Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Br–Bz)

Each "article" in this category is in fact a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries themselves are formulated on the micro model and so provide summary information about all known issuers.

See the Category:Compendium of postage stamp issuers page for details of the project.

Brunei

 * Dates :	1895 –
 * Capital :	Bandar Seri Begawan
 * Currency :	100 cents = 1 dollar


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

Brunei (Japanese Occupation)

 * Dates :	1942 – 1945
 * Currency :	100 cents = 1 dollar


 * Refer :	Japanese Occupation Issues

Brunswick
Brunswick joined the North German Confederation in 1868.


 * Dates :	1852 – 1868
 * Capital :	Brunswick
 * Currency :	30 silbergroschen = 1 thaler


 * Refer :	German States

Buenos Aires

 * Dates :	1858 – 1862
 * Currency :	8 reales = 1 peso


 * Refer :	Argentine Territories

Bukovina

 * Refer :	West Ukraine

Bulgaria

 * Dates :	1879 –
 * Capital :	Sofia
 * Currency :	(1879) 100 centimes = 1 franc
 * (1881) 100 stotinki = 1 lev


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

Bulgarian Occupation Issues

 * Refer :	Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation)

Bulgarian Territories

 * Main Article Needed:


 * Includes :	Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation);
 * Eastern Rumelia;
 * South Bulgaria

Bundi
Indian state which became part of Rajasthan 1948–50.


 * Dates :	1894 – 1948
 * Currency :	12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee


 * Refer :	Indian Native States

Burkina Faso
Formerly Upper Volta.


 * Dates :	1984 –
 * Capital :	Ouagadougou
 * Currency :	100 centimes = 1 franc


 * Main Article:
 * Postage stamps and postal history of Burkina Faso


 * See also :	Upper Volta

Burma

 * Dates :	1937 –
 * Capital :	Rangoon
 * Currency :	(1937) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
 * (1953) 100 pyas = 1 kyat (rupee)


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


 * Includes :	Myanmar

Burma (Japanese Occupation)

 * Dates :	1942 – 1945
 * Currency :	(1942) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
 * (1942) 100 cents = 1 rupee


 * Refer :	Japanese Occupation Issues

Burundi

 * Dates :	1962 –
 * Capital :	Bujumbura
 * Currency :	100 centimes = 1 franc


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

Bushire (British Occupation)
Bushire (now Bushehr) is an Iranian port on the Persian Gulf. During World War I, it was occupied by British forces who issued separate stamps 15 August to 16 October 1915. There were 30 stamps in three issues. All were Iranian types overprinted BUSHIRE UNDER BRITISH OCCUPATION.


 * Dates :	1915 only
 * Currency :	20 shahis = 1 kran; 10 kran = 1 toman


 * Refer :	British Occupation Issues

Bussahir

 * Dates :	1895 – 1901
 * Currency :	16 annas = 1 rupee


 * Refer :	Indian Native States

Byelorussia

 * Refer :	Belarus