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.
UAE edit
UAR edit
Ubangi-Shari edit
- Refer
- Oubangui-Chari
Ubangi-Shari-Chad edit
- Refer
- Oubangui-Chari-Tchad
Uganda edit
- Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Uganda
Uganda Protectorate edit
- Refer
- British East Africa
United Kingdom edit
- Refer
- United Kingdom (UK)
Ukraine edit
- Dates
- 1992 –
- Capital
- Kyiv
- Currency
- (1992) karbovanets (coupon currency)
- (1996) 100 kopiykas = 1 hyrvnia
- Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Ukraine
Ukraine (pre-Soviet) edit
- Dates
- 1918 – 1923
- Capital
- Kiev
- Currency
- 200 shahiv = 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
- Refer
- Ukraine
Ukraine (German Occupation) edit
Ukrainian Field Post edit
- Refer
- Ukraine
UKTT edit
- Refer
- Southern Cameroons
Ultramar edit
- Refer
- Cuba;
- Macao;
- Portuguese Guinea;
- Puerto Rico;
- Spanish Guinea
Umm Al Qiwain edit
- Dates
- 1964 – 1967
- Currency
- (1964) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee
- (1967) 100 dirhams = 1 riyal
- Refer
- Trucial States
UN edit
- Refer
- United Nations (UN)
UN Administration of West New Guinea edit
- Refer
- West New Guinea
UNESCO edit
Union Island edit
- Refer
- Grenadines of St Vincent
Union Islands edit
- Refer
- Tokelau
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) edit
- Dates
- 1923 – 1992
- Capital
- Moscow
- Currency
- 100 kopecks = 1 Soviet ruble
- Main Article Needed
- Includes
- USSR Issues for the Far East
- See also
- Armenia;
- Azerbaijan;
- Belarus;
- Estonia;
- Georgia;
- Kazakhstan;
- Kyrgyzstan;
- Latvia;
- Lithuania;
- Moldova;
- Russia;
- Tajikistan;
- Transcaucasian Federation;
- Turkmenistan;
- Ukraine;
- Uzbekistan
United Arab Emirates (UAE) edit
- See also
- Abu Dhabi;
- Dubai;
- Trucial States
United Arab Republic (UAR) edit
- Refer
- Egypt
United Kingdom (UK) edit
This was historically called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) after which it became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or UK for short.
It has never been a philatelic term, any more than England has, because the worldwide consensus among philatelists and postal authorities has been that the issuer of British stamps is called Great Britain.
United Kingdom Trust Territory (UKTT) edit
- Refer
- Southern Cameroons
United Nations (UN) edit
- Dates
- 1951 –
- Currency
- American, Austrian or Swiss depending on location
United States edit
- Dates
- 1847 –
- Capital
- Washington, D.C.
- Currency
- 100 cents = 1 dollar
- See also
- Confederate States of America
United States of New Granada edit
- Refer
- New Granada
Universal Postal Union (UPU) edit
Upper Senegal & Niger edit
- Refer
- French Soudan
Upper Silesia edit
- Refer
- Plebiscite Issues
Upper Volta edit
- Dates
- 1959 – 1984
- Capital
- Ouagadougou
- Currency
- 100 centimes = 1 franc
- Main Article Needed
- Includes
- Upper Volta (French Colony)
- See also
- Burkina Faso;
- French West Africa
Upper Volta (French Colony) edit
- Dates
- 1920 – 1933
- Capital
- Ouagadougou
- Currency
- 100 centimes = 1 franc
- Refer
- Upper Volta
Upper Yafa edit
- Refer
- Aden Protectorate States
UPU edit
Uruguay edit
- Dates
- 1856 –
- Capital
- Montevideo
- Currency
- (1856) 120 centavos = 1 real
- (1859) 1000 milesimos = 100 centesimos = 1 peso
- (1975) 100 old pesos = 1 new peso
- Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Uruguay
United States edit
US Post Abroad edit
- Main Article Needed
US Postal Agency in Shanghai edit
US Post Offices in Japan edit
- Refer
- US Post Abroad
USSR edit
- Refer
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
- Main Article Stamps of the Soviet Union
USSR Issues for the Far East edit
- Dates
- 1923 only
- Currency
- 100 kopecks = 1 Soviet ruble
US Virgin Islands edit
- Refer
- Danish West Indies
Uzbekistan edit
- Dates
- 1992 –
- Capital
- Tashkent
- Currency
- (1992) 100 kopecks = 1 Soviet rouble
- (June 1994) suom (coupon currency)
- (Sept 1994) 100 tyin = 1 soum
- Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Uzbekistan
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