Compendium of postage stamp issuers (W)

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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.

Wadhwan

Dates: 1888 – 1892
Currency: 4 pice = 1 anna

Refer: Indian Native States

Wake Island

Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar (US)

Refer: United States of America (USA)

Wales

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

Refer: Great Britain (Regional Issues)

Wallachia

Refer: Moldo–Wallachia

Wallis & Futuna Islands

Dates: 1920 –
Capital: Matauta
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Wallis and Futuna

Walvis Bay

Refer: South West Africa

Wenden

Dates: 1863 – 1901
Currency: 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble

Main Article Needed

West Berlin

Dates: 1948 – 1991
Currency: 100 pfennige = 1 mark

Main Article Deutsche Bundespost Berlin

West Germany

Dates: 1949 – 1991
Capital: Bonn
Currency: 100 pfennige = 1 mark

Main Article Deutsche Bundespost

West Irian

Dates: 1963 – 1970
Capital: Hollandia
Currency: 100 sen = 1 rupiah

Main Article Needed

Includes: Western New Guinea

See also: Indonesia;; Netherlands Indies

Western New Guinea

Dates: 1962 – 1963
Capital: Hollandia
Currency: 100 cents = 1 gulden

Refer: West Irian

West Ukraine

Dates: 1918 – 1919
Capital: Lemberg (Lviv)
Currency: 100 heller = 1 krone

Main Article Needed

Western Army

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

Refer: Russian Civil War Issues

Western Australia

Dates: 1854 – 1912
Capital: Perth
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Main Article Needed

See also: Australia

Western Command Area

Dates: 1916 – 1918
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer: German Occupation Issues (World War I)

Western Samoa

Dates: 1935 – 1958
Capital: Apia
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer: Samoa

Western Thrace

Dates: 1913 only
Capital: Dedêagatz (now Alexandroupoli)
Currency: 40 paras = 1 piastre

Refer: Thrace

See also: Dedêagatz (Greek Occupation);; Eastern Thrace;; Greek Occupation Issues;; Gumultsina;; Thrace (Allied Occupation);; Western Thrace (Greek Occupation)

Western Thrace (Greek Occupation)

Dates: 1920 only
Capital: Dedêagatz (now Alexandroupoli)
Currency: 100 lepta = 1 drachma

Refer: Thrace

See also: Dedêagatz (Greek Occupation);; Greek Occupation Issues;; Gumultsina;; Thrace (Allied Occupation);; Western Thrace

White Russia

Refer: Belarus

Windward Islands

Capital: St George's, Grenada

Refer: Grenada;; St Lucia;; St Vincent

Wolmaransstad

Dates: 1900 only
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer: Transvaal

World Health Organization

Dates: 1948 – 1975
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer: International Organisations

World Intellectual Property Organisation

Dates: 1982 only
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer: International Organisations

World Meteorological Organisation

Dates: 1956 – 1973
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer: International Organisations

Wrangel Government

Dates: 1920 – 1921
Capital: Sevastopol
Currency: 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble

Refer: Russian Civil War Issues

Württemberg

Dates: 1851 – 1924
Capital: Stuttgart
Currency: (1851) 60 kreuzer = 1 gulden; (1875) 100 pfennige = 1 mark

Main Article Needed

Württemberg (French Zone)

Dates: 1947 – 1949
Capital: Stuttgart
Currency: 100 pfennige = 1 mark

Refer: Germany (Allied 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

External links

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