Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Sc–Sl) 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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Scarpanto

Refer : Karpathos

Schleswig

Dates : 1864 – 1868
  • Capital : Schleswig
  • Currency : 16 schilling = 1 mark
    • Refer : German States

    Schleswig-Holstein

    Dates : 1850 – 1868
  • Capital : Kiel
  • Currency : 16 schilling = 1 mark
    • Refer : German States

    Schweizer-Renecke

    Dates : 1900 only
  • Capital : Schweizer-Renecke
  • Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
    • Refer : Transvaal

    Scinde

    Dates : 1852 – 1854
  • Currency : 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
    • Refer : Indian Native States

    Scotland

    Dates : 1958 –
  • Capital : Edinburgh
  • Currency : (1958) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
  • (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound
    Refer : Great Britain (Regional Issues)

    Scott Expedition

    Refer : Victoria Land

    Scutari (Italian Post Office)

    Dates : 1909 – 1915
  • Currency : 40 paras = 1 piastre
    • Refer : Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

    SDD

    Refer : Dodecanese Islands (Greek Occupation)

    Seiyun

    Refer : Kathiri State of Seiyun

    Selangor

    Dates : 1881 –
  • Capital : Kuala Lumpur
  • Currency : 100 cents = 1 dollar
    • Main Article Needed :
    See also : Malaysia

    Semyonov Regime

    Refer : Ataman Semyonov Regime (Transbaikal)

    Senegal

    Dates : 1960 –
  • Capital : Dakar
  • Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc
    • Main Article Needed :
    Includes : Senegal (French Colony)
    See also : French West Africa;
  • Mali Federation

    Senegal (French Colony)

    Dates : 1887 –
  • Capital : Dakar
  • Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc
    • Refer : Senegal

    Senegambia & Niger

    Dates : 1903 – 1906
  • Capital : Dakar
  • Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc
    • Refer : French Soudan

    Serbia

    Dates : 1866 – 1920; 2006 –
  • Capital : Belgrade
  • Currency : 100 paras = 1 dinar
    • Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Serbia
    Includes : Serbia (Yugoslav Regional Issues)
    See also : Yugoslavia

    Serbia (Austrian Occupation)

    Dates : 1916 only
  • Currency : 100 heller = 1 krone
    • Refer : Austro–Hungarian Military Post

    Serbia (German Occupation)

    Dates : 1941 – 1944
  • Currency : 100 paras = 1 dinar
    • Refer : German Occupation Issues (WW2)

    Serbia (Yugoslav Regional Issues)

    Dates : 1944 – 1946
  • Capital : Belgrade
  • Currency : 100 filler = 1 pengo
    • Refer : Serbia

    Serbian Occupation Issues

    Main Article Needed :
    Includes : Baranya (Serbian Occupation);
  • Hungary (Serbian Occupation);
  • Temesvar (Serbian Occupation)

    Serbia & Montenegro

    Dates : 2003 – 2006
  • Capital : Belgrade
  • Currency : 100 paras = 1 dinar
    • Main Article Needed :
    See also : Montenegro
  • Serbia;
  • Yugoslavia;

    Seychelles

    Dates : 1890 –
  • Capital : Victoria
  • Currency : 100 cents = 1 rupee
    • Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Seychelles
    See also : British Indian Ocean Territory;
  • Zil Elwannyen Sesel

    Seychelles Outer Islands

    Refer : Zil Elwannyen Sesel

    Shackleton Expedition

    Refer : King Edward VII Land

    Shahpura

    Dates : 1914 – 1920
  • Capital :
  • Currency : 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
    • Refer : Indian Native States

    Shanghai

    Dates : 1865 – 1898
  • Currency : (1865) 10 cash = 1 candareen, 100 candareens = 1 tael
  • (1890) 100 cents = 1 dollar
    Main Article Needed :
    See also : Chinese Empire

    Shanghai (US Postal Agency)

    Dates : 1919 – 1922
  • Currency : 100 cents = 1 dollar
    • Refer : US Post Abroad

    Issues of 1968–72 were non-postal and are unrecognised.

    Dates : 1963 – 1968
  • Currency : (1963) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee
  • (1966) 100 dirhams = 1 riyal.
    Refer : Trucial States

    Shensi-Kansu-Ninghsia

    Dates : 1946 – 1949
  • Currency : 100 cents = 1 dollar
    • Refer : CPR Regional Issues

    Sherifian Post

    Dates : 1912 – 1919
  • Currency : 400 moussonats = 1 rial
    • Refer : Morocco

    Shihr & Mukalla

    Refer : Qu'Aiti State of Shihr & Mukalla

    Shqip–

    Prefix denoting Albania. Stamps use various suffixes.

    Refer : Albania

    SHS

    Refer : Srba Hrvata Slovena

    Siam

    Dates : 1883 – 1939
  • Capital : Bangkok
  • Currency :(1883) 32 solot = 16 atts = 8 sio = 4 sik = 2 fuang = 1 salung;
  • 4 salungs = 1 tical
  • (1909) 100 satangs = 1 tical
  • (1912) 100 satangs = 1 baht
    Refer : Thailand

    Siam (Thailand)

    Dates : 1947 – 1950
  • Capital : Bangkok
  • Currency : 100 satangs = 1 baht
    • Refer : Thailand

    Siam (British Post Offices)

    Refer : Bangkok (British Post Office)

    Siberia

    Refer : Russian Civil War Issues

    Siberia (Czechoslovak Army)

    Dates : 1919 – 1920
  • Currency : 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
    • Refer : Russian Civil War Issues

    Sicily

    Dates : 1859 – 1860
  • Capital : Palermo
  • Currency : 100 grana = 1 ducato
    • Refer : Italian States

    Sierra Leone

    Dates : 1859 –
  • Capital : Freetown
  • Currency : (1859) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
  • (1964) 100 cents = 1 rupee
    Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Sierra Leone

    Sikkim

    Unofficial issues only.

    Refer : India

    Silesia

    Refer : East Silesia;
  • Upper Silesia

    Simi

    Refer : Syme

    Sind

    Refer : Scinde

    Singapore

    Dates : 1948 –
  • Capital : Singapore
  • Currency : 100 cents = 1 dollar
    • Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Singapore

    Sinkiang

    Within Sinkiang province was the short-lived Ili Republic, which issued some unofficial stamps 1945–49.

    Dates : 1915 – 1949
  • Currency : 100 cents = 1 dollar
    • Refer : Chinese Provinces

    Sirmoor

    Dates : 1879 – 1902
  • Currency : 12 pice = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
    • Refer : Indian Native States
    Dates : 2010 -
  • Capital : Philipsburg
  • Currency : 100 cents = 1 gulden (florin)
    • See also
  • Curaçao (Curaçao and Dependencies);
  • Netherlands Antilles;

    Slesvig

    Dates : 1920 only
  • Capital : Schleswig
  • Currency : Danish and German used concurrently
    • Refer : Plebiscite Issues

    Slovakia

    In 1993, the federation of Czechoslovakia was dissolved and Slovakia became an independent republic withMichal Kovác as its first president.

    Dates : 1993 –
  • Capital : Bratislava
  • Currency : 100 haleru = 1 koruna
    • Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Slovakia
    Includes : Slovakia (Autonomous State)
    See also : Czechoslovakia;
  • Czech Republic

    Slovakia (Autonomous State)

    Dates : 1939 – 1945
  • Capital : Bratislava
  • Currency : 100 haleru = 1 koruna
    • Refer : Slovakia

    Slovenia

    Formerly part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Slovenia was combined with other areas in 1918 to formYugoslavia. After occupation by Italy and Germany in WW2, it was returned to Yugoslavia in 1945.In 1991, Slovenia seceded from the Yugoslav federation and became an independent republic.

    Dates : 1991 –
  • Capital : Ljubljana
  • Currency : euro
    • Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Slovenia
    Includes : Slovenia (Provincial Issues);
  • Slovenia (Yugoslav Regional Issues)
    See also : Yugoslavia

    Slovenia (Provincial Issues)

    Dates : 1919 – 1921
  • Capital : Ljubljana
  • Currency : 100 vinar = 1 krona
    • Refer : Slovenia

    Slovenia (Yugoslav Regional Issues)

    Dates : 1945 – 1946
  • Capital : Ljubljana
  • Currency : German, Italian and Hungarian used concurrently
    • Refer : Slovenia

    Slovenia (German Occupation)

    Refer : Laibach (German Occupation)

    Slovenia (Italian Occupation)

    Refer : Lubiana (Italian Occupation)

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