgian Occupation)
* Belgium
Dates: 1849 -
Capital: Brussels
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc
(2002) 100 cents = 1 euro (�)
Belgium (German Occupation)
Dates: 1914 - 1918
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc
Album: German Occupation Issues (WW1)
* Belize
Dates: 1973 -
Capital: Belmopan
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar
See also: British Honduras
Belorussia
Refer: Belarus
Benadir
Dates: 1903 - 1905
Capital: Mogadishu
Currency: 100 besa = 16 annas = 1 rupia
Album: Italian Somaliland
Benghazi (Italian Post Office)
Italy annexed Libya in 1912 and the office then issued stamps of Libya.
Dates: 1901 - 1912
Currency: 40 paras = 1 piastre
Album: Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
* Benin
Formerly Dahomey.
Dates: 1976 -
Capital: Porto Novo
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc
Includes: Benin (French Colony)
See also: Dahomey
Benin (French Colony)
The French colony of Benin issued overprinted French Colonies stamps 1892-99 and was then
incorporated in Dahomey. In 1976, Dahomey was renamed Benin.
Dates: 1892 - 1899
Capital: Porto Novo
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc
Album: Benin
Bequia
Unauthorised issues only. Bequia is one of the islands of the Grenadines of St Vincent.
Refer: Grenadines of St Vincent
Bergedorf
Became part of Hamburg in 1867.
Dates: 1861 - 1867
Currency: 16 schillings = 1 mark
Album: German States
Berlin-Brandenburg (Russian Zone)
Superceded by 1946 general issue for the American, British & Russian Zones.
Dates: 1945 only
Capital: Berlin (Russian Zone)
Currency: 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Album: Germany (Allied Occupation)
* Bermuda
Dates: 1865 -
Capital: Hamilton
Currency: (1865) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
(1970) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Bessarabia
Refer: Moldova
Beyrouth
Refer: Beirut (French Post Office);
Beirut (Russian Post Office)
Bhopal
Dates: 1876 - 1949
Currency: 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Album: Indian Native States
Bhor
Dates: 1879 - 1901
Currency: 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Album: Indian Native States
* Bhutan
Dates: 1962 -
Capital: Thimphu
Currency: 100 chetrum = 1 ngultrum (rupee)
Biafra
Nigerian civil war issues.
Dates: 1968 - 1969
Capital: Port Harcourt
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Album: Nigerian Territories
Bijawar
Dates: 1935 - 1937
Currency: 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Album: Indian Native States
BMA
Refer: Eritrea (British Military Administration);
Malaya (British Military Administration);
North Borneo (British Military Administration);
Sarawak (British Military Administration);
Somalia (British Military Administration);
Tripolitania (British Military Administration)
* Bohemia & Moravia
Dates: 1939 - 1945
Capital: Prague
Currency: 100 haleru = 1 koruna
Bohmen und Mahren
Refer: Bohemia & Moravia
Boka Kotorska
Refer: Dalmatia (German Occupation)
Bolivar
Dates: 1863 - 1904
Capital: Monteria
Currency: 100 centavos = 1 peso
Album: Colombian Territories
* Bolivia
Dates: 1867 -
Capital: La Paz
Currency: (1867) 100 centavos = 1 boliviano
(1963) 100 centavos = 1 peso
Bophutatswana
One of the territories set up by the South African government as part of its apartheid policy.
Although the territory itself did not acquire international recognition, its stamps were
valid for postage.
Dates: 1977 -
Capital: Mmambatho (aka Sun City)
Currency: 100 cents = 1 rand
Album: South African Territories
Borneo
Refer: Japanese Naval Control Area
* Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dates: 1993 -
Capital: Sarajevo
Currency: (1993) 100 paras = 1 dinar
(1997) 100 fennig = 1 mark
Includes: Bosnia & Herzegovina (Austro-Hungarian Empire);
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Provincial Issues);
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Yugoslav Regional Issues);
Croatian Posts (Bosnia)
See also: Bosnian Serb Republic;
Croatia;
Yugoslavia
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Austro-Hungarian Empire)
Under the terms of the Treaty of Berlin 1878, Austria was authorised to occupy Bosnia &
Herzegovina which had previously been in the Turkish (Ottoman) Empire. In 1908, outright
annexation took place and the country became an integral part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
During 1912-18, all stamps were inscribed K-u-K MILITARPOST.
Dates: 1878 - 1918
Capital: Sarajevo
Currency: (1878-1899) 100 kreuzer = 1 gulden
(1900-1918) 100 heller = 1 krone
Album: Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Provincial Issues)
The 1918-21 issues were for provincial use only pending settlement of the political situation
after WW1.
Dates: 1918 - 1921
Capital: Sarajevo
Currency: 100 heller = 1 krone
Album: Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Yugoslav Regional Issues)
There was a regional issue in 1945 during shortages of Yugoslav stamps in the aftermath of WWII.
Dates: 1945 only
Capital: Sarajevo
Currency: 100 banicas = 1 kuna
Album: Bosnia & Herzegovina
* Bosnian Serb Republic
Following the collapse of communism in 1989, unrest between ethnic factions in Bosnia &
Herzegovina developed into open hostilities. In particular, Serbian nationalists began forming
Serbian Autonomous Regions (SARs) and these were rejected by the government in Sarajevo. The
situation escalated after the government declared independence from Yugoslavia in March 1992.
Despite world recognition of the new state, the Bosnian Serbs and the Yugoslav army attempted
to take control of the country and besieged Sarajevo. Before long, a Bosnian Serb Republic
(Republika Srpska) was proclaimed at Pale. It declared allegiance to Serb-dominated
Yugoslavia.
By the Dayton Agreement of November 1995, the country became one state with two autonomous
entities: the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; and the Bosnian Serb Republic.
Stamps inscribed REPUBLIKA SRPSKA have been issued since 1992.
Dates: 1992 -
Capital: Pale
Currency: 100 paras = 1 dinar
See also: Bosnia & Herzegovina;
Croatian Posts (Bosnia);
Yugoslavia
* Botswana
Dates: 1966 -
Capital: Gaberone
Currency: (1966) 100 cents = 1 rand
(1976) 100 thebe = 1 pula
See also: Bechuanaland
Bouvet Island
Refer: Norwegian Dependency
Boyaca
Dates: 1899 - 1903
Capital: Tunja
Currency: 100 centavos = 1 peso
Album: Colombian Territories
* Brazil
Dates: 1843 -
Capital: Brasilia
Currency: (1843) 1000 = 1 milreis
(1942) 100 centavos = 1 cruzeiro
(1967) 100 old cruzeiros = 1 new cruzeiro
Bremen
Bremen joined the North German Confederation in 1867.
Dates: 1855 - 1867
Capital: Bremen
Currency: 22 grote = 10 silbergroschen; 72 grote = 1 thaler
Album: German States