Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Sm–So)
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.
Smirne (Italian Post Office) edit
Smyrne (Russian Post Office) edit
SO 1920 edit
- Refer
- East Silesia
Solomon Islands edit
- Includes
- British Solomon Islands
Somalia edit
Under UN control with Italian administration 1950–60. Became an independent republic in 1960 and was enlarged by addition of Somaliland Protectorate.
- Dates
- 1950–
- Capital
- Mogadishu
- Currency
- (1950) 100 centesimi = 1 somalo
- (1961) 100 cents = 1 Somali shilling
- Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Somalia
Somalia (British Administration) edit
- Refer
- BA/BMA Issues
Somalia (British Military Administration) edit
BMA Somalia.
- Refer
- BA/BMA Issues
Somalia (British Occupation) edit
- Refer
- East Africa Forces
Somaliland Protectorate edit
- Includes
- British Somaliland
Soruth (Saurashtra) edit
Stamps of Soruth (Saurashtra) were at first issued in Junagadh only but later were extended to include the Saurashtra Union of Jasdan, Morvi, Nawanagar, Soruth and Wadhwan. Stamps of the 1929–1949 period were overprinted SARKARI.
- Refer
- Indian Native States
Soudan edit
- Refer
- Sudan
South Africa edit
- Dates
- 1910–
- Capital
- Pretoria
- Currency
- (1910) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
- (1961) 100 cents = 1 rand
- Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of South Africa
South African Republic edit
- Refer
- Transvaal
South African Territories edit
- Main Article Needed
- Includes
- Bophutatswana;
- Ciskei;
- Transkei;
- Venda
South Arabian Federation edit
- Refer
- Aden Protectorate States
South Australia edit
- See also
- Australia
South Bulgaria edit
- Refer
- Bulgarian Territories
South China (People's Post) edit
- Refer
- CPR Regional Issues
South East Saxony (Russian Zone) edit
South Georgia edit
South Georgia (Falkland Islands Dependencies) edit
Stamps of Falkland Islands overprinted SOUTH GEORGIA.
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands edit
A continuation of the South Georgia issues but with the inscription changed to acknowledge the South Sandwich Islands as part of the same territory. The South Sandwich Islands have never had any permanent inhabitants.
- Main Article Needed
- Postage stamps and postal history of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Includes
- South Georgia
South Kasai edit
- Refer
- Zaire
South Korea edit
- Dates
- 1946–
- Capital
- Seoul
- Currency
- (1946) 100 chon = 1 won
- (1953) 100 won = 1 hwan
- (1962) 100 chon = 1 won
- Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of South Korea
South Korea (North Korean Occupation) edit
- Dates
- 1950 only
- Currency
- 100 chon = 1 won
- Refer
- North Korea
South Lithuania (Russian Occupation) edit
Russian forces in Grodno issued Arms types of Russia with an overprint of LIETUVA and a surcharge in local currency.
- Dates
- 1919 only
- Currency
- 100 skatiku = 1 auksinas
South Orkneys (Falkland Islands Dependencies) edit
South Russia edit
- Refer
- Russian Civil War Issues
South Shetlands (Falkland Islands Dependencies) edit
South Sudan edit
- Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of South Sudan
South Vietnam edit
- Main Article Needed
South West Africa edit
- Dates
- 1923–1991
- Capital
- Windhoek
- Currency
- (1923) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
- (1961) 100 cents = 1 rand
- Main Article Needed
- See also
- German South West Africa;
- Namibia
South West China (People's Post) edit
- Refer
- CPR Regional Issues
Southern Cameroons edit
- Refer
- Nigerian Territories
Southern Nigeria edit
- Refer
- Nigerian Territories
Southern Rhodesia edit
- Refer
- Rhodesia
Southern Yemen edit
- Refer
- Yemen
Southern Zone, Morocco edit
- Refer
- Morocco
- See also
- French Morocco
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