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BELGIAN CONGO


Became the Congo Republic and later Zaire.

;Dates : 1909 - 1960
;Capital : Leopoldville
;Currency : 100 Centime s = 1 Franc

;See also : Congo Free State


BELGIAN OCCUPATION ISSUES


;Includes : Eupen & Malmedy (Belgian Occupation) ;
: German East Africa (Belgian Occupation) ;
: Germany (Belgian Occupation)


BELGIUM


;Dates : 1849 -
;Capital : Brussels
;Currency : 100 Centime s = 1 Franc


BELGIUM (GERMAN OCCUPATION)


;Dates : 1914 - 1918
;Currency : 100 Centime s = 1 Franc

;Refer : German Occupation Issues (WW1)


BELIZE


;Dates : 1973 -
;Capital : Belmopan
;Currency : 100 Cent s = 1 Dollar

;See also : British Honduras


BELORUSSIA


;Refer : Belarus


BENADIR


;Dates : 1903 - 1905
;Capital : Mogadishu
;Currency : 100 besa = 16 Anna s = 1 rupia

;Refer : Italian Somaliland


BENGHAZI (ITALIAN POST OFFICE)


Italy annexed Libya in 1912 and the office then issued stamps of Libya.

;Dates : 1901 - 1912
;Currency : 40 Para s = 1 Piastre

;Refer : Italian Post Offices In The Turkish Empire


BENIN


Formerly Dahomey.

;Dates : 1976 -
;Capital : Porto Novo
;Currency : 100 Centime s = 1 Franc

;Includes : Benin (French Colony)

;See also : Dahomey


BENIN (FRENCH COLONY)


The French colony of Benin issued overprinted French Colonies stamps 1892 -99 and was then
incorporated in Dahomey. In 1976 , Dahomey was renamed Benin.

;Dates : 1892 - 1899
;Capital : Porto Novo
;Currency : 100 Centime s = 1 Franc

;Refer : Benin


BEQUIA


Unauthorised issues only. Bequia is one of the islands of the Grenadines of St Vincent.

;Refer : Grenadines Of St Vincent


BERGEDORF


Became part of Hamburg in 1867 .

;Dates : 1861 - 1867
;Currency : 16 Schilling s = 1 Mark

;Refer : German States


BERLIN-BRANDENBURG (RUSSIAN ZONE)


Superseded by 1946 general issue for the American, British & Russian Zones.

;Dates : 1945 only
;Capital : Berlin (Russian Zone)
;Currency : 100 Pfennig e = 1 Mark

;Refer : Germany (Allied Occupation)


BERMUDA


;Dates : 1865 -
;Capital : Hamilton
;Currency : ( 1865 ) 12 Pence = 1 Shilling ; 20 Shilling s = 1 Pound
: ( 1970 ) 100 Cent s = 1 Dollar


BESSARABIA


;Refer : Moldova


BEYROUTH


;Refer : Beirut (French Post Office) ;
: Beirut (Russian Post Office)


BHOPAL


;Dates : 1876 - 1949
;Currency : 12 Pies = 1 Anna ; 16 Anna s = 1 Rupee

;Refer : Indian Native States


BHOR


;Dates : 1879 - 1901
;Currency : 12 Pies = 1 Anna ; 16 Anna s = 1 Rupee

;Refer : Indian Native States


BHUTAN


;Dates : 1962 -
;Capital : Thimphu
;Currency : 100 chetrum = 1 ngultrum (rupee)


BIAFRA


Nigerian civil war issues.

;Dates : 1968 - 1969
;Capital : Port Harcourt
;Currency : 12 Pence = 1 Shilling ; 20 Shilling s = 1 Pound

;Refer : Nigerian Territories


BIJAWAR


;Dates : 1935 - 1937
;Currency : 12 Pies = 1 Anna ; 16 Anna s = 1 Rupee

;Refer : Indian Native States


BMA


;Refer : Eritrea (British Military Administration) ;
: Malaya (British Military Administration) ;
: North Borneo (British Military Administration) ;
: Sarawak (British Military Administration) ;
: Somalia (British Military Administration) ;
: Tripolitania (British Military Administration)


BOHEMIA & MORAVIA


;Dates : 1939 - 1945
;Capital : Prague
;Currency : 100 Haleru = 1 {Link without Title} ]


BOHMEN UND MAHREN


;Refer : Bohemia & Moravia


BOKA KOTORSKA


;Refer : Dalmatia (German Occupation)


BOLIVAR


;Dates : 1863 - 1904
;Capital : Monteria
;Currency : 100 Centavo s = 1 Peso

;Refer : Colombian Territories


BOLIVIA


;Dates : 1867 -
;Capital : La Paz
;Currency : ( 1867 ) 100 Centavo s = 1 boliviano
: ( 1963 ) 100 Centavo s = 1 Peso


BOPHUTATSWANA


One of the territories 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 : 1977 -
;Capital : Mmambatho (''aka'' Sun City )
;Currency : 100 Cent s = 1 Rand

;Refer : South African Territories


BORNEO


;Refer : Japanese Naval Control Area


BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA


;Dates : 1993 -
;Capital : Sarajevo
;Currency : ( 1993 ) 100 Para s = 1 Dinar
: ( 1997 ) 100 fennig = 1 Mark

;Includes : Bosnia & Herzegovina (Austro-Hungarian Empire) ;
: Bosnia & Herzegovina (Provincial Issues) ;
: Bosnia & Herzegovina (Yugoslav Regional Issues) ;
: Croatian Posts (Bosnia)

;See also : Bosnian Serb Republic ;
: Croatia ;
: Yugoslavia


BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA (AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE)


Under the terms of the Treaty of Berlin 1878 , Austria was authorised to occupy Bosnia &
Herzegovina which had previously been in the Turkish (Ottoman) Empire. In 1908 , outright
annexation took place and the country became an integral part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

During 1912 - 1918 , all stamps were inscribed K-u-K MILITARPOST.

;Dates : 1878 - 1918
;Capital : Sarajevo
;Currency : ( 1878 - 1899 ) 100 Kreuzer = 1 Gulden
: ( 1900 - 1918 ) 100 Heller = 1 Krone

;Refer : Bosnia & Herzegovina


BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA (PROVINCIAL ISSUES)


The 1918 -21 issues were for provincial use only pending settlement of the political situation
after WW1.

;Dates : 1918 - 1921
;Capital : Sarajevo
;Currency : 100 Heller = 1 Krone

;Refer : Bosnia & Herzegovina


BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA (YUGOSLAV REGIONAL ISSUES)


There was a regional issue in 1945 during shortages of Yugoslav stamps in the aftermath of WWII.

;Dates : 1945 only
;Capital : Sarajevo
;Currency : 100 banicas = 1 kuna

;Refer : Bosnia & Herzegovina


BOSNIAN SERB REPUBLIC


Following the collapse of communism in 1989 , unrest between ethnic factions in Bosnia &
Herzegovina developed into open hostilities. In particular, Serbian nationalists began forming
Serbian Autonomous Regions (SARs) and these were rejected by the government in Sarajevo. The
situation escalated after the government declared independence from Yugoslavia in March 1992 .
Despite world recognition of the new state, the Bosnian Serbs and the Yugoslav army attempted
to take control of the country and besieged Sarajevo. Before long, a Bosnian Serb Republic
(Republika Srpska) was proclaimed at Pale. It declared allegiance to Serb-dominated
Yugoslavia.

By the Dayton Agreement of November 1995 , the country became one state with two autonomous
entities: the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; and the Bosnian Serb Republic.

Stamps inscribed REPUBLIKA SRPSKA have been issued since 1992 .

;Dates : 1992 -
;Capital : Pale
;Currency : 100 Para s = 1 Dinar

;See also : Bosnia & Herzegovina ;
: Croatian Posts (Bosnia) ;
: Yugoslavia


BOTSWANA


;Dates : 1966 -
;Capital : Gaborone
;Currency : ( 1966 ) 100 Cent s = 1 Rand
: ( 1976 ) 100 thebe = 1 pula

;See also : Bechuanaland


BOUVET ISLAND


;Refer : Norwegian Dependency


BOYACA


;Dates : 1899 - 1903
;Capital : Tunja
;Currency : 100 Centavo s = 1 Peso

;Refer : Colombian Territories


BRAZIL


;Dates : 1843 -
;Capital : Brasilia
;Currency : ( 1843 ) 1000 = 1 milreis
: ( 1942 ) 100 Centavo s = 1 cruzeiro
: ( 1967 ) 100 old cruzeiros = 1 new cruzeiro


BREMEN


Bremen joined the North German Confederation in 1867 .

;Dates : 1855 - 1867
;Capital : Bremen
;Currency : 22 grote = 10 silbergroschen; 72 grote = 1 Thaler

;Refer : German States


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