Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Pa–Pl) 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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Packhoi

Refer : Pakhoi (Indochinese Post Office)

Pahang

Dates : 1889 –

Main Article Needed :

See also : Malaysia

Pakhoi (Indochinese Post Office)

Dates : 1903 – 1922

Refer : China (Indochinese Post Offices)

Pakistan

Dates : 1947 –

(1961) 100 paisa = 1 rupee

Main Article Needed :

Palau

Dates : 1983 –

Main Article : Postage stamps and postal history of Palau

Palestine (British Mandate)

Dates : 1918 – 1948

(1927) 1000 mils = 1 pound (in parity to Pound Sterling)

Main Article : Postal history of Palestine

Palestine (Egyptian Rule)

Area: Gaza Strip, during 1948 briefly also Southern parts of the West Bank.

Dates : 1948 – 1967

Refer : Egyptian Occupation Issues

See also : Gaza (Egyptian Occupation)

Palestine (Jordanian Rule)

Dates : 1948 – 1950

Refer : Jordan

Palestinian Authority

An agreement was signed in Washington on 13 September 1993 between Israel and Yasser Arafat's PLO (Palestine Liberation Organisation) which recognised the right of Palestinian self-rule in the Gaza Strip and an enclave on the West Bank around Jericho. It was confirmed by the Cairo Agreement of 4 May 1994.

The Palestinians began issuing stamps in 1994 with the inscription The Palestinian Authority.

Dates : 1994 –

(1995) 1000 fils = 1 Jordanian dinar

Main Article : Postage stamps and postal history of the Palestinian National Authority

Panama

Dates : 1878 –

(1906) 100 centesimos = 1 balboa

Main Article Needed :

Panama Canal

Refer : Canal Zone

Papal States

Dates : 1852 – 1870

(1866) 100 centesimi = 1 lira

Refer : Italian States

Papua

Dates : 1906 – 1942

Refer : Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Dates : 1952 –

(1966) 100 cents = 1 dollar

(1975) 100 toea = 1 kina

Main Article : Postage stamps and postal history of Papua New Guinea

Includes : British New Guinea;

New Guinea (Australian Administration);

North West Pacific Islands;

Papua

See also : German New Guinea

Paraguay

Dates : 1870 –

(1878) 100 centavos = 1 peso

(1944) 100 centimos = 1 guarani

Main Article Needed :

Parma

Dates : 1852 – 1860

Refer : Italian States

Patiala

Dates : 1884 – 1947

Refer : Patiala in Indian Convention states

Patmos (Patmo)

Italian colony in the Dodecanese which used the general EGEO issues and had its own stamps inscribedPATMO, the Italian name of the island.

Dates : 1912 – 1932

Refer : Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)

Paxos

Refer : Corfu & Paxos (Italian Occupation)

Pechino (Italian Post Office)

Dates : 1917 – 1922

Refer : Italian Post Offices Abroad

Peking (Foreign Post Offices)

Refer : French Post Offices Abroad;

French Post Offices Abroad;

Italian Post Offices Abroad;

Russian Post Offices Abroad

Penang

Dates : 1948 –

Main Article Needed :

See also : Malaysia

Penrhyn Island

Dates : 1973 –

Main Article Needed :

Includes : Penrhyn Island (New Zealand Administration)

Penrhyn Island (New Zealand Administration)

Stamps of Cook Islands were used 1932–73.

Dates : 1902 – 1932

Refer : Penrhyn Island

Perak

Dates : 1878 –

Main Article Needed :

See also : Malaysia

Perlis

Dates : 1948 –

Main Article Needed :

See also : Malaysia

Persekutuan Tanah Melayu

Refer : Malayan Federation

Persia

Dates : 1868 – 1935

(1881) 100 centimes = 1 franc

(1885) 20 chahis = 1 kran; 10 krans = 1 toman

(1932) 100 dinars = 1 rial; 20 rials = 1 pahlavi

Refer : Iran

Peru

Dates : 1858 –

(1858) 100 centavos = 10 dineros = 5 pesetas = 1 peso

(1874) 100 centavos = 1 sol

Main Article Needed :

Peter I Island

Refer : Norwegian Dependency

Philippines

Dates : 1946 –

(1962) 100 sentimos = 1 peso

Main Article Needed :

See also : Philippines (US Administration);

Spanish Philippines

Philippines (Japanese Occupation)

Dates : 1942 – 1945

Refer : Japanese Occupation Issues

Philippines (US Administration)

Dates : 1899 – 1945

(1906) 100 centavos = 1 peso

Refer : US Post Abroad

Piedmont

Piedmont is a region of NW Italy, bounded by Lombardy, France and Switzerland. Formerly part of the historic Duchy of Savoy, it was annexed by the French Republic in 1792. By the Treaty of Vienna 1815, it combined with the island of Sardinia to form a state officially known as the Kingdom of Sardinia. However,Turin was the capital and Piedmont, one of the most dynamic nations of 19th century Europe, is the namegenerally used by historians. The island of Sardinia was very much the junior partner. Piedmont'smost prominent figure was Count Camillo Cavour (1810–61), the statesman who inspired and forged theunification of Italy under Piedmont's leadership.

Stamps were issued in Turin on 1 January 1851 but do not show the country's name. The first stamps ofunified Italy, issued in 1862, were also printed in Turin.

In the catalogues, Gibbons list the Piedmont/Sardinia stamps under Sardinia. This is strictly correct but,in view of the historical prominence of Piedmont, this work follows the accepted practice of most historians.The relative insignificance of the island of Sardinia is perhaps best illustrated by the fact that Cavour,although a noted traveller, never actually visited it!

Dates : 1851 – 1862

Refer : Italian States

See also : Sardinia

Pietersburg

Dates : 1901 only

Refer : Transvaal

Pirate Coast

Refer : Trucial States

Piscopi

Refer : Telos

Pitcairn Islands

Dates : 1940 –

(1968) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Needed :

Plebiscite Issues

Main Article Needed :

Includes : Allenstein;

Carinthia;

East Silesia;

Marienwerder;

Slesvig, 1920, issued by Commission Interalliée Slesvig;

Upper Silesia

Bibliography

Stanley Gibbons Ltd, Europe and Colonies 1970, Stanley Gibbons Ltd, 1969
Stanley Gibbons Ltd, various catalogues
Stuart Rossiter & John Flower, The Stamp Atlas, W H Smith, 1989
XLCR Stamp Finder and Collector's Dictionary, Thomas Cliffe Ltd, c.1960

Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Pa–Pl) explained

Packhoi

Pahang

Pakhoi (Indochinese Post Office)

Pakistan

Palau

Palestine (British Mandate)

Palestine (Egyptian Rule)

Palestine (Jordanian Rule)

Palestinian Authority

Panama

Panama Canal

Papal States

Papua

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Parma

Patiala

Patmos (Patmo)

Paxos

Pechino (Italian Post Office)

Peking (Foreign Post Offices)

Penang

Penrhyn Island

Penrhyn Island (New Zealand Administration)

Perak

Perlis

Persekutuan Tanah Melayu

Persia

Peru

Peter I Island

Philippines

Philippines (Japanese Occupation)

Philippines (US Administration)

Piedmont

Pietersburg

Pirate Coast

Piscopi

Pitcairn Islands

Plebiscite Issues

Bibliography

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