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Each "article" in this category is in fact a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries themselves are formulated on the micro model and so provide summary information about all known issuers. See the page for details of the project. CORRIENTES ;Dates : 1856 - 1878 ;Currency : 100 Centavo s = 1 Peso fuerte ;Refer : Argentine Territories CORSICA Large island in the western Mediterranean , north of Sardinia . First civilisation was established by Ionia ns from Phocaea about 56 0 BC]]. Invaded by various peoples until annexed by Genoa in the 14th Century . Due to constant rebellions, Genoa sold the island to France in 176 8]]. The following year, Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Ajaccio and it was under his rule that Corsica finally accepted French nationality. Corsica is now a French ''departement''. It has used stamps of France only. ;Capital : Ajaccio ;Refer : France COS ;Refer : Kos COSTA RICA ;Dates : 1863 - ;Capital : San José ;Currency : ( 1863 ) 8 reales = 1 Peso : ( 1881 ) 100 Centavo s = 1 Peso : ( 1901 ) 100 Centavo s = 1 colon ;See also : Guanacaste COUNCIL OF EUROPE (STRASBOURG) ;Dates : 1950 - ;Currency : 100 Centime s = 1 Franc ;Refer : International Organisations CPR REGIONAL ISSUES ;Includes : Central China (People's Post) ; : East China (People's Post) ; : North China (People's Post) ; : North East China (People's Post) ; : North West China (People's Post) ; : Port Arthur & Dairen ; : Shensi-Kansu-Ninghsia ; : South China (People's Post) ; : South West China (People's Post) ;See also : Chinese People's Republic CRETAN REVOLUTIONARY ASSEMBLY Stamps were issued by a rebel group led by Venizelos and based at Theriso, south of Khania. The rebels demanded union with Greece. The revolt began in March and collapsed in Nov 1905 . ;Dates : 1905 only ;Capital : Theriso ;Currency : 100 Lepta = 1 Drachma (Greek) ;Refer : Crete CRETE Crete was under Venetian rule to 166]]9 when it was conquered by the Ottoman Turks. A long civil war developed after 1840 which was only ended by a multi-power occupation (Britain, France, Italy and Russia) in 1898 . The island was declared an autonomous republic in 1899 and was united with Greece by the Treaty of London 1913 . Cretan stamps were overprinted HELLAS in 1908 -09 during a premature attempt by the local parliament to declare union with Greece. Greek stamps were imported in 1912 and were already in common use when union was finally confirmed. ;Dates : 1900 - 1913 ;Capital : Kandia (now Herakleion ) ;Currency : 100 Lepta = 1 Drachma ;Includes : Cretan Revolutionary Assembly CRETE (AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN POST OFFICES) Overprinted Austrian stamps were in use at offices in Kandia, Khania and Rethymnon. These offices all closed on 15 December 1914 . ;Dates : 1903 - 1914 ;Currency : 100 Centime s = 1 Franc See also: Austro-Hungarian Post Offices In The Turkish Empire CRETE (BRITISH POST OFFICES) Stamps inscribed in Greek were used in the British sphere of administration (Kandia) during the multi-power occupation. Mail was forwarded via the Austrian office at Khania and surviving envelopes bear the stamps of both the British and Austrian agencies. It is therefore uncertain if the British stamps had international validity. Furthermore, there is no acknowledged translation of the inscription on the British stamps. There is a face value and the other words refer in part to postage and to Heraklion, the chief town of Kandia. ;Dates : 1898 - 1899 ;Currency : 40 Para s = 1 Piastre (Turkish) ;Refer : Compendium Of Postage Stamp Issuers (Brit - British)#British Post Offices Abroad CRETE (FOREIGN POST OFFICES) ;Refer : Crete (Austro-Hungarian Post Offices) ; : Crete (British Post Offices) ; : Crete (French Post Offices) ; : Crete (Italian Post Offices) ; : Crete (Russian Post Offices) CRETE (FRENCH POST OFFICES) France was one of the multi-power occupiers which ended the Cretan civil war in 1898 -99. They established postal services in offices at Kandia, Khania, Hierapetra, Rethymnon and Sitea. Standard French types were issued with an inscription of CRETE. All offices were closed in 1913 . ;Dates : 1902 - 1913 ;Currency : ( 1902 ) 100 Centime s = 1 Franc : ( 1903 ) 40 Para s = 1 Piastre CRETE (ITALIAN POST OFFICES) ;Refer : Khania (Italian Post Office) CRETE (RUSSIAN POST OFFICES) Russia was one of the powers which occupied Crete in 1898 . It had a post office at Rethymnon within its own sphere of administration. The service operated for a short time only: from 13 May 1899 to 29 July 1899 . Four types were issued, overprinted or inscribed RETHYMNO, and a total of 37 stamps. ;Dates : 1899 only ;Currency : 4 metallik = 1 grosion ;Refer : Russian Post Offices Abroad CRIMEA Regional government issues. ;Dates : 1918 - 1919 ;Capital : Simferopol ;Currency : 100 Kopeck s = 1 Rouble ;Refer : Russian Civil War Issues CROATIA Following the collapse of communism, Croatia declared its independence from Yugoslavia on 30 May 1991 . Serb inhabitants revolted with the backing of the Yugoslav army and fought a bitter civil war against the Croatian forces. In January 1992 , a ceasefire became effective after the intervention of the UN and the EEC. At the time, Croatian Serbs controlled about 30% of the country, organised into the districts of Krajina, Western Slavonia and Eastern Slavonia. These were recognised by the UN as peacekeeping zones and the Yugoslav army withdrew. In 1993 , Serbs in all three areas proclaimed themselves united as the Republic of Srpska Krajina. Elections for a president and parliament were held in January 1994 . In 1995 , the Republic of Croatia began to recover the Serb territories. The army occupied Western Slavonia in May and Krajina in August. Both areas were reincorporated into the republic. Eastern Slavonia was placed under UN administration in November and called Sremsko Baranjska Oblast (Srem and Baranya Region). The administration lasted two years before Eastern Slavonia as a whole was reincorporated back into the Republic of Croatia on 15 January 1998 . The Republic of Croatia began stamp issues after independence with the inscription REPUBLIKA HRVATSKA. ;Dates : 1991 - ;Capital : Zagreb ;Currency : ( 1991 ) 100 Para s = 1 Dinar : ( 1994 ) 100 lipa = 1 kuna ;Includes : Croatia (Provincial Issues) ; : Croatia (Semi-Autonomous State) ; : Croatia (Yugoslav Regional Issue) ; : Sremsko Baranjska Oblast (Croatia) ; : Srpska Krajina (Croatia) ;See also : Yugoslavia CROATIA (PROVINCIAL ISSUES) Provincial issues were in use during 1918 -21 prior to Croatia joining the Kingdom of Serbs Croats & Slovenes, which became Yugoslavia in 1929 . ;Dates : 1918 - 1921 ;Currency : ( 1918 ) 100 Filler = 1 Korona : ( 1919 ) 100 Heller = 1 {Link without Title} ] ;Refer : Croatia CROATIA (SEMI-AUTONOMOUS STATE) After the German conquest of Yugoslavia in 1941 , Croatia was a semi-autonomous state with a puppet government set up by the Nazis. Croatia returned to Yugoslavia after WW2. ;Dates : 1941 - 1945 ;Capital : Zagreb ;Currency : (April 1941 ) 100 Para s = 1 Dinar : (Sept 1941 ) 100 banicas = 1 kuna ;Refer : Croatia CROATIA (YUGOSLAV REGIONAL ISSUE) Croatia returned to Yugoslavia after WW2 but there was another regional issue in 1945 due to a shortage of Yugoslavia stamps at the time. ;Dates : 1945 only ;Capital : Zagreb ;Currency : 100 banicas = 1 kuna ;Refer : Croatia CROATIAN POSTS (BOSNIA) When the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was proclaimed from Sarajevo in March 1992 , a civil war situation escalated with Bosnian Serbs attempting to seize control of the country. An immediate effect of the conflict was that the country split into three entities: Republika Srpska (Bosnian Serb Republic), based at Pale, which declared allegiance to Serb-dominated Yugoslavia; the Moslem-dominated "central government" based in Sarajevo; and a Croat administration based at Mostar. The Mostar regime issued stamps inscribed BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA for four years. Some issues referred to Croatia itself. When the Dayton Agreement was finalised in November 1995 , the Mostar regime amalgamated with the Sarajevo government to form the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, while the Bosnian Serb Republic remained separate. Combined issues inscribed BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA have been issued since 1996 . In 1997 , the currency changed to 100 fennig = 1 Mark . ;Dates : 1992 - 1996 ;Capital : Mostar ;Currency : ( 1992 ) 100 Para s = 1 Dinar : ( 1994 ) 100 lipa = 1 kuna ;Refer : Bosnia & Herzegovina CROZET ;Refer : French Southern & Antarctic Territories CUBA Cuba and Puerto Rico had joint issues 1855 -72]] when both were under Spanish colonial rule. Cuba, though still a colony, had its own stamps 1873 -99. In 1899 , colonial rule was ended and the island was under USA administration 1899 - 1902 , but continued to issue its own stamps. Cuba became independent in 1902 . ;Dates : 1873 - ;Capital : Havana ;Currency : ( 1873 ) 100 Centimo s = 1 Peseta : ( 1881 ) 100 Centavo s = 1 Peso : ( 1898 ) 100 Cent s = 1 Dollar (USA) : ( 1899 ) 100 Centavo s = 1 Peso ;See also : Cuba & Puerto Rico CUBA & PUERTO RICO Joint issues when both islands were under Spanish colonial rule. ;Dates : 1855 - 1872 ;Currency : ( 1855 ) 81]]/2 cuartos = 1 real : ( 1866 ) 100 Centimo s = 1 Peseta ;See also : Cuba ; : Puerto Rico CUNDINAMARCA ;Dates : 1870 - 1904 ;Currency : 100 Centavo s = 1 Peso ;Refer : Colombian Territories CURACAO Since 1948 , stamps have been inscribed Netherlands Antilles. ;Dates : 1873 - 1948 ;Capital : Willemstad ;Currency : 100 Cent s = 1 Gulden ;See also : Netherlands Antilles CYPRUS ;Dates : 1880 - ;Capital : Nicosia ;Currency : ( 1880 ) 12 Pence = 1 Shilling ; 20 Shilling s = 1 Pound : ( 1881 ) 40 Para s = 1 Piastre : ( 1955 ) 1000 mils = 1 pound : ( 1983 ) 100 Cent s = 1 pound ;See also : Turkish Cypriot Posts CYRENAICA Became part of Libya in 1952 . ;Dates : 1923 - 1952 ;Capital : Benghazi ;Currency : 100 Centesimi = 1 Lira CYRENAICA (BRITISH OCCUPATION) ;Refer : Middle East Forces (MEF) CYTHERA ;Refer : Ionian Islands CZECHOSLOVAKIA The federation was dissolved on 31 December 1992 with the formation of two independent states: Czech Republic and Slovakia. ;Dates : 1918 - 1939 ; 1945 - 1992 ;Capital : Prague ;Currency : 100 Haleru = 1 {Link without Title} ] ;See also : Czech Republic ; : Siberia (Czechoslovak Army) ; : Slovakia CZECH REPUBLIC Czechoslovakia was dissolved on 31 Dec 1992 when the Czech Republic and Slovakia became separate states. Stamps were issued soon afterwards with the inscription ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA. ;Dates : 1993 - ;Capital : Prague ;Currency : 100 Haleru = 1 {Link without Title} ] ;See also : Czechoslovakia ; : Slovakia SOURCES
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