From:
John Leach's Encyclopedia of Postal Authorities :

Smirne - Southern Morocco

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Smirne (Italian Post Office)

Dates:		1909 - 1911
Currency: 	40 paras = 1 piastre

Album:		Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire


Smyrne (Russian Post Office)

Dates:		1909 - 1910
Currency: 	40 paras = 1 piastre

Album:		Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire


SO 1920

Refer:		East Silesia


* Solomon Islands

Dates:		1975 -
Capital:		Honiara
Currency: 	100 cents = 1 dollar

Includes:		British Solomon Islands


* Somalia

Under UN control with Italian administration 1950-60.  Became an independent republic in 1960 and was
enlarged by addition of Somaliland Protectorate.

Dates:		1950 -
Capital: 		Mogadishu
Currency: 	(1950) 100 centesimi = 1 somalo
		(1961) 100 cents = 1 Somali shilling


Somalia (British Administration)

Dates:		1950 only
Currency: 	100 cents = 1 shilling

Album:		BA/BMA Issues


Somalia (British Military Administration)

BMA Somalia.

Dates:		1948 - 1950
Currency: 	100 cents = 1 shilling

Album:		BA/BMA Issues


Somalia (British Occupation)

Refer:		East Africa Forces

See also: 	Somalia (British Administration);
		Somalia (British Military Administration)


* Somaliland Protectorate

Dates:		1904 - 1960
Capital: 		Hargeisa
Currency: 	(1904) 16 annas = 1 rupee
		(1951) 100 cents = 1 shilling

Includes:		British Somaliland


Soruth (Saurashtra)

Stamps of Soruth (Saurashtra) were at first issued in Junagadh only but later were extended to include the
Saurashtra Union of Jasdan, Morvi, Nawanager, Soruth and Wadhwan.  Stamps of the 1929-1949 period were
overprinted SARKARI.

Dates:		1864 - 1949
Capital:		Junagadh
Currency: 	12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Album:		Indian Native States


Soudan

Refer:		Sudan


* South Africa

Dates:		1910 -
Capital:		Pretoria
Currency: 	(1910) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
		(1961) 100 cents = 1 rand


South African Republic

Dates:		1869 - 1902
Capital:		Pretoria
Currency: 	12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Album:		Transvaal


* South African Territories

Includes:		Bophutatswana;
		Ciskei;
		Transkei;
		Venda


South Arabian Federation

Dates:		1963 - 1968
Capital: 		Aden
Currency: 	(1963) 100 cents = 1 shilling
		(1965) 1000 fils = 1 dinar

Album:		Aden Protectorate States


* South Australia

Dates:		1855 - 1912
Capital:		Adelaide
Currency: 	12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

See also:		Australia


South Bulgaria

Dates:		1885 only
Capital:		Plovdiv (Philippopolis)
Currency: 	40 paras = 1 piastre

Album:		Bulgarian Territories


South China (People's Post)

Dates:		1949 only
Currency: 	100 cents = 1 dollar

Album:		CPR Regional Issues


South East Saxony (Russian Zone)

Dates:		1945 - 1946
Capital:		Dresden
Currency: 	100 pfennige = 1 mark

Album:		Germany (Allied Occupation)


South Georgia

Dates:		1963 - 1980
Capital:		Grytviken
Currency: 	(1963) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
		(1971) 100 pence = 1 pound

Album:		South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands


South Georgia (Falkland Islands Dependencies)

Stamps of Falkland Islands overprinted SOUTH GEORGIA.

Dates:		1944 - 1946
Capital:		Grytviken
Currency: 	12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Album:		Falkland Islands Dependencies


* South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands

A continuation of the South Georgia issues but with the inscription changed to acknowledge the South Sandwich
Islands as part of the same territory.  The South Sandwich Islands have never had any permanent inhabitants.

Dates:		1980 -
Capital:		Grytviken
Currency: 	100 pence = 1 pound

Includes:		South Georgia


South Kasai

Dates:		1961 - 1962
Capital:		Lusambo
Currency: 	100 centimes = 1 franc

Album:		Zaire


* South Korea

Dates:		1946 -
Capital:		Seoul
Currency: 	(1946) 100 chon = 1 won
		(1953) 100 won = 1 hwan
		(1962) 100 chon = 1 won


South Korea (North Korean Occupation)

Dates:		1950 only
Currency: 	100 chon = 1 won

Album:		North Korea


South Lithuania (Russian Occupation)

Russian forces in Grodno issued Arms types of Russia with an overprint of LIETUVA and a surcharge
in local currency.

Dates:		1919 only
Currency: 	100 skatiku = 1 auksinas

Album:		Russian Occupation Issues


South Orkneys (Falkland Islands Dependencies)

Dates:		1944 - 1946
Currency: 	12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Album:		Falkland Islands Dependencies


South Russia

Refer:		Russian Civil War Issues


South Shetlands (Falkland Islands Dependencies)

Dates:		1944 - 1946
Currency: 	12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Album:		Falkland Islands Dependencies


* South Vietnam

Dates:		1955 - 1976
Capital:		Saigon
Currency: 	100 cents = 1 piastre

See also:		National Front for Liberation of South Vietnam;
		North Vietnam;
		Vietnam


* South West Africa

Dates:		1923 - 1991
Capital:		Windhoek
Currency: 	(1923) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
		(1961) 100 cents = 1 rand

See also:		German South West Africa;
		Namibia


South West China (People's Post)

Dates:		1949 - 1950
Currency: 	100 cents = 1 dollar

Album:		CPR Regional Issues


Southern Cameroons

Dates:		1960 - 1961
Capital:		Mamfe
Currency: 	12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Album:		Nigerian Territories


Southern Nigeria

Dates:		1901 - 1914
Capital:		Enugu
Currency: 	12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Album:		Nigerian Territories


Southern Rhodesia

Dates:		1924 - 1964
Capital:		Salisbury
Currency: 	12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Album:		Rhodesia


Southern Yemen

Dates:		1968 - 1971
Capital: 		Aden
Currency: 	1000 fils = 1 dinar

Album:		Yemen


Southern Zone, Morocco

Dates:		1956 - 1958
Capital:		Rabat
Currency: 	100 centimes = 1 franc

Album:		Morocco

See also:		French Morocco

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