Compendium of postage stamp issuers (H)

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 edit

Refer
Qu'Aiti State in Hadhramaut

Haiti edit

Dates
1881 –
Capital
Port-au-Prince
Currency
100 centimes = 1 gourde
Main Article
Postage stamps and postal history of Haiti

Hamburg edit

Dates
1859–1867
Currency
16 schillings = 1 mark
Refer
German States

Hanover edit

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 edit

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 edit

Refer
Upper Volta

Hawaii edit

Dates
1851–1898
Capital
Honolulu
Currency
100 cents = 1 dollar
Main Article
Postage stamps and postal history of Hawaii

Heilungkiang edit

Refer
Kirin & Heilungkiang

Hejaz edit

Dates
1916–1926
Capital
Mecca
Currency
40 paras = 1 piastre
Refer
Saudi Arabia
See also
Hejaz-Nejd

Hejaz-Nejd edit

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 edit

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

Hellas edit

Refer
Greece

Helvetia edit

Refer
Switzerland

Herm edit

Refer
Channel Islands

Herzegovina edit

Refer
Bosnia & Herzegovina

Hoi-Hao (Indochinese Post Office) edit

Dates
1902–1922
Currency
(1902) 100 centimes = 1 franc
(1918) 100 cents = 1 piastre
Refer
China (Indochinese Post Offices)

Holkar edit

Refer
Indore

Holland edit

Refer
Netherlands

Holstein edit

Dates
1864–1867
Capital
Kiel
Currency
16 schilling = 1 mark
Refer
German States

Honduras edit

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 edit

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

Hong Kong (Japanese occupation) edit

Dates
1945 only
Currency
100 rin = 1 sen; 100 sen = 1 yen
Refer
Japanese Occupation Issues

Horta edit

Dates
1892–1905
Capital
Currency
1000 reis = 1 milreis
Refer
Azores Territories

Horthy Regime edit

Refer
Szeged

Hrvatska edit

Refer
Croatia

Hungary edit

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) edit

Refer
Arad (French Occupation)

Hungary (Romanian occupation) edit

Dates
1919–1920
Currency
100 Fillér = 1 korona
Refer
Romanian Post Abroad

Hungary (Serbian occupation) edit

Dates
1919 only
Currency
100 Fillér = 1 korona
Refer
Serbian Occupation Issues

Hyderabad edit

Dates
1869–1948
Currency
12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Refer
Indian Native States

References edit

Bibliography edit

  • 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 edit