Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Dates: 1856 - 1868
Capital: Schwerin
Currency: 48 schillings = 1 thaler
Album: German States
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Dates: 1864 - 1868
Capital: Strelitz
Currency: 30 silbergroschen = 1 thaler
Album: German States
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Russian Zone)
Dates: 1945 - 1946
Capital: Schwerin
Currency: 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Album: Germany (Allied Occupation)
MEF
Refer: Middle East Forces (MEF)
Melaka
Refer: Malacca
Memel (French Administration)
Dates: 1920 - 1923
Currency: 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Album: French Occupation Issues
Memel (Lithuanian Occupation)
Refer: Klaipeda
Mengkiang (Japanese Occupation)
Dates: 1942 - 1945
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album: Japanese Occupation Issues
Mengtse
Refer: Mong-Tseu (Indo-Chinese Post Offices)
Mesopotamia
Refer: Mosul (Indian Forces)
Metelin
Refer: Mytilene (Russian Post Office)
* Mexico
Dates: 1856 -
Capital: Mexico City
Currency: 8 reales = 100 centavos = 1 peso
* Micronesia
Dates: 1984 -
Capital:
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar
* Middle Congo
Dates: 1907 - 1937
Capital: Brazzaville
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc
See also: Congo Republic;
French Congo;
French Equatorial Africa
* Middle East Forces (MEF)
Dates: 1942 - 1947
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
See also: BA/BMA Issues;
British Occupation Issues;
Egypt (British Forces)
Midway Islands
Refer: United States of America (USA)
Modena
Dates: 1852 - 1860
Capital: Modena
Currency: 100 centesimi = 1 lira
Album: Italian States
Moheli
Dates: 1906 - 1914
Capital:
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc
Album: Madagascar & Dependencies
Moldavia
Dates: 1858 - 1862
Capital: Jassy
Currency: 40 parale = 1 piastre
Album: Rumania
Moldo-Wallachia
Dates: 1862 - 1865
Capital: Bucharest
Currency: 40 parale = 1 piastre
Album: Rumania
* Moldova
Dates: 1991 -
Capital: Kishinev
Currency: (1991) 100 kopecks = 1 rouble
(1993) kupon (temporary currency)
(1993) 100 bani = 1 leu
See also: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
Moluccas
Refer: Japanese Naval Control Area
* Monaco
Dates: 1885 -
Capital: Monte Carlo
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc
(2002) 100 cents = 1 euro (€)
* Mongolia
Dates: 1924 -
Capital: Ulan Bator
Currency: (1924) 100 cents = 1 dollar
(1926) 100 mung = 1 tugrik
Mong-Tseu (Indo-Chinese Post Office)
Dates: 1903 - 1922
Currency: (1903) 100 centimes = 1 franc
(1919) 100 cents = 1 piastre
Album: China (Indo-Chinese Post Offices)
Mongtze
Refer: Mong-Tseu (Indo-Chinese Post Offices)
Mont-Athos
Refer: Mount Athos (Russian Post Office)
* Montenegro
Dates: 1874 - 1918; 2006 -
Capital: Padgorica
Currency: (1874) 100 novcic = 1 florin
(1902) 100 heller = 1 krone
(1907) 100 para = 1 krone (note: in 1910 only, krone were called perper)
(2006) 100 cents = 1 euro (€)
Includes: Montenegro (Yugoslav Regional Issues)
See also: Serbia and Montenegro;
Yugoslavia
Montenegro (Austrian Occupation)
Dates: 1917 only
Currency: 100 heller = 1 krone
Album: Austro-Hungarian Military Post
Montenegro (German Occupation)
Dates: 1943 - 1945
Currency: (1943) 100 centesimi = 1 lira
(1944) 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Album: German Occupation Issues (WW2)
Montenegro (Italian Occupation)
Dates: 1941 - 1943
Currency: (1941) 100 paras = 1 dinar
(1941) 100 centesimi = 1 lira
Album: Italian Occupation Issues
Montenegro (Yugoslav Regional Issues)
Dates: 1945 only
Capital: Titograd (Padgorica)
Currency: 100 centesimi = 1 lira
Album: Montenegro
* Montserrat
Dates: 1876 -
Capital: Plymouth
Currency: (1876) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
(1951) 100 cents = 1 dollar
* Morocco
Dates: 1956 -
Capital: Rabat
Currency: (1956) 100 centimos = 1 peseta (Northern Zone)
(1956) 100 centimes = 1 franc (Southern Zone)
(1958) 100 centimes = 1 franc (whole country)
(1962) 100 francs = 1 dirham
Includes: Northern Zone, Morocco;
Sherifian Post;
Southern Zone, Morocco
* Morocco Agencies
Dates: 1898 - 1957
Currency: British, French and Spanish all used
See also: Tangier
Morocco (British Post Offices)
Refer: Morocco Agencies
Morocco (French Post Offices)
Dates: 1862 - 1914
Currency: 100 centimos = 1 peseta
Album: French Post Offices Abroad
Morocco (German Post Offices)
Dates: 1899 - 1917
Currency: 100 centimos = 1 peseta
Album: German Post Offices Abroad
Morocco (Spanish Post Offices)
Dates: 1903 - 1914
Currency: 100 centimos = 1 peseta
Album: Spanish Post Offices Abroad
Morvi
Dates: 1931 - 1948
Currency: 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Album: Indian Native States
Mosul (Indian Forces)
Dates: 1919 only
Currency: 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Album: Indian Overseas Forces
Mount Athos (Russian Post Office)
Dates: 1909 - 1914
Currency: 40 paras = 1 piastre
Album: Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
Moyen Congo
Refer: Middle Congo
* Mozambique
Dates: 1876 -
Capital: Maputo (Lourenco Marques)
Currency: (1876) 1000 reis = 1 milreis
(1913) 100 centavos = 1 escudo
(1980) 100 centavos = 1 meticul
See also: Africa (Portuguese Colonies)
* Mozambique Company
Dates: 1892 - 1942
Currency: (1892) 1000 reis = 1 milreis
(1913) 100 centavos = 1 escudo
* Mozambique Territories
Includes: Inhambane;
Kionga;
Lourenco Marques;
Quelimane;
Tete;
Zambezia
Muscat
Dates: 1944 - 1948
Capital: Muscat
Currency: 12 pies = 1 anna, 16 annas = 1 rupee
Album: Muscat & Oman
See also: British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia;
Oman
* Muscat & Oman
Dates: 1966 - 1970
Capital: Muscat
Currency: (1966) 64 baizas = 1 rupee;
(1970) 1000 baizas = 1 rial saidi.
Includes: Muscat
See also: British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia;
Oman
Mustique
Refer: Grenadines of St Vincent
Mutawakelite Kingdom
Refer: Yemen (Mutawakelite Kingdom)
Myanmar
Refer: Burma
Mytilene (Russian Post Office)
Dates: 1909 - 1914
Currency: 40 paras = 1 piastre
Album: Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire