Rab
Refer: Arbe
Rajasthan
Dates: 1948 - 1950
Currency: 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Album: Indian Native States
Rajnandgaon
Refer: Nandgaon
Rajpipla
Dates: 1880 - 1886
Currency: 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Album: Indian Native States
Rarotonga
Dates: 1919 - 1932
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Album: Cook Islands
Ras Al Khaima
Stamps issued 1967-72 were non-postal and are unrecognised.
Dates: 1964 - 1966
Currency: (1964) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee
(1966) 100 dirhams = 1 riyal
Album: Trucial States
Redonda
Refer: Antigua
Republic of China
Refer: Chinese Nationalist Republic (Taiwan);
Taiwan
* Republic of Ireland
Dates: 1922 -
Capital: Dublin
Currency: (1922) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
(1971) 100 pence = 1 pound
(2002) 100 cents = 1 euro (€)
Republic of Maldives
Refer: Maldive Islands
Republika Srpska
Refer: Bosnian Serb Republic
Republique Libanaise
Refer: Lebanon
Rethymnon (Russian Post Office)
Russia was one of the powers which occupied Crete in 1898. It had a post office at Rethymnon within its
own sphere of administration. Four types were issued, overprinted RETHYMNO, and a total of 37 stamps.
Refer: Crete (Russian Post Offices)
* Reunion
Dates: 1885 - 1974
Capital: Saint-Denis
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc
(2002) 100 cents = 1 euro (€)
Rheinland - Pfalz
Refer: Rhineland-Palatinate (French Zone)
Rhineland - Palatinate (French Zone)
Dates: 1947 - 1949
Capital: Mainz
Currency: 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Album: Germany (Allied Occupation)
Rhodes
Italian colony in the Dodecanese which used the general EGEO issues and had its own stamps
inscribed RODI, the Italian name of the island.
Dates: 1912 - 1935
Capital: Rodhos
Currency: 100 centesimi = 1 lira
Album: Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)
* Rhodesia
Dates: 1965 - 1980
Capital: Salisbury
Currency: (1965) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
(1969) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Includes: Rhodesia (British Colonial Issues);
Southern Rhodesia
See also: Zimbabwe
Rhodesia (British Colonial Issues)
Dates: 1909 - 1924
Capital: Salisbury
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Album: Rhodesia
* Rhodesia & Nyasaland
Dates: 1954 - 1964
Capital: Salisbury
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
* Riau-Lingga Archipelago
Dates: 1954 - 1965
Capital: Tandjungpinang
Currency: 100 sen = 1 rupiah
See also: Indonesia
Rijeka
Refer: Fiume (Yugoslav Occupation)
Rio de Oro
Dates: 1905 - 1924
Capital: Villa Cisneros
Currency: 100 centimos = 1 peseta
Album: Spanish West Africa
Rio Muni
Dates: 1960 - 1968
Capital: Bata
Currency: 100 centimos = 1 peseta
Album: Spanish Guinea
Rizeh (Russian Post Office)
Dates: 1909 - 1910
Currency: 40 paras = 1 piastre
Album: Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
Rodi
Refer: Rhodes
Romagna
Dates: 1859 - 1860
Capital: Bologna
Currency: 100 bajocchi = 1 scudo
Album: Italian States
Roman States
Refer: Papal States
Romania
Refer: Rumania
ROPiT
Abbreviation of Russkoe Obshchestvo Parokhudstva i Torgovll.
Refer: Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
* Ross Dependency
Dates: 1957 -
Capital: Scott Base
Currency: (1957) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
(1968) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Rouad Island
Refer: Ile Rouad
* Ruanda - Urundi
Dates: 1924 - 1962
Capital: Usumbura
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc
See also: Belgian Congo;
Burundi;
Rwanda
* Rumania
Dates: 1865 -
Capital: Bucharest
Currency: (1865) 40 parale = 1 piastre
(1867) 100 bani = 1 leu
Includes: Moldavia;
Moldo-Wallachia
Rumania (Austrian Occupation)
Dates: 1917 - 1918
Currency: 100 bani = 1 leu
Album: Austro-Hungarian Military Post
Rumania (Bulgarian Occupation)
Refer: Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation)
Rumania (German Occupation)
Dates: 1917 - 1918
Currency: 100 bani = 1 leu
Album: German Occupation Issues (WW1)
* Rumanian Post Abroad
Includes: Banat Bacska (Rumanian Occupation);
Constantinople (Rumanian Post Office);
Debrecen (Rumanian Occupation);
Hungary (Rumanian Occupation);
Rumanian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;
Temesvar (Rumanian Occupation);
Transylvania (Rumanian Occupation)
Rumanian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
Dates: 1896 - 1919
Currency: (1896) 40 paras = 1 piastre
(1919) 100 bani = 1 leu
Album: Rumanian Post Abroad
* Russia
Stamps issued are cat. nos 6311 onwards of Russia.
Dates: 1992 -
Capital: Moscow
Currency: 100 kopecks = 1 rouble
Includes: Russia (pre-Soviet)
See also: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
Russia (pre - Soviet)
Stamps issued were cat. nos 1-324 of Russia.
Dates: 1858 - 1923
Capital: Moscow
Currency: 100 kopecks = 1 rouble
Album: Russia
Russia (German Occupation)
Refer: Ostland;
Ukraine (German Occupation)
Russian Army Issues
Refer: North Western Army;
Northern Army;
Western Army
* Russian Civil War Issues
Includes: Amur Province;
Ataman Semyonov Regime (Transbaikal);
Crimea;
Denikin Government;
Don Territory;
Far Eastern Republic;
Kolchak Government (Siberia);
Kuban Territory;
North Ingermanland;
North Western Army;
Northern Army;
Priamur & Maritime Provinces;
Siberia (Czechoslovak Army);
Transbaikal Province;
Western Army;
Wrangel Government
See also: USSR Issues for the Far East
* Russian Occupation Issues
Includes: North Korea (Russian Occupation);
South Lithuania (Russian Occupation)
* Russian Post Offices Abroad
Includes: China (Russian Post Offices);
Crete (Russian Post Offices)
* Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
Russia had many post offices in the Turkish Empire which were run by ROPiT. General issues were in use
throughout the period but several local overprints were introduced in 1909. This included the offices at
Mytilene, Salonika and Mount Athos. Other Russian POs in Greece were at Kandia, Volos (Thessaly),
Port Lagos (Thrace), Khios and Rhodes.
Dates: 1863 - 1914
Currency: (1863) 100 kopecks = 1 rouble
(1900) 40 paras = 1 piastre
Includes: Beirut (Russian Post Office);
Constantinople (Russian Post Office);
Dardanelles (Russian Post Offices);
Jaffa (Russian Post Office);
Jerusalem (Russian Post Office);
Kerrasunde (Russian Post Office);
Mount Athos (Russian Post Office);
Mytilene (Russian Post Office);
Rizeh (Russian Post Office);
Salonika (Russian Post Office);
Smyrne (Russian Post Office);
Trebizonde (Russian Post Office)
Russian Zone (General Issues)
Dates: 1948 - 1949
Capital: East Berlin
Currency: 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Album: Germany (Allied Occupation)
Russkoe Obshchestvo Parokhudstva i Torgovll
Refer: ROPiT
Rustenburg
Dates: 1900 - 1902
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 0 shillings = 1 pound
Album: Transvaal
* Rwanda
Dates: 1962 -
Capital: Kigali
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc
See also: Ruanda-Urundi
* Ryukyu Islands
Dates: 1948 - 1972
Capital: Naha
Currency: (1948) 100 sen = 1 yen
(1958) 100 cents = 1 dollar