List of British post offices abroad

Great Britain has introduced postal services throughout the world and has often made use of British definitives bearing local overprints. The following is a partial list of British postal services abroad. The list does not include agencies in South America, such as in Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and Valparaiso.

British post offices abroad

 * British post offices in Africa various issues
 * Baghdad (British Occupation)	1917 only
 * Bangkok (British Post Office)	1882–1885
 * Batum (British Occupation)	1919–1920
 * Beirut (British Post Office)	1906 only
 * British post offices in the Turkish Empire	1885–1923
 * British postal agencies in Eastern Arabia	1948–1966
 * Bushire (British Occupation)	1915 only
 * Cameroons (British Occupation)	1915 only
 * China (British Post Offices)	1917–1930
 * China (British Railway Administration)	1901 only
 * Crete (British Post Offices)	1898–1899
 * East Africa Forces	1943–1948
 * British post in Egypt (Consular Offices)	1839–1882
 * British post in Egypt (British Military Occupation)	1882–1914
 * Egypt (British Forces)	1932–1943
 * Eritrea (British Administration)	1950–1952
 * Eritrea (British Military Administration)	1948–1950
 * German East Africa (British Occupation)	1917 only
 * Iraq (British Occupation)	1918–1923
 * Japan (British Commonwealth Occupation)	1946–1949
 * Japan (British Post Offices)	1859–1879
 * Mafia Island (British Occupation)	1915–1916
 * Malaya (British Military Administration)	1945–1948
 * Middle East Forces (MEF)	1942–1947
 * Morocco Agencies	1898–1957
 * North Borneo (BMA)	1945 only
 * Salonika (British Field Office)	1916 only
 * Sarawak (BMA)	1945 only
 * Somalia (British Administration)	1950 only
 * Somalia (British Military Administration)	1948–1950
 * Tangier	1927–1957
 * Tripolitania (British Administration)	1950–1952
 * Tripolitania (British Military Administration)	1948–1950
 * Uzunada, formerly Chustan Island (British Occupation)	1916 only