Compendium of postage stamp issuers (V) 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.
See the page for details of the project.
Vaitupu
- Refer : Tuvalu
Valona (Italian Post Office)
- Dates : 1909–1916
Currency : 40 paras = 1 piastre
- Refer : Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
Van Diemen's Land
- Dates : 1853–1860
Capital : Hobart
Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
- Main Article Needed : Postage stamps and postal history of Van Diemen's Land
Vancouver Island
- Dates
1865 only
- Capital
Victoria
- Currency
100 cents = 1 dollar
- Refer
British ColumbiaVanuatu
- Dates : 1980 –
Capital : Vila
Currency : (1980) 100 centimes = 1 franc
(1981) vatus
- Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Vanuatu
- See also : New Hebrides
Vathy (French Post Offices)
- Dates : 1893–1914
Currency : French and Turkish used concurrently
- Refer : French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
Vatican City
- Dates : 1929 –
Currency : 100 centesimi = 1 lira
- Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Vatican City
Veglia
- Dates : 1920 only
Capital :
Currency : 100 centesimi = 1 lira
- Refer : Fiume
Venda
One of the territories (Bantustans) set 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 : 1979 – 1994
- Capital : Thohoyandou Currency : 100 cents = 1 rand
- Refer : South African Territories
Venezia Giulia (Italian Occupation)
- Dates : 1918–1919
Currency : Austrian and Italian used concurrently
- Refer : Italian Occupation Issues
Venezia Giulia & Istria
- Main Article Needed :
- Includes : Istria (Yugoslav Occupation);
Venezia Giulia & Istria (Allied Military Government);
Venezia Giulia & Istria (Yugoslav Military Government);
Venezia Giulia & Istria (Yugoslav Occupation)
- See also : Trieste;
Venezia Giulia (Italian Occupation)Venezia Giulia & Istria (Allied Military Government)
- Dates : 1945–1947
Currency : 100 centesimi = 1 lira
- Refer : Venezia Giulia & Istria
- See also : Trieste
Venezia Giulia & Istria (Yugoslav Military Government)
- Dates : 1945–1947
Currency : 100 centesimi = 1 lira
- Refer : Venezia Giulia & Istria
Venezia Giulia & Istria (Yugoslav Occupation)
- Dates : 1945 only
Currency : 100 centesimi = 1 lira
- Refer : Venezia Giulia & Istria
Venezuela
- Dates : 1859 –
Capital : Caracas
Currency : (1859) 100 centavos = 8 reales = 1 peso
(1879) 100 centesimos = 1 venezolano
(1880) 100 centimos = 1 bolívar
- Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Venezuela
Victoria
- Dates : 1850–1912
Capital : Melbourne
Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
- Main Article Needed :
- See also : Australia
Victoria Land
- Dates : 1911–1912
Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
- Refer : New Zealand Territories
Vienna
- Refer : United Nations (UN)
Vietcong
- Refer : National Front for Liberation of South Vietnam
Vietnam
- Dates : 1976 –
Capital : Hanoi
Currency : 100 xu = 1 dong
- Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Vietnam
- Includes : Vietnam (French Colony)
Vietnam (French Colony)
- Dates : 1945–1954
Capital : Hanoi
Currency : (1945) 100 cents = 1 piastre
(1945) 100 xu = 10 hao = 1 dong
- Refer : Vietnam
Vilnius
- Refer : Lithuania (German Occupation)
Virgin Islands
- Dates : 1866–1968
Capital : Road Town
Currency : (1866) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
(1951) 100 cents = 1 dollar
- Refer : British Virgin Islands
Vladivostok
- Refer : Priamur & Maritime Provinces
Volksrust
- Dates : 1902 only
Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
- Refer : Transvaal
VR Special Post
- Refer : Vryburg
VRI
- Refer : Lydenburg;
Orange Free State;
Transvaal;
Volksrust;
WolmaransstadVryburg
- Dates : 1899–1900
Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
- Refer : Cape of Good Hope
- See also : Stellaland
VU(J)NA-STT
- Refer : STT-VUJA/STT-VUJNA
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
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