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RAB


;Refer : Arbe


RAJASTHAN


;Dates : 1948 - 1950
;Currency : 12 Pies = 1 Anna ; 16 annas = 1 Rupee

;Refer : Indian Native States


RAJNANDGAON


;Refer : Nandgaon


RAJPIPLA


;Dates : 1880 - 1886
;Currency : 12 Pies = 1 Anna ; 16 Anna s = 1 Rupee

;Refer : Indian Native States


RAROTONGA


;Dates : 1919 - 1932
;Currency : 12 Pence = 1 Shilling ; 20 shillings = 1 Pound

;Refer : Cook Islands


RAS AL KHAIMA


Stamps issued 1967 - 1972 were non-postal and are unrecognised.

;Dates : 1964 - 1966
;Currency : ( 1964 ) 100 Naye Paise = 1 Rupee
: ( 1966 ) 100 Dirham s = 1 Riyal

;Refer : Trucial States


REDONDA


;Refer : Antigua


REPUBLIC OF CHINA


;Refer : Chinese Nationalist Republic (Taiwan) ;
: Taiwan


REPUBLIC OF IRELAND


;Dates : 1922 -
;Capital : Dublin
;Currency : ( 1922 ) 12 Pence = 1 Shilling ; 20 shillings = 1 Pound
: ( 1971 ) 100 Pence = 1 Pound


REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES


;Refer : Maldive Islands


REPUBLIKA SRPSKA


;Refer : Bosnian Serb Republic


REPUBLIQUE LIBANAISE


;Refer : Lebanon


RETHYMNON (RUSSIAN POST OFFICE)


Russia was one of the powers which occupied Crete in 1898 . It had a post office at Rethymnon within its
own sphere of administration. Four types were issued, overprinted RETHYMNO, and a total of 37 stamps.

;Refer : Crete (Russian Post Offices)


REUNION


;Dates : 1885 - 1974
;Capital : Saint-Denis
;Currency : 100 Centime s = 1 Franc


RHEINLAND - PFALZ


;Refer : Rhineland-Palatinate (French Zone)


RHINELAND - PALATINATE (FRENCH ZONE)


;Dates : 1947 - 1949
;Capital : Mainz
;Currency : 100 Pfennig e = 1 Mark

;Refer : Germany (Allied Occupation)


RHODES


Italian colony in the Dodecanese which used the general EGEO issues and had its own stamps inscribed '''RODI''', the Italian name of the island.

;Dates : 1912 - 1935
;Capital : Rodhos
;Currency : 100 Centesimi = 1 Lira

;Refer : Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)


RHODESIA


;Dates : 1965 - 1980
;Capital : Salisbury
;Currency : ( 1965 ) 12 Pence = 1 Shilling ; 20 shillings = 1 Pound
: ( 1969 ) 100 Cent s = 1 Dollar

;Includes : Rhodesia (British Colonial Issues) ;
: Southern Rhodesia

;See also : Zimbabwe


RHODESIA (BRITISH COLONIAL ISSUES)


;Dates : 1909 - 1924
;Capital : Salisbury
;Currency : 12 Pence = 1 Shilling ; 20 shillings = 1 Pound

;Refer : Rhodesia


RHODESIA & NYASALAND


;Dates : 1954 - 1964
;Capital : Salisbury
;Currency : 12 Pence = 1 Shilling ; 20 shillings = 1 Pound


RIAU-LINGGA ARCHIPELAGO


;Dates : 1954 - 1965
;Capital : Tandjungpinang
;Currency : 100 sen = 1 rupiah

;See also : Indonesia


RIJEKA


;Refer : Fiume (Yugoslav Occupation)


RIO DE ORO


;Dates : 1905 - 1924
;Capital : Villa Cisneros
;Currency : 100 Centimo s = 1 Peseta

;Refer : Spanish West Africa


RIO MUNI


;Dates : 1960 - 1968
;Capital : Bata
;Currency : 100 Centimo s = 1 Peseta

;Refer : Spanish Guinea


RIZEH (RUSSIAN POST OFFICE)


;Dates : 1909 - 1910
;Currency : 40 Para s = 1 Piastre

;Refer : Russian Post Offices In The Turkish Empire


RODI


;Refer : Rhodes


ROMAGNA


;Dates : 1859 - 1860
;Capital : Bologna
;Currency : 100 bajocchi = 1 scudo

;Refer : Italian States


ROMAN STATES


;Refer : Papal States


ROMANIA


;Dates : 1865 -
;Capital : Bucharest
;Currency : ( 1865 ) 40 parale = 1 Piastre
: ( 1867 ) 100 Bani = 1 Leu

;Includes : Moldavia ;
: Moldo-Wallachia


ROMANIA (AUSTRIAN OCCUPATION)


;Dates : 1917 - 1918
;Currency : 100 Bani = 1 Leu

;Refer : Austro-Hungarian Military Post


ROMANIA (BULGARIAN OCCUPATION)


;Refer : Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation)


ROMANIA (GERMAN OCCUPATION)


;Dates : 1917 - 1918
;Currency : 100 Bani = 1 Leu

;Refer : German Occupation Issues (WW1)


ROMANIAN POST ABROAD


;Includes : Banat Bacska (Romanian Occupation) ;
: Constantinople (Romanian Post Office) ;
: Debrecen (Romanian Occupation) ;
: Hungary (Romanian Occupation) ;
: Romanian Post Offices In The Turkish Empire ;
: Temesvar (Romanian Occupation) ;
: Transylvania (Romanian Occupation)


ROMANIAN POST OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE


;Dates : 1896 - 1919
;Currency : ( 1896 ) 40 Para s = 1 Piastre
: ( 1919 ) 100 Bani = 1 Leu

;Refer : Romanian Post Abroad


ROPIT


Abbreviation of Russkoe Obshchestvo Parokhudstva i Torgovll.

;Refer : Russian Post Offices In The Turkish Empire


ROSS DEPENDENCY


;Dates : 1957 -
;Capital : Scott Base
;Currency : ( 1957 ) 12 Pence = 1 Shilling ; 20 shillings = 1 Pound
: ( 1968 ) 100 Cent s = 1 Dollar


ROUAD ISLAND


;Refer : Ile Rouad


RUANDA - URUNDI


;Dates : 1924 - 1962
;Capital : Usumbura
;Currency : 100 Centime s = 1 Franc

;See also : Belgian Congo ;
: Burundi ;
: Rwanda


RUMANIA


;Refer : Romania


RUSSIA


Stamps issued are cat. nos 63-11 onwards of Russia.

;Dates : 1992 -
;Capital : Moscow
;Currency : 100 Kopeck s = 1 Rouble

;Includes : Russia (pre-Soviet)

;See also : Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)


RUSSIA (PRE - SOVIET)


Stamps issued were cat. nos 1-324 of Russia.

;Dates : 1858 - 1923
;Capital : Moscow
;Currency : 100 Kopeck s = 1 Rouble

;Refer : Russia


RUSSIA (GERMAN OCCUPATION)


;Refer : Ostland ;
: Ukraine (German Occupation)


RUSSIAN ARMY ISSUES


;Refer : North Western Army ;
: Northern Army ;
: Western Army


RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR ISSUES


;Includes : Amur Province ;
: Ataman Semyonov Regime (Transbaikal) ;
: Crimea ;
: Denikin Government ;
: Don Territory ;
: Far Eastern Republic ;
: Kolchak Government (Siberia) ;
: Kuban Territory ;
: North Ingermanland ;
: North Western Army ;
: Northern Army ;
: Priamur & Maritime Provinces ;
: Siberia (Czechoslovak Army) ;
: Transbaikal Province ;
: Western Army ;
: Wrangel Government

;See also : USSR Issues For The Far East


RUSSIAN OCCUPATION ISSUES


;Includes : North Korea (Russian Occupation) ;
: South Lithuania (Russian Occupation)


RUSSIAN POST OFFICES ABROAD


;Includes : China (Russian Post Offices) ;
: Crete (Russian Post Offices)


RUSSIAN POST OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE


Russia had many post offices in the Turkish Empire which were run by ROPiT. General issues were in use
throughout the period but several local overprints were introduced in 1909 . This included the offices at
Mytilene, Salonika and Mount Athos. Other Russian POs in Greece were at Kandia, Volos (Thessaly),
Port Lagos (Thrace), Khios and Rhodes.

;Dates : 1863 - 1914
;Currency : ( 1863 ) 100 Kopeck s = 1 Rouble
: ( 1900 ) 40 Para s = 1 Piastre

;Includes : Beirut (Russian Post Office) ;
: Constantinople (Russian Post Office) ;
: Dardanelles (Russian Post Offices) ;
: Jaffa (Russian Post Office) ;
: Jerusalem (Russian Post Office) ;
: Kerrasunde (Russian Post Office) ;
: Mount Athos (Russian Post Office) ;
: Mytilene (Russian Post Office) ;
: Rizeh (Russian Post Office) ;
: Salonika (Russian Post Office) ;
: Smyrne (Russian Post Office) ;
: Trebizonde (Russian Post Office)


RUSSIAN ZONE (GENERAL ISSUES)


;Dates : 1948 - 1949
;Capital : East Berlin
;Currency : 100 Pfennig e = 1 Mark

;Refer : Germany (Allied Occupation)


RUSSKOE OBSHCHESTVO PAROKHUDSTVA I TORGOVLL


;Refer : ROPiT


RUSTENBURG


;Dates : 1900 - 1902
;Currency : 12 Pence = 1 Shilling ; 20 shillings = 1 Pound
;Refer : Transvaal


RWANDA


;Dates : 1962 -
;Capital : Kigali
;Currency : 100 Centime s = 1 Franc

;See also : Ruanda-Urundi


RYUKYU ISLANDS


;Dates : 1948 - 1972
;Capital : Naha
;Currency : ( 1948 ) 100 sen = 1 yen
: ( 1958 ) 100 Cent s = 1 Dollar


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