* Poland
Dates: 1918 -
Capital: Warsaw
Currency: (1918) 100 pfennige = 1 mark
(1918) 100 halerze = 1 krone
(1918) 100 fenigi = 1 mark
(1924) 100 groszy = 1 zloty
Includes: Poland (Russian Province)
See also: General Gouvernement;
German Occupation Issues (WW1);
German Occupation Issues (WW2)
Poland (German Occupation WW1)
Dates: 1915 - 1918
Currency: 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Album: German Occupation Issues (WW1)
Poland (German Occupation WW2)
Dates: 1939 - 1945
Currency: 100 groszy = 1 zloty
Album: German Occupation Issues (WW2)
Poland (Russian Province)
Dates: 1860 - 1863
Capital: Warsaw
Currency: 100 kopecks = 1 rouble
Album: Poland
Polish Army in Russia
Dates: 1942 only
Currency: 100 kopecks = 1 rouble
Album: Polish Post Abroad
Polish Corps in Russia
Dates: 1918 only
Currency: 100 kopecks = 1 rouble
Album: Polish Post Abroad
Polish Government in Exile
Dates: 1941 - 1945
Currency: 100 groszy = 1 zloty
Album: Polish Post Abroad
Polish Military Post
Refer: Central Lithuania (Polish Occupation);
Polish Army in Russia;
Polish Corps in Russia
Polish Occupation Issues
Refer: Polish Post Abroad
* Polish Post Abroad
Includes: Central Lithuania (Polish Occupation);
Constantinople (Polish Post Office);
Danzig (Polish Post Office);
Polish Army in Russia;
Polish Corps in Russia;
Polish Government in Exile
Polska
Refer: Poland
Pondicherry
Refer: French Indian Settlements
Ponta Delgada
Dates: 1892 - 1905
Currency: 1000 reis = 1 milreis
Album: Azores Territories
Poonch
Dates: 1876 - 1894
Currency: 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Album: Indian Native States
Port Arthur & Dairen
Dates: 1946 - 1950
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album: CPR Regional Issues
Port Gdansk
Refer: Danzig (Polish Post Office)
Port Lagos (French Post Office)
French PO in Thrace when under Turkish rule. Issued French stamps overprinted PORT-LAGOS. The office
closed in 1898. Port Lagos is a seaport in Western Thrace which now belongs to Greece.
Dates: 1893 - 1898
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc
Album: French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
Port Said (French Post Office)
Dates: 1899 - 1931
Currency: (1899) 100 centimes = 1 franc
(1921) 1000 milliemes = 1 pound
Album: Egypt (French Post Offices)
* Portugal
Dates: 1853 -
Capital: Lisbon
Currency: (1853) 1000 reis = 1 milreis
(1912) 100 centavos = 1 escudo
(2002) 100 cents = 1 euro (€)
See also: Africa (Portuguese Colonies);
Angola;
Azores;
Cape Verde Islands;
Guinea-Bissau;
Macao;
Madeira;
Mozambique;
Portuguese Congo;
Portuguese Guinea;
Portuguese India;
Sao Tome e Principe;
Timor
Portuguese Africa
Refer: Africa (Portuguese Colonies)
* Portuguese Congo
Dates: 1894 - 1920
Capital: Cabinda
Currency: (1894) 1000 reis = 1 milreis
(1912) 100 centavos = 1 escudo
See also: Africa (Portuguese Colonies)
* Portuguese Guinea
Dates: 1881 - 1974
Capital: Bissau
Currency: (1881) 1000 reis = 1 milreis
(1912) 100 centavos = 1 escudo
See also: Africa (Portuguese Colonies);
Guinea-Bissau
* Portuguese India
Portugal sought territory in India after Vasco da Gama's successful voyage round the Cape of Good Hope
in 1497-1498. The three enclaves of Goa (1505), Damao (1531) and Diu (1534) were annexed to collectively
form the colony of Portuguese India.
Goa, including the capital Pangim (now Panaji), is on the Malabar coast of SW India, roughly midway between
Bombay and Bangalore. Damao (now called Daman) is on the west coast, at the entrance to the Gulf of Cambay,
about 100 miles north of Bombay. Diu, which includes the towns of Diu and Simbor, is a small island
(15 sq. miles) off the south coast of Kathiawar peninsula in western India.
The first stamps were issued 1 October 1871. Stamps of British India were also valid until 1877.
Standard Portuguese types such as the Ceres issue were used until 1925 when specific types began to
be produced. All stamps were inscribed INDIA in some way; from 1946, the inscription was usually
ESTADO DA INDIA.
In 1950, newly independent India demanded the transfer of the Portuguese territories but Portugal
refused. India set up a land blockade in 1954 and then annexed the territories on 17 December 1961.
Stamps of India were introduced on 29 December 1961.
Goa became a State of India in 1987 while Daman and Diu (combined) is a Union Territory.
Dates: 1871 - 1961
Capital: Pangim (Goa)
Currency: (1871) 1000 reis = 1 milreis
(1882) 12 reis = 1 tanga; 16 tangas = 1 rupia
(1959) 100 centavos = 1 escudo
Portuguese Occupation of German East Africa
Refer: German East Africa (Portuguese Occupation)
Portuguese Timor
Refer: Timor
Preussen
Refer: Prussia
Priamur & Maritime Provinces
Dates: 1921 - 1922
Capital: Vladivostock
Currency: 100 kopecks = 1 rouble
Album: Russian Civil War Issues
Prince Edward Island
Dates: 1861 - 1873
Capital: Charlottetown
Currency: (1861) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
(1872) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album: Canadian States
Protectorat Français
Refer: French Protectorate, Morocco
* Prussia
Dates: 1850 - 1867
Capital: Berlin
Currency: (1850) 12 pfennige = 1 silbergroschen; 30 silbergroschen = 1 thaler
(1867) 60 kreuzer = 1 gulden
See also: Germany (Imperial);
North German Confederation
* Puerto Rico
Dates: 1873 - 1900
Capital: San Juan
Currency: (1873) 100 centimos = 1 peseta
(1881) 1000 milesimas = 100 centavos = 1 peso
(1898) 100 cents = 1 dollar
See also: Cuba & Puerto Rico
Pulau Pinang
Refer: Penang
Puttiala
Refer: Patiala