Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Be–Br) explained

Each "article" in this category is a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries are formulated on the micro model and so provide summary information about all known issuers.

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Belgian Congo

Became the Congo Republic and later Zaire.

Dates : 1909–1960

Main Article Needed:

See also : Congo Free State

Belgian Occupation Issues

Main Article Needed:

Includes : Eupen & Malmedy (Belgian Occupation);

German East Africa (Belgian Occupation);

Germany (Belgian Occupation)

Belgium

Dates : 1849 –

(2002) 100 cent = 1 euro

Main Article:

Postage stamps and postal history of Belgium

Belgium (German Occupation)

Dates : 1914–1918

Refer : German Occupation Issues (WW1)

Belize

Dates : 1973 –

Main Article:

Postage stamps and postal history of Belize

See also : British Honduras

Belorussia

Refer : Belarus

Benadir

Dates : 1903–1905

Refer : Italian Somaliland

Benghazi (Italian Post Office)

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

Dates : 1901–1912

Refer : Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Benin

Formerly Dahomey.

Dates : 1976 –

Main Article:

Postage stamps and postal history of Benin

Includes : Benin (French Colony)

See also : Dahomey

Benin (French Colony)

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

Dates : 1892–1899

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

Refer : German States

Berlin–Brandenburg (Russian Zone)

Superseded by 1946 general issue for the American, British & Russian Zones.

Dates : 1945 only

Refer : Germany (Allied Occupation)

Bermuda

Dates : 1865 –

(1970) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article:

Postage stamps and postal history of Bermuda

Bessarabia

Refer : Moldova

Beyrouth

Refer : Beirut (French Post Office);

Beirut (Russian Post Office)

Bhopal

Dates : 1876–1949

Refer : Indian Native States

Bhor

Dates : 1879–1901

Refer : Indian Native States

Bhutan

Dates : 1962 –

Main Article:

Postage stamps and postal history of Bhutan

Biafra

Nigerian civil war issues.

Dates : 1968–1969

Main article : Postage stamps and postal history of Biafra

Refer : Nigerian Territories

Bijawar

Dates : 1935–1937

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 and Moravia

Dates : 1939–1945

Main article needed:

Bohmen und Mahren

Refer : Bohemia & Moravia

Boka Kotorska

Refer : Dalmatia (German Occupation)

Bolívar

Dates : 1863–1904

Refer : Colombian Territories

Bolivia

Dates : 1867–

(1963) 100 centavos = 1 peso

Main Article:

Postage stamps and postal history of Bolivia

Bophutatswana

One of the territories (Bantustans) up by the South African government as part of its apartheid policy.Although the territory itself did not acquire international recognition, its stamps werevalid for postage.

Dates : 1977–1994

Refer : South African Territories

Borneo

Refer : Japanese Naval Control Area

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Dates : 1993 –

(1997) 100 pfennig = 1 mark

Main Article:

Postage stamps and postal history of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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-Hungary 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

(1900–1918) 100 heller = 1 crown

Refer : Bosnia & Herzegovina

Bosnia & Herzegovina (Provincial Issues)

The 1918–21 issues were for provincial use only pending settlement of the political situationafter World War I.

Dates : 1918–1921

Refer : Bosnia & Herzegovina

Bosnia & Herzegovina (Yugoslav Regional Issues)

There was a regional issue in 1945 during shortages of Yugoslav stamps in the aftermath of World War II.

Dates : 1945 only

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 formingSerbian Autonomous Regions (SARs) and these were rejected by the government in Sarajevo. Thesituation 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 attemptedto 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-dominatedYugoslavia.

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

Stamps inscribed REPUBLIKA SRPSKA have been issued since 1992.

Dates : 1992 –

Main Article Needed:

See also : Bosnia & Herzegovina;

Croatian Posts (Bosnia);