C O U N T R Y C O D E S by Country Name Header Abbreviations: (note: 0-apcode.txt is a list by NT codes) now/here?: http://users17.jabry.com/stamplinks/i/ref/1-apcode.txt (c.2014) formerly: http://wardaj.tripod.com/i/ref/1-apcode.txt formerly: http://ajward.tripod.com/i/ref/1-apcode.txt Country - sic. |NT| - 'internet' codes ; standard 'ISO Code 3166/Alpha-2' (UPPER CASE) and my ID codes (lower case) See: .../i/posts/ref/UPU_member_countries201409.txt (Note: as used in indexes they are all 'lower case'; eg. .ab, .af if used in the Dealers Directory, UPPER CASE for individuals.) | # | - area/era codes ; consider using as map co-ord's. (see 'Reference Materials' "Numerical" for more extensive lists; use filename: 'referenc.htm' in this directory) |TN| - 'Territory Name' of a governing unit expressed as NT |RP| - 'Political Region' (if any) a governing unit belong to. |RG| - 'Regional Code' denoting physical location (arcane; see referenc.htm) ============================================================================================== Country |NT| # |TN|RP|RG|Comment ============================================================================================== Abkhazia |ab|40360abk|GE|is|4c|CIS ;exmpl (central Asia?/4c?) Afghanistan |AF|10320 | |is|4s|AsiaSouth Aitutaki |ak|10390 |CK|NZ|po|South Pacific-Oceania Aland |aa|17720aln|FI| |en|EuroScandinavia, 'Autonomous County' Albania |AL|10570 | | |es| Alderney |ay|14390ald|gu|UK|ew|EN|or: RG=en?, RP=GG?; see Guernsey Algeria |DZ|10670 | | |1n|No. Africa American Samoa |AS|32210 |US| |ps|see also: Western Samoa Andorra |AD|11010 |ES| |ew|Europe, West- French & Spanish co-principality Andorra |AD|11010 |FR| |ew|Europe, West- French & Spanish co-principality Angola |AO|11030 | | |1s|Southern Africa Anguilla |AI|11060 |UK| |2m|Mid Americas; Caribbean, UK Dependency Antigua & Barbuda |AG|11180 |bc| |2m| Argentina |AR|11290 | | |2s|So. America Armenia |AM|40100 | |is|4o|??RF-Russian Federation, CIS; SW Asia Aruba |AW|28030 |NL| |2m|Caribbean - External Territory Ascension |AC|11450 |SH|UK|5s|dependent of Saint Helena Australia |AU|11490 | |UK|AU|RG: po? Austria |AT|11650 | | |ew| Azerbaijan |AZ|40140 | |is|4c|CIS, Cen. Asia Azores |ap|11970 |PT| |5_|Territory of Portugal Bahamas, The |BS|12040 | | |2m| Bahrain |BH|12060 |bx| |4o|was 'BR';SAME AS BRAZIL?! (used bx) Bangladesh |BD|12130 | | |4s| Barbados |BB|12160 |UK| |2m|UK? CIA not clear Barbuda |AG|12170 |UK| |2m|Antigua & Belarus |BY|40160 | | |ee|or 'Byelorussia' Belgium |BE|12380 | | |ew| Belize |BZ|12420 | | |2m| Benin |BJ|12460 | | |1w|formerly: Dahomey/Upper Volta Bequia |bq|32130biq|VC| | |part of St. Vincent Bermuda |BM|12500 | | |2m| Bhutan |BT|12560 | | |4s| Bolivia |BO|12660 | | |2s| Bosnia and Herzegovina|BA|40180 | | |es| Botswana |BW|12710 | | |1s| Bouvet Island |BV| |NO| |ne|Dependent of Norway (non philatelic) Brazil |BR|12730 | | |2s| British Antarctic Terrritory|bc|12780 |UK|bc|AQ|via Falklands British Indian Ocean Territory|IO|12980 |UK|bc|io|Brit. Indian Ocean Ter. [Chagos], UK Dependency British Virgin Islandss|VG|37960 |UK|bc|2m|Caribbean, UK Dependency Brunei |BN|13340 | | |4x|aka: Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria |BG|13440 | | |es| Burkina Faso |BF|40200 | | |1w| Burma |MM|13550 | | |4x|aka: Myanmar Burundi |BI|13580 | | |1c| Byelorussia |BY|40160 | |is|ee|aka: 'Belarus' Cambodia |KH|13700 | | |4x|now: Khmer Republic Cameroon |CM|13740 | | |1w| Canada |CA|13800 | |UK|2n| Cape Verde |CV|13980 | | |5n|West of Senegal, W. Africa Cayman Islands |KY|14150 |UK|bc|2m|UK Dependency Central African Republic|CF|14170 | | |1c| Chad |TD|14320 | | |1c|Tchad Chechnya |ce|40700che|RU|is|4c|?: autonomous region of Russia, CIS Chile |CL|14490 | | |2s| China PR |CN|15050 | | |4e|Peoples Republic of China, Rep. of |TW|15040 | | |4e|aka: Taiwan; Formosa (ROC) Christmas Island |CX|15100 |AU|bc|io|(Indian Ocean), External Territory Cocos (Keeling) Islands|CC|15230 |AU|bc|io|External Territory Colombia |CO|15250 | | |2s| Comoros |KM|15540 | | |1s|aka: Comoro Islands Congo, Democratic Republic|CD|38720 | | |1c|was/aka: Zaire (was .ZR; now .CD) Congo, |formerly Congo People's Republic; Republic of the|CG|40220 | | |1w|APRL number appears to be wrong. Cook Islands |CK|16110 |NZ|UK|po|Associated Territory Costa Rica |CR|16180 | | |2m| Cote d'Ivorie |CI|23330 | | |1w|aka: Ivory Coast Croatia |HR|40240 | | |es| Cuba |CU|16320 | | |2m| Cyprus |CY|16390 | | |4o|see also Turkish North Cyprus Czech Republic |CZ|40260 | | |ew| Denmark |DK|16810 | | |en| Djibouti |DJ|16860 | | |1e| Dominica |DM|16920 | | |2m| Dominican Republic|DO|16930 | | |2m| East Timor |TP|35020 | | |4x|aka: Timor Ecuador |EC|17180 | | |2s| Egypt |EG|17200 | | |1n| El Salvador |SV|17290 | | |2m| EnenKio Atoll |UM| |US| |po|(Wake Island; USA; Cinderellas - used 'em') Equatorial Guinea |GQ|17370 | | |1w| Eritrea |ER|17385 | | |1e|(was autonomous region of Ethiopia) Estonia |EE|40300 | | |ee| Ethiopia |ET|17430 | | |1e| Falkland Islands |FK|17480 |UK| |5s|Dependency & Administers UK Dependency So. Georgia Faroe lslands |FO|17590 |DK| |en|Autonomous Dependency Fiji |FJ|17710 | | |po| Finland |FI|17720 | | |en| France |FR|17890 | | |ew| French Guiana |GF|18600 |FR| |2s|Overseas Département French Polynesia |PF|18750 |FR| |po|(Tahiti) Overseas Département French Southern & Antarctic Ter.|TF|18810 |FR| |AQ|Overseas Territory Gabon |GA|18930 | | |1w| Gambia, The |GM|18950 | | |1w| Georgia |GE|40380 | |is|4c|CIS (was on this list as 'GG') Germany |DE|19260 | | |ew|East & West united Ghana |GH|19960 | | |1w| Gibraltar |GI|19970 |UK|bc|ew|UK Dependency Great Britain |GB|20080 |UK|bc|ew|aka: England and Scotland & forms part of the UK Greece |GR|20490 | | |ew| Greenland |GL|20700 |DK| |5n|Autonomous Dependency Grenada & The Grenedines|GD|20730 | | |2m|see also St. Vincent & The Grenedines Guadeloupe |GP|20770 |FR| |2m|(St. Martin) Overseas Département Guatemala |GT|20810 | | |2s| Guernsey, Baliwick of|GG|14390 |GB|bc|ew|Crown Dependency, ('not part of UK'). incl.: Alderney (ay): used 'gu' awhile Guinea |GN|20860 | | |1w|former French Guinea-Bissau |GW|40400 | | |1w| Guyana |GY|20910 | | |2s| Haiti |HT|20950 | | |2m| Honduras |HN|21200 | | |2m| Hong Kong |HK|21230 | |CN|4e|part of PR China a/o 12/99 Hungary |HU|21340 | | |ee| Iceland |IS|21470 | | |5n| India |IN|21540 | | |4s| Indonesia |ID|22280 | | |4x| Iran |IR|22490 | | |4o| Iraq |IQ|22520 | | |4o| Ireland |IE|22550 | | |ew| Isle of Man |IM|22570 | | |5n| Israel |IL|22600 | | |4o|08 Dec 94 report indicated that postage stamps had been issued by Palestine for Gaza and Jericho but no agreement reached with Israel on int'l use. Italy |IT|22820 | | |ew| Ivory Coast |CI|23330 | | |1n|aka: Cote d'Ivorie Jamaica |JM|23370 | | |2m| Japan |JP|23410 | | |4e|East Asia Jersey, Bailiwick of|JE|14400 |GB|bc|5n|Crown Dependency, ('not part of UK'). Jordan |JO|23970 | | |4o| Kazakhstan |KZ|40440 | | |4c|(was listed as 'KK', now is 'KZ') Kenya |KE|24330 | | |1e| Khmer Republic |KH|13700 | | |4x|was: Cambodia Kiribati |KI|40460 | | |po| Korea, DPR |KP|24650 | | |4e|aka: North Korea, (DPRK) Korea, Rep. |KR|24670 | | |4e|aka: South Korea, (ROK) Kosovo |kv|41120 | | |es|new 1999/2000 Kuwait |KW|24780 | | |4o| Kyrgystan |KG|40480 | | |4c| Laos |LA|24920 | | |4x| Latvia |LV|40500 | | |ee| Lebanon |LB|25060 | | |4o| Lesotho |LS|25210 | | |1s|enclave in So. Africa (.ZA) Liberia |LR|25350 | | |1w| Libya |LY|25520 | | |1n| Liechtenstein |LI|25550 | | |ec| Lithuania |LT|25630 | | |ee| Luxembourg |LU|25850 | | |ew| Macau |MO|25880 |CN| |4e|aka: Macao (returned to PR China Dec, 1999 from Portugal) Macedonia, |MK|40540 | | |es|The Former Yugoslav Rep. of Madagascar |MG|26150 | | |1e|Was:Malagasy Republic til 1993; CIA describes region as 'io' Maderia |mp|30390 |PT| | |autonomous region of Portugal Malawi |MW|26160 | | |1s| Malaysia |MY|26400 | | |4x| Maldives |MV|26420 | | |io|Republic of Mali |ML|26430 | | |1w| Malta |MT|26460 | | |es|Mediterrainian; So. of Italy Marshall Islands |MH|40560 | | |po| Martinique |MQ|26610 |FR| |2m|Overseas Département (Uses .fr domain) Mauritania |MR|26720 | | |1n| Mauritius |MU|26730 | | |io|East of Madagascar in Indian Ocean Mayotte |YT|26750 |FR| |1s|Collectivité Territoriale Mexico |MX|26890 | | |2m| Micronesia, Federated States of|FM|40620 |US| |po| Moldova |MD|40640 | |is|ee| Monaco |MC|27390 | | |ew| Mongolia |MN|27430 | | |4n| Montserrat |MS|27570 | | |2m|UK? Morocco |MA|27610 | | |1n| Mountainous |autonomous region of Karabakh|mb|40100mou|AZ|is|4c|Armenia (& Azerbaijan), CIS Mozambique |MZ|27760 | | |1s| Myanmar |MM|13550 | | |4x|aka/see: Burma Nakhichevan |nk|40140nak| |is|4c|region of Azerbaijan, CIS; issues Namibia |NA|40660 | | |1s| Nauru |NR|27900 | | |po| Nepal |NP|28000 | | |4s| Netherlands |NL|28010 | | |ew| Netherlands Antilles|AN|28020 |NL| |2m| Nevis |nv|28250 |KN|UK|2m|see also: St. Kitts New Caledonia |NC|28290 |FR| |po|Overseas Territory New Zealand |NZ|28500 | | |po| Nicaragua |NI|28540 | | |2m| Niger |NE|28570 | | |1w| Nigeria |NG|28620 | | |1w| Niuafo'ou |nx|35180niu|TO|NZ|po|aka: Tin Can Island Niue |NU|28690 |NZ|UK|po|Associated Territory Norfolk Island |NF|28700 |AU|bc|po|External Territory Northern Mariana |US Commonwealth Territory: Rota, Islands|MP|26540 |US| |po|Tinian, Saipan & No. to ~21 deg. No. Norway |NO|29040 | | |en| Oman |OM|29280 | | |4o| Pakistan |PK|29480 | | |4s| Palau |PW|40680 | | |po| Palestine |WB|29530 | | |4o|aka West Bank (Muslim Israel area) Panama |PA|29590 | | |2m| Papua New Guinea |PG|29640 | | |4x| Paraguay |PY|29650 | | |2s| Penhryn |pr|16110pen|CK|NZ|po|my#; one of the Cook Islands Peru |PE|29850 | | |2s| Philippines |PH|30040 | | |4x| Pitcairn Islands |PN|30100 |NZ|UK|po| Poland |PL|30130 | | |ee| Portugal |PT|30370 | | |ew| Qatar |QA|30590 | | |4o| Redonda |ra|11180red|AG|UK|2m|dependent of Antigua & Barbuda Reunion |RE|30790 |FR| |1s|Overseas Département (uses fr domain) Romania |RO|31000 | | |es| Ross Dependency |rd|28520 |NZ|UK|AQ|NZ's Antarctic Ter. Russia |RU|40700 | |is|4n|No. Asia; CIS Rwanda |RW|31870 | | |1c| Saint Helena |SH|32030 |UK| |5s|S/A: Tristian.. and Saint Kitts |KN|32060 |UK| |2m|'and Nevis'; see also: 'Nevis' Saint Lucia |LC|32080 | | |2m| Saint Pierre & Miquelon|PM|32100 |FR| |5n|Collectivité Territoriale; near Canada Saint Thomas & Prince Islands|ST|32110 | | |1w|aka: Sao Tome and Principe Saint Vincent & The Grenedines|VC|32130 | | |2m| see also: Grenada & The Grenedines Samoa, Indep. |aka/see: Western Samoa State of|WS|32210 |NZ|UK|po|(cf: American Samoa) San Marino |SM|32270 | | |ew|enclave in Italy Sao Tome & Principe|ST|32110 | | |1w|aka: Saint Thomas and Prince Islands Saudi Arabia |SA|32460 | | |4o| Scotland ?; part of the UK but issues stamps? Senegal |SN|32630 | | |1w| Serbia & Montenegro|YU|38540 | | |es|CIA notes US disagrees on use of 'Yugoslavia' ... Seychelles |SC|32740 | | |1e|Zil Elwannyen Sesel Sierra Leone |SL|32940 | | |1w| Singapore |SG|32980 | | |4x| Slovakia |SK|40720 | | |ee|aka: Slovak Republic Slovenia |SI|40740 | | |es| Solomon Islands |SB|13250 | | |po|was: British Solomon Islands Somalia |SO|33120 | | |1e| South Africa |ZA|33180 | | |1s| South Georgia & South Sandwich Isls|GS|17530 |UK| |5s|GS (used 'ss') UK dependency; admin at Falkland Isls South Ossetia |sx|40360soo|GE|is|4c|4c? a region of Georgia, CIS Spain |ES|33580 | | |ew| Sri Lanka |LK|33930 | | |io| Sudan |SD|34010 | | |1n| Suriname |SR|34100 | | |2s| Swaziland |SZ|34120 | | |1s| Sweden |SE|34130 | | |en| Switzerland |CH|34150 | | |ew| Syria |SY|34370 | | |4o| Taiwan |TW|15040 | | |4e|aka: China, Republic of, Formosa or ROC Tajikistan |TJ|40760 | |is|4c| Tanzania |TZ|34550 | | |1e| Thailand |TH|34830 | | |4x| Timor |TP|35020 | | |4x|incl: Okusi-Ambeno, East Timor Togo |TG|35090 | | |1w| Tokelau |TK|35160 |NZ|bc|po|Autonomous Territory Tonga |TO|35180 |NZ|bc|po|& Niuafo'ou Transnistria |ts|40640tra|MD|is|ee|region of Moldova, CIS Trinidad & Tobago |TT|35510 | | |2n| Tristan da Cunha |ta|35610 |SH|UK|5s|Dependency of St. Helena Tunisia |TN|35760 | | |1n| Turkish North Cyprus| |35760 | | |4o| use: xy Turkey |TR|35780 | | |4o| Turkmenistan |TM|36050 | |is|4c| Turks and Caicos |TC|36070 |UK| |2m| Tuva |tu|40700tuv|RU|is|4n|region of Russia, CIS; No. of Mongolia Tuvalu |TV|36110 |UK| |po|UK?; CIA not clear Uganda |UG|36170 | | |1e|E. Africa Ukraine |UA|40800 | | |ee| United Arab Emirates|AE|36260 | | |4o|aka: UAE United Kingdom |UK| | |bc|ew|=Great Britain (England, Wales, Scotland) and N. Ireland ... United Nations |UN|36290 | | | | United States |US|36320 | | |2n| Uruguay |UY|37620 | | |2s| Uzbekistan |UZ|40820 | | |4c| Vanuatu |VU|40840 | | |po| Vatican City |VA|37700 | | |ew| Venezuela |VE|37730 | | |2s| Vietnam |VN|37890 | | |4x| Virgin Islands, US|VI|36420 |US| |2m|see also: British Virgin Islands Wake Island (EnenKio Atoll)|UM| |US| | |US External Territory (used 'en'); Cinderellas Wallis & Futuna |WF|38160 |FR| |po|Overseas Territory West Bank (Palestine)|PS|29530 | | | |contiguous with Israel Western Samoa |WS|38310 | | |po|aka: Independent State of Samoa Yemen, Republic of|YE|38520 | | |4o| Yugoslavia |YU|38540 | | |es|see: Serbia who now claims this name.; was: .BA, SI, .HR, .MK, Serbia, Kosovo ... Zambia |ZM|38740 | | |1s| Zimbabwe |ZW|40880 | | |1_|former Southern Rhodesia ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The 5 number (#) system is based on documents found 1999 at: ftp://ftp.cviog.uga.edu/pub/exchange/jackson/miscel/aprlcode.txt/ and available via my 'Reference Materials' page: http://ajward.tripod.com/i/ref/referenc.htm "These are listings of the APRL Country Codes as originally published by the American Philatelic Research Library in the "Manual of Philatelic Headings Used by the American Philatelic Research Library," by Smith, Evans, Mast, et al., (c) APRL 1979 (ISBN 0-934610-02-9) and as augmented by the American Philatelic Society Computers in Philately Committee, Lois M. Evans-de Violini, Chairman, July 1994." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 'standard' internet dotted addresses (i.e. _ZA_ etc; in ALL CAPS) have been confirmed as noted below and the APRL location/era reference numbers, for which I have no other current use have been appended for cross referencing to their list. I do consider them potentially useful as map co-ordinate cross references and/or filenames. Added codes use alpha/numeric or all lower case letters and are NOT standard. Changes made when confirming internet codes are based on the 'Global Web Explorer' list (see 'Postal Authorities Biblography' page: http://ajward.tripod.com/i/posts/pa-bib.htm ). Primairly used to develope 'anchors' for HTML developement of Postal Authorties listings, the 'Stamp Issuing Entities' menu, The World Dealers Directory and to form a database. Changes to original: Georgia GG to GE, PDR Congo (Zaire) ZR to CD, Kazakhstam KK to KZ. Several additions: see "Reference Material" in Postal Authorities Bibliography. Note: If she doesn't currently (circa 2000) issue stamps I didn't add her. If she was/is on here and doesn't/didn't issue stamps I may have left here there... - aj. Oct. 2000 last update 11/2001 (some reformating)