Compendium of postage stamp issuers (H) 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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Hadhramaut

Refer : Qu'Aiti State in Hadhramaut

Haiti

Dates : 1881 –
  • Capital : Port-au-Prince
  • Currency : 100 centimes = 1 gourde
    • Main Article : Postage stamps and postal history of Haiti

    Hamburg

    Dates : 1859–1867
  • Currency : 16 schillings = 1 mark
    • Refer : German States

    Hanover

    Dates : 1850–1866
  • Currency : (1850) 12 pfennige = 1 gutegroschen; 24 gutengroschen = 1 thaler
  • (1858) 10 pfennigs = 1 groschen; 30 groschen = 1 thaler
    Refer : German States

    Hatay

    Dates : 1938–1939
  • Capital : Alexandretta
  • Currency : (1938) 100 centimes = 1 piastre
  • (1938) 100 santims = 40 paras = 1 kuru
    Main article : Postage stamps and postal history of Hatay

    Haute Volta

    Refer : Upper Volta

    Hawaii

    Dates : 1851–1898
  • Capital : Honolulu
  • Currency : 100 cents = 1 dollar
    • Main Article : Postage stamps and postal history of Hawaii

    Heilungkiang

    Refer : Kirin & Heilungkiang

    Hejaz

    Dates : 1916–1926
  • Capital : Mecca
  • Currency : 40 paras = 1 piastre
    • Refer : Saudi Arabia
    See also: Hejaz-Nejd

    Hejaz-Nejd

    Dates : 1926–1932
  • Capital : Riyadh
  • Currency : (1926) 40 paras = 1 piastre
  • (1929) 110 guerche = 10 riyal = 1 gold sovereign
    Refer : Saudi Arabia
    See also: Hejaz

    Heligoland

    Dates : 1867–1890
  • Capital :
  • Currency : (1867) 16 schillings = 1 mark
  • (1875) 100 pfennige = 1 mark

    Hellas

    Refer : Greece

    Helvetia

    Refer : Switzerland

    Herm

    Refer : Channel Islands

    Herzegovina

    Refer : Bosnia & Herzegovina

    Hoi-Hao (Indochinese Post Office)

    Dates : 1902–1922
  • Currency : (1902) 100 centimes = 1 franc
  • (1918) 100 cents = 1 piastre
    Refer : China (Indochinese Post Offices)

    Holkar

    Refer : Indore

    Holland

    Refer : Netherlands

    Holstein

    Dates : 1864–1867
  • Capital : Kiel
  • Currency : 16 schilling = 1 mark
    • Refer : German States

    Honduras

    Dates : 1866 –
  • Capital : Tegucigalpa
  • Currency : (1866) 8 reales = 1 peso
  • (1878) 100 centavos = 1 peso
  • (1933) 100 centavos = 1 lempira
    Main Article : Postage stamps and postal history of Honduras

    Hong Kong

    Dates : 1862 –
  • Capital : Victoria
  • Currency : 100 cents = 1 dollar
  • Main article : Postage stamps and postal history of Hong Kong

    • Hong Kong (Japanese occupation)

    Dates : 1945 only
  • Currency : 100 rin = 1 sen; 100 sen = 1 yen
    • Refer : Japanese Occupation Issues

    Horta

    Dates : 1892–1905
  • Capital :
  • Currency : 1000 reis = 1 milreis
    • Refer : Azores Territories

    Horthy Regime

    Refer : Szeged

    Hrvatska

    Refer : Croatia

    Hungary

    Dates : 1871 –
  • Capital : Budapest
  • Currency : (1871) 100 krajczar = 1 forint
  • (1900) 100 Fillér (heller) = 1 korona (krone)
  • (1926) 100 Fillér = 1 pengo
  • (1946) 100 Fillér = 1 forint
    Main Article : Postage stamps and postal history of Hungary
    See also : Szeged

    Hungary (French occupation)

    Refer : Arad (French Occupation)

    Hungary (Romanian occupation)

    Dates : 1919–1920
  • Currency : 100 Fillér = 1 korona
    • Refer : Romanian Post Abroad

    Hungary (Serbian occupation)

    Dates : 1919 only
  • Currency : 100 Fillér = 1 korona
    • Refer : Serbian Occupation Issues

    Hyderabad

    Dates : 1869–1948
  • Currency : 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
    • Refer : Indian Native States

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