Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Sc–Sl)

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.

Scarpanto

Refer: Karpathos

Schleswig

Dates: 1864 – 1868
Capital: Schleswig
Currency: 16 schilling = 1 mark

Refer: German States

Schleswig-Holstein

Dates: 1850 – 1868
Capital: Kiel
Currency: 16 schilling = 1 mark

Refer: German States

Schweizer-Renecke

Dates: 1900 only
Capital: Schweizer-Renecke
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer: Transvaal

Scinde

Dates: 1852 – 1854
Currency: 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer: Indian Native States

Scotland

Dates: 1958 –
Capital: Edinburgh
Currency: (1958) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound; (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound

Refer: Great Britain (Regional Issues)

Scott Expedition

Refer: Victoria Land

Scutari (Italian Post Office)

Dates: 1909 – 1915
Currency: 40 paras = 1 piastre

Refer: Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

SDD

Refer: Dodecanese Islands (Greek Occupation)

Seiyun

Refer: Kathiri State of Seiyun

Selangor

Dates: 1881 –
Capital: Kuala Lumpur
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Needed

See also: Malaysia

Semyonov Regime

Refer: Ataman Semyonov Regime (Transbaikal)

Senegal

Dates: 1960 –
Capital: Dakar
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Main Article Needed

Includes: Senegal (French Colony)

See also: French West Africa;; Mali Federation

Senegal (French Colony)

Dates: 1887 –
Capital: Dakar
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer: Senegal

Senegambia & Niger

Dates: 1903 – 1906
Capital: Dakar
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer: French Soudan

Serbia

Dates: 1866 – 1920; 2006 –
Capital: Belgrade
Currency: 100 paras = 1 dinar

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Serbia

Includes: Serbia (Yugoslav Regional Issues)

See also: Yugoslavia

Serbia (Austrian Occupation)

Dates: 1916 only
Currency: 100 heller = 1 krone

Refer: Austro–Hungarian Military Post

Serbia (German Occupation)

Dates: 1941 – 1944
Currency: 100 paras = 1 dinar

Refer: German Occupation Issues (WW2)

Serbia (Yugoslav Regional Issues)

Dates: 1944 – 1946
Capital: Belgrade
Currency: 100 filler = 1 pengo

Refer: Serbia

Serbian Occupation Issues

Main Article Needed

Includes: Baranya (Serbian Occupation);; Hungary (Serbian Occupation);; Temesvar (Serbian Occupation)

Serbia & Montenegro

Dates: 2003 – 2006
Capital: Belgrade
Currency: 100 paras = 1 dinar

Main Article Needed

See also: Montenegro; Serbia;; Yugoslavia;

Seychelles

Dates: 1890 –
Capital: Victoria
Currency: 100 cents = 1 rupee

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Seychelles

See also: British Indian Ocean Territory;; Zil Elwannyen Sesel

Seychelles Outer Islands

Refer: Zil Elwannyen Sesel

Shackleton Expedition

Refer: King Edward VII Land

Shahpura

Dates: 1914 – 1920
Capital
Currency: 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer: Indian Native States

Shanghai

Dates: 1865 – 1898
Currency: (1865) 10 cash = 1 candareen, 100 candareens = 1 tael; (1890) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Needed

See also: Chinese Empire

Shanghai (US Postal Agency)

Dates: 1919 – 1922
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

Refer: US Post Abroad

Sharjah

Issues of 1968–72 were non-postal and are unrecognised.

Dates: 1963 – 1968
Currency: (1963) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee; (1966) 100 dirhams = 1 riyal.

Refer: Trucial States

Shensi-Kansu-Ninghsia

Dates: 1946 – 1949
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

Refer: CPR Regional Issues

Sherifian Post

Dates: 1912 – 1919
Currency: 400 moussonats = 1 rial

Refer: Morocco

Shihr & Mukalla

Refer: Qu'Aiti State of Shihr & Mukalla

Shqip–

Prefix denoting Albania. Stamps use various suffixes.

Refer: Albania

SHS

Refer: Srba Hrvata Slovena

Siam

Dates: 1883 – 1939
Capital: Bangkok
Currency: (1883) 32 solot = 16 atts = 8 sio = 4 sik = 2 fuang = 1 salung;; 4 salungs = 1 tical; (1909) 100 satangs = 1 tical; (1912) 100 satangs = 1 baht

Refer: Thailand

Siam (Thailand)

Dates: 1947 – 1950
Capital: Bangkok
Currency: 100 satangs = 1 baht

Refer: Thailand

Siam (British Post Offices)

Refer: Bangkok (British Post Office)

Siberia

Refer: Russian Civil War Issues

Siberia (Czechoslovak Army)

Dates: 1919 – 1920
Currency: 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble

Refer: Russian Civil War Issues

Sicily

Dates: 1859 – 1860
Capital: Palermo
Currency: 100 grana = 1 ducato

Refer: Italian States

Sierra Leone

Dates: 1859 –
Capital: Freetown
Currency: (1859) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound; (1964) 100 cents = 1 rupee

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Sierra Leone

Sikkim

Unofficial issues only.

Refer: India

Silesia

Refer: East Silesia;; Upper Silesia

Simi

Refer: Syme

Sind

Refer: Scinde

Singapore

Dates: 1948 –
Capital: Singapore
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Singapore

Sinkiang

Within Sinkiang province was the short-lived Ili Republic, which issued some unofficial stamps 1945–49.

Dates: 1915 – 1949
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

Refer: Chinese Provinces

Sirmoor

Dates: 1879 – 1902
Currency: 12 pice = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer: Indian Native States

Sint Maarten

Dates: 2010 -
Capital: Philipsburg
Currency: 100 cents = 1 gulden (florin)

See also: Curaçao (Curaçao and Dependencies);; Netherlands Antilles;

Slesvig

Dates: 1920 only
Capital: Schleswig
Currency: Danish and German used concurrently

Refer: Plebiscite Issues

Slovakia

In 1993, the federation of Czechoslovakia was dissolved and Slovakia became an independent republic with Michal Kovác as its first president.

Dates: 1993 –
Capital: Bratislava
Currency: 100 haleru = 1 koruna

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Slovakia

Includes: Slovakia (Autonomous State)

See also: Czechoslovakia;; Czech Republic

Slovakia (Autonomous State)

Dates: 1939 – 1945
Capital: Bratislava
Currency: 100 haleru = 1 koruna

Refer: Slovakia

Slovenia

Formerly part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Slovenia was combined with other areas in 1918 to form Yugoslavia. After occupation by Italy and Germany in WW2, it was returned to Yugoslavia in 1945. In 1991, Slovenia seceded from the Yugoslav federation and became an independent republic.

Dates: 1991 –
Capital: Ljubljana
Currency: euro

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Slovenia

Includes: Slovenia (Provincial Issues);; Slovenia (Yugoslav Regional Issues)

See also: Yugoslavia

Slovenia (Provincial Issues)

Dates: 1919 – 1921
Capital: Ljubljana
Currency: 100 vinar = 1 krona

Refer: Slovenia

Slovenia (Yugoslav Regional Issues)

Dates: 1945 – 1946
Capital: Ljubljana
Currency: German, Italian and Hungarian used concurrently

Refer: Slovenia

Slovenia (German Occupation)

Refer: Laibach (German Occupation)

Slovenia (Italian Occupation)

Refer: Lubiana (Italian Occupation)

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