Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Be–Br)

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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Belgian Congo
Became the Congo Republic and later Zaire.


 * Dates :	1909–1960
 * Capital :	Leopoldville
 * Currency :	100 centimes = 1 franc


 * Main Article Needed:


 * See also :	Congo Free State

Belgian Occupation Issues

 * Main Article Needed:


 * Includes :	Eupen & Malmedy (Belgian Occupation);
 * German East Africa (Belgian Occupation);
 * Germany (Belgian Occupation)

Belgium

 * Dates :	1849 –
 * Capital :	Brussels
 * Currency :	(1849) 100 centimes = 1 franc
 * (2002) 100 cent = 1 euro


 * Main Article:
 * Postage stamps and postal history of Belgium

Belgium (German Occupation)

 * Dates :	1914–1918
 * Currency :	100 centimes = 1 franc


 * Refer :	German Occupation Issues (WW1)

Belize

 * Dates :	1973 –
 * Capital : 	Belmopan
 * Currency :	100 cents = 1 dollar


 * Main Article:
 * Postage stamps and postal history of Belize


 * See also :	British Honduras

Belorussia

 * Refer :	Belarus

Benadir

 * Dates :	1903–1905
 * Capital :	Mogadishu
 * Currency :	100 besa = 16 annas = 1 rupia


 * Refer :	Italian Somaliland

Benghazi (Italian Post Office)
Italy annexed Libya in 1912 and the office then issued stamps of Libya.


 * Dates :	1901–1912
 * Currency :	40 paras = 1 piastre


 * Refer :	Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Benin
Formerly Dahomey.


 * Dates :	1976 –
 * Capital :	Porto Novo
 * Currency :	100 centimes = 1 franc


 * Main Article:
 * Postage stamps and postal history of Benin


 * Includes :	Benin (French Colony)


 * See also :	Dahomey

Benin (French Colony)
The French colony of Benin issued overprinted French Colonies stamps 1892–99 and was then incorporated in Dahomey. In 1976, Dahomey was renamed Benin.


 * Dates :	1892–1899
 * Capital :	Porto Novo
 * Currency :	100 centimes = 1 franc


 * Refer :	Benin

Bequia
Unauthorised issues only. Bequia is one of the islands of the Grenadines of St Vincent.


 * Refer :	Grenadines of St Vincent

Bergedorf
Became part of Hamburg in 1867.


 * Dates :	1861–1867
 * Currency :	16 schillings = 1 mark


 * Refer :	German States

Berlin–Brandenburg (Russian Zone)
Superseded by 1946 general issue for the American, British & Russian Zones.


 * Dates :	1945 only
 * Capital :	Berlin (Russian Zone)
 * Currency :	100 pfennige = 1 mark


 * Refer :	Germany (Allied Occupation)

Bermuda

 * Dates :	1865 –
 * Capital :	Hamilton
 * Currency : 	(1865) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
 * (1970) 100 cents = 1 dollar


 * Main Article:
 * Postage stamps and postal history of Bermuda

Bessarabia

 * Refer :	Moldova

Beyrouth

 * Refer :	Beirut (French Post Office);
 * Beirut (Russian Post Office)

Bhopal

 * Dates :	1876–1949
 * Currency :	12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee


 * Refer :	Indian Native States

Bhor

 * Dates :	1879–1901
 * Currency :	12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee


 * Refer :	Indian Native States

Bhutan

 * Dates :	1962 –
 * Capital :	Thimphu
 * Currency :	100 chetrum = 1 ngultrum (rupee)


 * Main Article:
 * Postage stamps and postal history of Bhutan

Biafra
Nigerian civil war issues.


 * Dates :	1968–1969
 * Capital :	Port Harcourt
 * Currency :	12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound


 * Main article : Postage stamps and postal history of Biafra


 * Refer :	Nigerian Territories

Bijawar

 * Dates :	1935–1937
 * Currency :	12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee


 * Refer :	Indian Native States

BMA

 * Refer :	Eritrea (British Military Administration);
 * Malaya (British Military Administration);
 * North Borneo (British Military Administration);
 * Sarawak (British Military Administration);
 * Somalia (British Military Administration);
 * Tripolitania (British Military Administration)

Bohemia & Moravia

 * Dates :	1939–1945
 * Capital :	Prague
 * Currency :	100 haleru = 1 koruna


 * Main Article Needed:

Bohmen und Mahren

 * Refer :	Bohemia & Moravia

Boka Kotorska

 * Refer :	Dalmatia (German Occupation)

Bolívar

 * Dates :	1863–1904
 * Capital :	Montería
 * Currency :	100 centavos = 1 peso


 * Refer :	Colombian Territories

Bolivia

 * Dates :	1867 –
 * Capital :	La Paz
 * Currency :	(1867) 100 centavos = 1 boliviano
 * (1963) 100 centavos = 1 peso


 * Main Article:
 * Postage stamps and postal history of Bolivia

Bophutatswana
One of the territories ( Bantustans ) up by the South African government as part of its apartheid policy. Although the territory itself did not acquire international recognition, its stamps were valid for postage.


 * Dates :	1977 – 1994
 * Capital :	Mmabatho (aka Sun City)
 * Currency :	100 cents = 1 rand


 * Refer :	South African Territories

Borneo

 * Refer :	Japanese Naval Control Area

Bosnia & Herzegovina

 * Dates :	1993 –
 * Capital :	Sarajevo
 * Currency :	(1993) 100 paras = 1 dinar
 * (1997) 100 pfennig = 1 mark


 * Main Article:
 * Postage stamps and postal history of Bosnia and Herzegovina


 * Includes :	Bosnia & Herzegovina (Austro–Hungarian Empire);
 * Bosnia & Herzegovina (Provincial Issues);
 * Bosnia & Herzegovina (Yugoslav Regional Issues);
 * Croatian Posts (Bosnia)


 * See also :	Bosnian Serb Republic;
 * Croatia;
 * Yugoslavia

Bosnia & Herzegovina (Austro-Hungarian Empire)
Under the terms of the Treaty of Berlin 1878, Austria-Hungary was authorised to occupy Bosnia & Herzegovina which had previously been in the Turkish (Ottoman) Empire. In 1908, outright annexation took place and the country became an integral part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

During 1912–1918, all stamps were inscribed K-u-K MILITARPOST.


 * Dates :	1878–1918
 * Capital :	Sarajevo
 * Currency :	(1878–1899) 100 kreutzer = 1 florin
 * (1900–1918) 100 heller = 1 crown


 * Refer :	Bosnia & Herzegovina

Bosnia & Herzegovina (Provincial Issues)
The 1918–21 issues were for provincial use only pending settlement of the political situation after World War I.


 * Dates :	1918–1921
 * Capital :	Sarajevo
 * Currency :	100 heller = 1 krone


 * Refer :	Bosnia & Herzegovina

Bosnia & Herzegovina (Yugoslav Regional Issues)
There was a regional issue in 1945 during shortages of Yugoslav stamps in the aftermath of World War II.


 * Dates :	1945 only
 * Capital :	Sarajevo
 * Currency :	100 banicas = 1 kuna


 * Refer :	Bosnia & Herzegovina

Bosnian Serb Republic
Following the collapse of communism in 1989, unrest between ethnic factions in Bosnia & Herzegovina developed into open hostilities. In particular, Serbian nationalists began forming Serbian Autonomous Regions (SARs) and these were rejected by the government in Sarajevo. The situation escalated after the government declared independence from Yugoslavia in March 1992. Despite world recognition of the new state, the Bosnian Serbs and the Yugoslav army attempted to take control of the country and besieged Sarajevo. Before long, a Bosnian Serb Republic (Republika Srpska) was proclaimed at Pale. It declared allegiance to Serb-dominated Yugoslavia.

By the Dayton Agreement of November 1995, the country became one state with two autonomous entities: the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; and the Bosnian Serb Republic.

Stamps inscribed REPUBLIKA SRPSKA have been issued since 1992.


 * Dates :	1992 –
 * Capital :	Pale
 * Currency :	100 paras = 1 dinar


 * Main Article Needed:


 * See also :	Bosnia & Herzegovina;
 * Croatian Posts (Bosnia);
 * Yugoslavia

Botswana

 * Dates :	1966 –
 * Capital :	Gaborone
 * Currency :	(1966) 100 cents = 1 rand
 * (1976) 100 thebe = 1 pula


 * Main Article:
 * Postage stamps and postal history of Botswana


 * See also :	Bechuanaland

Bouvet Island

 * Refer :	Norwegian Dependency

Boyacá

 * Dates :	1899–1903
 * Capital :	Tunja
 * Currency :	100 centavos = 1 peso


 * Refer :	Colombian Territories

Brazil

 * Dates :	1843 –
 * Capital :	Brasilia
 * Currency :	(1843) 1000 = 1 milreis
 * (1942) 100 centavos = 1 cruzeiro
 * (1967) 100 old cruzeiros = 1 new cruzeiro


 * Main Article:
 * Postage stamps and postal history of Brazil

Bremen
Bremen joined the North German Confederation in 1867.


 * Dates :	1855–1867
 * Capital :	Bremen
 * Currency :	22 grote = 10 silbergroschen; 72 grote = 1 thaler


 * Main Article Needed:


 * Refer :	German States