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SPAIN


;Dates : 1850 -
;Capital : Madrid
;Currency : ( 1850 ) 8 Cuarto s = 1 Real
: ( 1866 ) 80 Cuarto s = 100 Centimo s = 1 Escudo
: ( 1867 ) 1000 Milesima s = 100 Centimo s = 80 Cuarto s = 1 Escudo
: ( 1872 ) 100 Centimo s = 1 Peseta

;See also : Canary Islands


SPANISH GUINEA


;Dates : 1902 - 1960
;Capital : Santa Isabel
;Currency : 100 Centimo s = 1 Peseta

;Includes : Elobey, Annobon & Corisco ;
: Fernando Poo ;
: Rio Muni


SPANISH MARIANAS


;Dates : 1898 - 1899
;Capital :
;Currency : 100 Centimo s = 1 Peseta

;Refer : Spanish Philippines

;See also : Mariana Islands


SPANISH MOROCCO


;Dates : 1914 - 1956
;Capital : Tetuan
;Currency : 100 Centimo s = 1 Peseta


SPANISH PHILIPPINES


;Dates : 1854 - 1898
;Capital : Manila
;Currency : ( 1854 ) 20 Cuarto s = 1 Real ; 8 Real es = 1 Peso
: ( 1864 ) 100 Centimo s = 1 Peso
: ( 1871 ) 100 Centimo s = 1 Escudo
: ( 1872 ) 100 Centimo s = 1 Peseta
: ( 1876 ) 1000 Milesima s = 100 Centavo s = 1 Peso

;Includes : Spanish Marianas


SPANISH POST OFFICES ABROAD


;Includes : Morocco (Spanish Post Offices) ;
: Tangier (Spanish Post Office) ;
: Tetuan (Spanish Post Office)


SPANISH SAHARA


;Dates : 1924 - 1975
;Capital : El Aaiun
;Currency : 100 Centimo s = 1 Peseta

;Refer : Spanish West Africa


SPANISH WEST AFRICA


The general issue was for use in Ifni and Spanish Sahara .

;Dates : 1949 - 1951
;Currency : 100 Centimo s = 1 Peseta

;Includes : Cape Juby ;
: Ifni ;
: La Aguera ;
: Rio De Oro ;
: Spanish Sahara


SRBA HRVATA SLOVENA


;Refer : Yugoslavia


SREMSKO BARANJSKA OBLAST (CROATIA)


After Croatia recovered Krajina and Eastern Slavonia from the autonomous republic of Srpska Krajina
in 1995 , Eastern Slavonia was placed under UN administration and called Sremsko Baranjska Oblast
(Srem and Baranya Region). Stamps were issued soon afterwards.

Postal administration was transferred back to Croatia on 19 May 1997 and separate issues ceased at that time.
Eastern Slavonia as a whole was incorporated back into the Republic of Croatia on 15 January 1998 .

;Dates : 1995 - 1997
;Capital :
;Currency : 100 Para s = 1 Dinar

;Refer : Croatia

;See also : Srpska Krajina (Croatia)


SRI LANKA


;Dates : 1972 -
;Capital : Colombo
;Currency : 100 Cent s = 1 Rupee

;See also : Ceylon


SRPSKA


;Refer : Bosnian Serb Republic


SRPSKA KRAJINA (CROATIA)


After Croatia declared itself independent of Yugoslavia in 1991 , Croatian Serbs in Krajina , Western
Slavonia and Eastern Slavonia proclaimed their allegiance to Yugoslavia and formed the Republic of
Srpska Krajina under UN protection. Elections for a president and parliament were held in January 1994 .

In 1995 , the Republic of Croatia began to recover the Serb territories. Krajina and Western Slavonia
were incorporated back into Croatia that year while Eastern Slavonia was placed under UN administration
and called Sremsko Baranjska Oblast (Srem and Baranya Region).

Stamps were issued soon after Srpska Krajina was proclaimed and continued until the Croatian recovery of
Krajina. Later issues were made by Sremsko Baranjska Oblast (''q.v.'').

;Dates : 1993 - 1995
;Capital:
;Currency : 100 Para s = 1 Dinar

;Refer : Croatia

;See also : Sremsko Baranjska Oblast (Croatia)


STADT POST BASEL


;Refer : Basle


STAMPALIA


;Refer : Astypalaea


STELLALAND


A temporary Boer republic was established in Stellaland , which was the area surrounding Vryburg , on 10 January 1883 . In 1885 it was annexed by Britain and incorporated into British Bechuanaland on 30 September 1885 .

There was one local issue of six stamps on 1 February 1884 .

;Dates : 1884 - 1885
;Capital : Vryburg
;Currency : 12 Pence = 1 Shilling ; 20 Shilling s = 1 Pound

;Refer : Cape Of Good Hope

;See also : Vryburg


STOCKHOLM


;Dates : 1856 - 1862
;Currency : ( 1855 ) 48 skilling = 1 riksdaler
: ( 1858 ) 100 ore = 1 riksdaler

;Refer : Sweden


STRAITS SETTLEMENTS


;Dates : 1867 - 1942
;Capital : Singapore
;Currency : 100 Cent s = 1 Dollar

;Includes : Labuan


STRASBOURG


;Refer : Council Of Europe (Strasbourg)


STT-VUJA/STT-VUJNA


Overprints on Yugoslav stamps issued in Trieste .

;Refer : Trieste (Yugoslav Military Government)


SUDAN


Earliest issues were Egyptian stamps overprinted SOUDAN.

;Dates : 1897 -
;Capital : Khartoum
;Currency : 1000 Millieme s = 100 Piastre s = 1 Pound


SUDETENLAND


;Refer : Asch (Sudentenland)


SUEZ CANAL COMPANY


During the construction period 1859 - 1869 , the company ran a mail service that was taken over by the Egyptian
government in 1868 . Some special stamps (unofficial only) were issued in 1868 .

;Refer : Egypt


SUIDAFRIKA


;Refer : South Africa


SUMATRA (JAPANESE OCCUPATION)


;Dates : 1943 - 1945
;Currency : 100 Cent s = 1 Gulden
;Refer : Japanese Occupation Issues


SUNGEI UJONG


;Dates : 1878 - 1895
;Capital : Serembam
;Currency : 100 Cent s = 1 Dollar

;See also : Malaysia


SUOMI


;Refer : Finland


SURINAM/SURINAME


;Dates : 1873 -
;Capital : Paramaribo
;Currency : 100 Cent s = 1 Gulden


SVERIGE


;Refer : Sweden


SWAZILAND


;Dates : 1933 -
;Capital : Mbabane
;Currency : ( 1889 ) 12 Pence = 1 Shilling ; 20 Shilling s = 1 Pound
: ( 1961 ) 100 Cent s = 1 rand
: ( 1974 ) 100 Cent s = 1 lilangeni (note: plural is emalangeni)

;Includes : Swaziland (Provisional Government)


SWAZILAND (PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT)


;Dates : 1889 - 1894
;Capital : Mbabane
;Currency : 12 Pence = 1 Shilling ; 20 Shilling s = 1 Pound

;Refer : Swaziland


SWEDEN


;Dates : 1855 -
;Capital : Stockholm
;Currency : ( 1855 ) 48 skilling = 1 riksdaler
: ( 1858 ) 100 ore = 1 riksdaler
: ( 1875 ) 100 ore = 1 krona

;Includes : Stockholm


SWISS CANTONAL ADMINISTRATION


;Refer : Basle ;
: Geneva ;
: Switzerland ;
: Zurich


SWISS CANTONAL ISSUES


;Includes : Basle ;
: Geneva ;
: Zurich


SWISS PTT


;Refer : United Nations (UN)


SWISS TRANSITIONAL ISSUES


;Refer : Geneva ;
: Switzerland ;
: Zurich


SWITZERLAND


;Dates : 1850 -
;Capital : Berne
;Currency : ( 1850 ) 100 rappen = 1 franken
: ( 1862 ) 100 Centime s = 1 Franc

;See also : Swiss Cantonal Issues


SYME


Italian colony in the Dodecanese which used the general EGEO issues and had its own stamps inscribed
SIMI, the Italian (and Greek) name of the island.

;Dates : 1912 - 1932
;Capital : Simi
;Currency : 100 Centesimi = 1 Lira

;Refer : Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)


SYRIA


;Dates : 1924 -
;Capital : Damascus
;Currency : 100 Centime s = 1 Piastre

;See also : United Arab Republic (UAR)


SYRIA (FRENCH OCCUPATION)


Issues in both Egyptian and Syrian currency overprinted TEO or '''OMF'''.

;Dates : 1919 - 1924
;Currency : ( 1919 ) 40 Para s = 10 Millieme s = 1 Piastre
: ( 1920 ) 100 Centime s = 1 Piastre

;Refer : French Occupation Issues


SZECHWAN


;Dates : 1933 only
;Currency : 100 Cent s = 1 Dollar

;Refer : Chinese Provinces


SZEGED


;Dates : 1919 only
;Capital : Szeged
;Currency : 100 Filler = 1 Korona

;See also : Hungary


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