Compendium of postage stamp issuers (V)

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.

Vaitupu

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Tuvalu

Valona (Italian Post Office)

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Dates
1909–1916
Currency
40 paras = 1 piastre
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Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Van Diemen's Land

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Dates
1853–1860
Capital
Hobart
Currency
12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Main Article Needed
Postage stamps and postal history of Van Diemen's Land

Vancouver Island

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Dates
1865 only
Capital
Victoria
Currency
100 cents = 1 dollar
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British Columbia

Vanuatu

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Dates
1980 –
Capital
Vila
Currency
(1980) 100 centimes = 1 franc
(1981) vatus
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Vanuatu
See also
New Hebrides

Vathy (French Post Offices)

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Dates
1893–1914
Currency
French and Turkish used concurrently
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French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Vatican City

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Dates
1929 –
Currency
100 centesimi = 1 lira
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Vatican City

Veglia

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Dates
1920 only
Capital
Currency
100 centesimi = 1 lira
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Fiume

Venda

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One of the territories ( Bantustans ) 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
1979 – 1994
Capital
Thohoyandou
Currency
100 cents = 1 rand
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South African Territories

Venezia Giulia (Italian Occupation)

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Dates
1918–1919
Currency
Austrian and Italian used concurrently
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Italian Occupation Issues

Venezia Giulia & Istria

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Includes
Istria (Yugoslav Occupation);
Venezia Giulia & Istria (Allied Military Government);
Venezia Giulia & Istria (Yugoslav Military Government);
Venezia Giulia & Istria (Yugoslav Occupation)
See also
Trieste;
Venezia Giulia (Italian Occupation)

Venezia Giulia & Istria (Allied Military Government)

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Dates
1945–1947
Currency
100 centesimi = 1 lira
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Venezia Giulia & Istria
See also
Trieste

Venezia Giulia & Istria (Yugoslav Military Government)

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Dates
1945–1947
Currency
100 centesimi = 1 lira
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Venezia Giulia & Istria

Venezia Giulia & Istria (Yugoslav Occupation)

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Dates
1945 only
Currency
100 centesimi = 1 lira
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Venezia Giulia & Istria

Venezuela

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Dates
1859 –
Capital
Caracas
Currency
(1859) 100 centavos = 8 reales = 1 peso
(1879) 100 centesimos = 1 venezolano
(1880) 100 centimos = 1 bolívar
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Venezuela

Victoria

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Dates
1850–1912
Capital
Melbourne
Currency
12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Main Article Needed
See also
Australia

Victoria Land

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Dates
1911–1912
Currency
12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
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New Zealand Territories

Vienna

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United Nations (UN)

Vietcong

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National Front for Liberation of South Vietnam

Vietnam

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Dates
1976 –
Capital
Hanoi
Currency
100 xu = 1 dong
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Vietnam
Includes
Vietnam (French Colony)

Vietnam (French Colony)

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Dates
1945–1954
Capital
Hanoi
Currency
(1945) 100 cents = 1 piastre
(1945) 100 xu = 10 hao = 1 dong
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Vietnam

Vilnius

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Lithuania (German Occupation)

Virgin Islands

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Dates
1866–1968
Capital
Road Town
Currency
(1866) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
(1951) 100 cents = 1 dollar
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British Virgin Islands

Vladivostok

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Priamur & Maritime Provinces

Volksrust

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Dates
1902 only
Currency
12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
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Transvaal

VR Special Post

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Vryburg
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Lydenburg;
Orange Free State;
Transvaal;
Volksrust;
Wolmaransstad

Vryburg

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Dates
1899–1900
Currency
12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Refer
Cape of Good Hope
See also
Stellaland

VU(J)NA-STT

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Refer
STT-VUJA/STT-VUJNA

References

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Bibliography

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  • 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
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