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BRITAIN


;Refer : Great Britain


BRITISH ADMINISTRATION ISSUES


;Refer : Eritrea (British Administration) ;
: Somalia (British Administration) ;
: Tripolitania (British Military Administration)


BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY


;Dates : 1963 -
;Currency : ( 1963 ) 12 Pence = 1 Shilling , 20 Shilling s = 1 Pound
: ( 1971 ) 100 pence = 1 pound

;See also : Falkland Islands Dependencies ;
: South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands


BRITISH BECHUANALAND


Territory in southern Africa which was separated from Bechuanaland Protectorate (now Botswana )
by the Molopo river. British Bechuanaland became a British colony on 30 September 1885 but was added to Cape Colony on 16 November 1895 . It is now the northern part of Cape Province in
South Africa.

The first stamps issued were Cape Of Good Hope types with an overprint. Specific types were
issued in 1887 but subsequently there were further British and Cape types with overprints.
Cape of Good Hope stamps were introduced to British Bechuanaland in 1895 but, conversely,
British Bechuanaland types were retained for use in the neighbouring Bechuanaland Protectorate
from 1890 to 1897 .

;Dates : 1885 - 1897
;Capital : Mafeking
;Currency : 12 Pence = 1 Shilling , 20 Shilling s = 1 Pound

;Refer : Cape Of Good Hope

;See also : Bechuanaland Protectorate


BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA


;Dates : 1891 - 1908
;Capital : Zomba
;Currency : 12 Pence = 1 Shilling ; 20 Shilling s = 1 Pound

;See also : Malawi ;
: Nyasaland Protectorate


BRITISH COLUMBIA


;Dates : 1865 - 1868
;Capital : Vancouver
;Currency : ( 1865 ) 12 Pence = 1 Shilling ; 20 Shilling s = 1 Pound
: ( 1868 ) 100 Cent s = 1 Dollar

;Refer : Canadian States


BRITISH COLUMBIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND


;Dates : 1860 only
;Capital : Vancouver
;Currency : 12 Pence = 1 Shilling ; 20 Shilling s = 1 Pound

;Refer : Canadian States


BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION OF JAPAN


;Refer : Japan (British Commonwealth Occupation)


BRITISH CONSULAR MAIL


;Refer : Madagascar (British Consular Mail)


BRITISH EAST AFRICA


;Dates : 1895 - 1903
;Capital : Nairobi
;Currency : 16 Anna s = 1 Rupee

;Includes : British East Africa Company ;
: East Africa & Uganda Protectorates ;
: Uganda Protectorate

;See also : Kenya Uganda & Tanzania (Combined Issues)


BRITISH EAST AFRICA COMPANY


;Dates : 1890 - 1895
;Currency : 16 Anna s = 1 Rupee

;Refer : British East Africa


BRITISH FIELD OFFICE IN SALONIKA


;Refer : Salonika (British Field Office)


BRITISH FORCES IN EGYPT


;Refer : Egypt (British Forces)


BRITISH GUIANA


;Dates : 1850 - 1966
;Capital : Georgetown
;Currency : 100 Cent s = 1 Dollar

;See also : Guyana


BRITISH HONDURAS


;Dates : 1866 - 1973
;Capital : Belize
;Currency : ( 1866 ) 12 Pence = 1 Shilling ; 20 Shilling s = 1 Pound
: ( 1888 ) 100 Cent s = 1 Dollar

;See also : Belize


BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY


;Dates : 1868 - 1976
;Capital : Victoria (on Mahe , Seychelles )
;Currency : 100 Cent s = 1 Rupee

;See also : Seychelles ;
: Zil Elwannyen Sesel


BRITISH LEVANT


;Refer : British Post Offices In The Turkish Empire


BRITISH MIDDLE EAST FORCES


;Refer : Middle East Forces


BRITISH MILITARY ADMINISTRATION ISSUES (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)


BRITISH NEW GUINEA


;Dates : 1901 - 1906
;Capital : Port Moresby
;Currency : 12 Pence = 1 Shilling ; 20 Shilling s = 1 Pound

;Refer : Papua New Guinea


BRITISH OCCUPATION ISSUES


;Includes : Baghdad (British Occupation) ;
: Batum (British Occupation) ;
: Bushire (British Occupation) ;
: Cameroons (British Occupation) ;
: East Africa Forces ;
: German East Africa (British Occupation) ;
: Iraq (British Occupation) ;
: Japan (British Commonwealth Occupation) ;
: Long Island (British Occupation) ;
: Mafia Island (British Occupation)

;See also : BA/BMA Issues ;
: Egypt (British Forces) ;
: Germany (Allied Occupation) ;
: Middle East Forces ;
: Togo (Anglo-French Occupation)


BRITISH OCCUPATION OF ITALIAN COLONIES


;Refer : BA/BMA Issues ;
: East Africa Forces ;
: Middle East Forces


BRITISH POSTAL AGENCIES IN EASTERN ARABIA


British stamps overprinted with Indian currency; used in Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai, Kuwait,
Muscat and Qatar.

Muscat and Dubai relied on Indian postal administration until 1 April 1948 when the British
agencies were established. Two agencies were opened in Qatar: at Doha (August 1950 ) and Umm
Said (February 1956 ). In Abu Dhabi, an agency was opened on Das Island in December 1960 and
in Abu Dhabi City on 30 March 1963 . The agencies also supplied stamps to Bahrain until 1960 ;
and to Kuwait during shortages in 1951 -53]].

The agency in Dubai issued the Trucial States stamps on 7 January 1961 .

As each state took over its own postal administration, the offices closed. Closure dates were:
Qatar on 31 March 1957 ; Dubai on 14 June 1963 ; Abu Dhabi on 29 March 1964 ; finally Muscat on
29 April 1966 .

;Dates : 1948 - 1966
;Currency : ( 1948 ) 12 Pies = 1 Anna ; 16 Anna s = 1 Rupee
: ( 1957 ) 100 Naye Paise = 1 Rupee

;See also : Abu Dhabi ;
: Bahrain ;
: Dubai ;
: Kuwait ;
: Muscat ;
: Qatar ;
: Trucial States


BRITISH POST OFFICES ABROAD


;Includes : Bangkok (British Post Office) ;
: China (British Post Offices) ;
: China (British Railway Administration) ;
: Crete (British Post Offices) ;
: Japan (British Post Offices) ;
: Madagascar (British Consular Mail)

;See also : British Post Offices In The Turkish Empire ;
: Morocco Agencies ;
: Tangier


BRITISH POST OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE


;Dates : 1885 - 1923
;Currency : 40 Para s = 1 Piastre

;Includes : Beirut (British Post Office) ;
: Salonika (British Field Office)


BRITISH REGIONAL ISSUES


;Refer : Great Britain (Regional Issues)


BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS


;Dates : 1907 - 1975
;Capital : Honiara
;Currency : 12 Pence = 1 Shilling ; 20 Shilling s = 1 Pound

;Refer : Solomon Islands


BRITISH SOMALILAND


;Dates : 1903 only
;Capital : Berbera
;Currency : 16 Anna s = 1 Rupee

;Refer : Somaliland Protectorate


BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY


In 1924 , the territory was divided into Northern and Southern Rhodesia.

;Dates : 1890 - 1924
;Currency : 12 Pence = 1 Shilling ; 20 Shilling s = 1 Pound

;See also : Rhodesia


BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS


;Dates : 1968 -
;Capital : Road Town
;Currency : 100 Cent s = 1 Dollar

;Includes : Virgin Islands

;See also : Leeward Islands


BRITISH ZONE


No separate issues. From 1945 - 1949 , always used the same stamps as the American Zone.

;Refer : American, British & Russian Zones (General Issues) ;
: Anglo-American Zones (Civil Government) ;
: Anglo-American Zones (Military Government)


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