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[edit]
- Refer
- Karpathos
Schleswig[edit]
- Dates
- 1864 – 1868
- Capital
- Schleswig
- Currency
- 16 schilling = 1 mark
- Refer
- German States
Schleswig-Holstein[edit]
- Dates
- 1850 – 1868
- Capital
- Kiel
- Currency
- 16 schilling = 1 mark
- Refer
- German States
Schweizer-Renecke[edit]
- Dates
- 1900 only
- Capital
- Schweizer-Renecke
- Currency
- 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
- Refer
- Transvaal
- Dates
- 1852 – 1854
- Currency
- 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
- Refer
- Indian Native States
Scotland[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Refer
- Victoria Land
Scutari (Italian Post Office)[edit]
- Dates
- 1909 – 1915
- Currency
- 40 paras = 1 piastre
- Refer
- Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
- Refer
- Dodecanese Islands (Greek Occupation)
- Refer
- Kathiri State of Seiyun
Selangor[edit]
- Dates
- 1881 –
- Capital
- Kuala Lumpur
- Currency
- 100 cents = 1 dollar
- Main Article Needed
- See also
- Malaysia
Semyonov Regime[edit]
- Refer
- Ataman Semyonov Regime (Transbaikal)
Senegal[edit]
- 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)[edit]
- Dates
- 1887 –
- Capital
- Dakar
- Currency
- 100 centimes = 1 franc
- Refer
- Senegal
Senegambia & Niger[edit]
- Dates
- 1903 – 1906
- Capital
- Dakar
- Currency
- 100 centimes = 1 franc
- Refer
- French Soudan
- 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)[edit]
- Dates
- 1916 only
- Currency
- 100 heller = 1 krone
- Refer
- Austro–Hungarian Military Post
Serbia (German Occupation)[edit]
- Dates
- 1941 – 1944
- Currency
- 100 paras = 1 dinar
- Refer
- German Occupation Issues (WW2)
Serbia (Yugoslav Regional Issues)[edit]
- Dates
- 1944 – 1946
- Capital
- Belgrade
- Currency
- 100 filler = 1 pengo
- Refer
- Serbia
Serbian Occupation Issues[edit]
- Main Article Needed
- Includes
- Baranya (Serbian Occupation);
- Hungary (Serbian Occupation);
- Temesvar (Serbian Occupation)
Serbia & Montenegro[edit]
- Dates
- 2003 – 2006
- Capital
- Belgrade
- Currency
- 100 paras = 1 dinar
- Main Article Needed
- See also
- Montenegro
- Serbia;
- Yugoslavia;
Seychelles[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Refer
- Zil Elwannyen Sesel
Shackleton Expedition[edit]
- Refer
- King Edward VII Land
Shahpura[edit]
- Dates
- 1914 – 1920
- Capital
- Currency
- 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
- Refer
- Indian Native States
Shanghai[edit]
- 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)[edit]
- Dates
- 1919 – 1922
- Currency
- 100 cents = 1 dollar
- Refer
- US Post Abroad
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[edit]
- Dates
- 1946 – 1949
- Currency
- 100 cents = 1 dollar
- Refer
- CPR Regional Issues
Sherifian Post[edit]
- Dates
- 1912 – 1919
- Currency
- 400 moussonats = 1 rial
- Refer
- Morocco
Shihr & Mukalla[edit]
- Refer
- Qu'Aiti State of Shihr & Mukalla
Prefix denoting Albania. Stamps use various suffixes.
- Refer
- Albania
- Refer
- Srba Hrvata Slovena
- 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)[edit]
- Dates
- 1947 – 1950
- Capital
- Bangkok
- Currency
- 100 satangs = 1 baht
- Refer
- Thailand
Siam (British Post Offices)[edit]
- Refer
- Bangkok (British Post Office)
Siberia[edit]
- Refer
- Russian Civil War Issues
Siberia (Czechoslovak Army)[edit]
- Dates
- 1919 – 1920
- Currency
- 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
- Refer
- Russian Civil War Issues
- Dates
- 1859 – 1860
- Capital
- Palermo
- Currency
- 100 grana = 1 ducato
- Refer
- Italian States
Sierra Leone[edit]
- 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
Unofficial issues only.
- Refer
- India
Silesia[edit]
- Refer
- East Silesia;
- Upper Silesia
- Refer
- Syme
- Refer
- Scinde
Singapore[edit]
- Dates
- 1948 –
- Capital
- Singapore
- Currency
- 100 cents = 1 dollar
- Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Singapore
Sinkiang[edit]
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[edit]
- Dates
- 1879 – 1902
- Currency
- 12 pice = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
- Refer
- Indian Native States
- Dates
- 2010 -
- Capital
- Philipsburg
- Currency
- 100 cents = 1 gulden (florin)
- See also
- Curaçao (Curaçao and Dependencies);
- Netherlands Antilles;
Slesvig[edit]
- Dates
- 1920 only
- Capital
- Schleswig
- Currency
- Danish and German used concurrently
- Refer
- Plebiscite Issues
Slovakia[edit]
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)[edit]
- Dates
- 1939 – 1945
- Capital
- Bratislava
- Currency
- 100 haleru = 1 koruna
- Refer
- Slovakia
Slovenia[edit]
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)[edit]
- Dates
- 1919 – 1921
- Capital
- Ljubljana
- Currency
- 100 vinar = 1 krona
- Refer
- Slovenia
Slovenia (Yugoslav Regional Issues)[edit]
- Dates
- 1945 – 1946
- Capital
- Ljubljana
- Currency
- German, Italian and Hungarian used concurrently
- Refer
- Slovenia
Slovenia (German Occupation)[edit]
- Refer
- Laibach (German Occupation)
Slovenia (Italian Occupation)[edit]
- Refer
- Lubiana (Italian Occupation)
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
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