Compendium of postage stamp issuers (R) 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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Rab

Refer : Arbe

Rajasthan

Dates : 1948 – 1950

Refer : Indian Native States

Rajnandgaon

Refer : Nandgaon

Rajpipla

Dates : 1880 – 1886

Refer : Indian Native States

Rarotonga

Dates : 1919 – 1932, 2011-

(2011) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Refer : Cook Islands

Ras Al Khaima

Stamps issued 1967–72 were non-postal and are unrecognised.

Dates : 1964 – 1966

(1966) 100 dirhams = 1 riyal

Refer : Trucial States

Redonda

Refer : Antigua

Republic of China

Refer : Chinese Nationalist Republic (Taiwan);

Taiwan

Republic of Ireland

Dates : 1922 –

(1971) 100 pence = 1 punt

(2002) 100 cent = 1 euro

Main Article Needed :

Republic of Maldives

Refer : Maldive Islands

Republika Srpska

Refer : Bosnian Serb Republic

Republique Libanaise

Refer : Lebanon

Rethymnon (Russian Post Office)

Russia was one of the powers which occupied Crete in 1898. It had a post office at Rethymnon within itsown sphere of administration. Four types were issued, overprinted RETHYMNO, and a total of 37 stamps.

Refer : Crete (Russian Post Offices)

Reunion

Dates : 1885 – 1974

Main Article Needed :

Rheinland-Pfalz

Refer : Rhineland-Palatinate (French Zone)

Rhineland-Palatinate (French Zone)

Dates : 1947 – 1949

Refer : Germany (Allied Occupation)

Rhodes

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

Dates : 1912 – 1935

Refer : Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)

Rhodesia

Dates : 1965 – 1980

(1969) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Needed :

Includes : Rhodesia (British Colonial Issues);

Southern Rhodesia

See also : Zimbabwe

Rhodesia (British Colonial Issues)

Dates : 1909 – 1924

Refer : Rhodesia

Rhodesia & Nyasaland

Dates : 1954 – 1964

Main Article Needed :

Riau-Lingga Archipelago

Dates : 1954 – 1965

Main Article Needed :

See also : Indonesia

Rijeka

Refer : Fiume (Yugoslav Occupation)

Rio de Oro

Dates : 1905 – 1924

Refer : Spanish West Africa

Rio Muni

Dates : 1960 – 1968

Refer : Spanish Guinea

Rizeh (Russian Post Office)

Dates : 1909 – 1910

Refer : Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Rodi

Refer : Rhodes

Romagna

Dates : 1859 – 1860

Refer : Italian States

Roman States

Refer : Papal States

Dates : 1865 –

(1867) 100 bani = 1 leu

Includes : Moldavia;

Moldo–Wallachia

Romania (Austrian Occupation)

Dates : 1917 – 1918

Refer : Austro–Hungarian Military Post

Romania (Bulgarian Occupation)

Refer : Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation)

Romania (German Occupation)

Dates : 1917 – 1918

Refer : German Occupation Issues (WW1)

Romanian Post Abroad

Main Article Needed :

Includes : Banat Bacska (Romanian Occupation);

Constantinople (Romanian Post Office);

Debrecen (Romanian Occupation);

Hungary (Romanian Occupation);

Romanian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;

Temesvar (Romanian Occupation);

Transylvania (Romanian Occupation)

Romanian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Dates : 1896 – 1919

(1919) 100 bani = 1 leu

Refer : Romanian Post Abroad

ROPiT

Abbreviation of Russkoe Obshchestvo Parokhudstva i Torgovl (Р.О.П.и.Т. - Русское общество пароходства и торговли), meaning Russian Steam Navigation and Trading Company. The Russian post offices in the Turkish Empire were run by R.O.P.i.T. General issues were in use throughout the period but several local overprints were introduced in 1909. This included the offices at Mytilene, Salonika and Mount Athos. Other Russian POs in Greece were at Kandia, Volos (Thessaly), Port Lagos (Thrace), Khios and Rhodes.

Refer : Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Dates : 1863 – 1914

Dates : 1957 –

(1968) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Rouad Island

Refer : Ile Rouad

Ruanda-Urundi

Dates : 1924 – 1962

Main Article Needed :

See also : Belgian Congo;

Burundi;

Rwanda

Rumania

Refer : Romania

Stamps issued are cat. nos 63–11 onwards of Russia.

Dates : 1992 –

Main Article Needed :

Includes : Russia (pre–Soviet)

See also : Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Russia (pre-Soviet)

Stamps issued were cat. nos 1–324 of Russia.

Dates : 1858 – 1923

Refer : Russia

Russia (German Occupation)

Refer : Ostland;

Ukraine (German Occupation)

Russian Army Issues

Refer : North Western Army;

Northern Army;

Western Army

Russian Civil War Issues

The Russian Civil War (25 October 1917 – October 1922) was a multi-party war in the former Russian Empire fought between the Bolshevik Red Army and the White Army, the loosely allied anti-Bolshevik forces. Many foreign armies warred against the Red Army, notably the Allied Forces and the pro-German armies. The Red Army defeated the White Armed Forces of South Russia in Ukraine and the army led by Aleksandr Kolchak in Siberia in 1919. The remains of the White forces commanded by Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel were beaten in the Crimea and were evacuated in the autumn of 1920.

Stamps were issued by various Russian armies and other parties.

Includes : Amur Province;

Ataman Semyonov Regime (Transbaikal);

Crimea;

Denikin Government;

Don Territory;

Far Eastern Republic;

Kolchak Government (Siberia);

Kuban Territory;

North Ingermanland;

North Western Army;

Northern Army;

Priamur & Maritime Provinces;

Siberia (Czechoslovak Army);

Transbaikal Province;

Western Army;

Wrangel Government

See also : USSR Issues for the Far East

Russian Occupation Issues

Main Article Needed :

Includes : North Korea (Russian Occupation);

South Lithuania (Russian Occupation)

Russian Post Offices Abroad

Main Article Needed :

Includes : China (Russian Post Offices);

Crete (Russian Post Offices)

Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Russia had many post offices in the Turkish Empire which were run by ROPiT. General issues were in usethroughout the period but several local overprints were introduced in 1909. This included the offices atMytilene, Salonika and Mount Athos. Other Russian POs in Greece were at Kandia, Volos (Thessaly),Port Lagos (Thrace), Khios and Rhodes.

Dates : 1863 – 1914

(1900) 40 paras = 1 piastre

Main Article Needed :

Includes : Beirut (Russian Post Office);

Constantinople (Russian Post Office);

Dardanelles (Russian Post Offices);

Jaffa (Russian Post Office);

Jerusalem (Russian Post Office);

Kerrasunde (Russian Post Office);

Mount Athos (Russian Post Office);

Mytilene (Russian Post Office);

Rizeh (Russian Post Office);

Salonika (Russian Post Office);

Smyrne (Russian Post Office);

Trebizonde (Russian Post Office)

Russian Zone (General Issues)

Dates : 1948 – 1949

Refer : Germany (Allied Occupation)

Russkoe Obshchestvo Parokhudstva i Torgovll

Refer : ROPiT

Rustenburg

Dates : 1900 – 1902

Refer : Transvaal

Rwanda

Dates : 1962 –

Main Article Needed :

See also : Ruanda-Urundi

Ryukyu Islands

Dates : 1948 – 1972

(1958) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Needed :

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

External links

AskPhil – Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms
Encyclopaedia of Postal History
In Russian: Information Center "Russia and World" (2,200+ articles & references).