From:
John Leach's Encyclopedia of Postal Authorities :

Tokelau - Tuvalu

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* Tokelau

Dates:		1948 -
Capital:
Currency: 	(1948) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
		(1967) 100 cents = 1 dollar
		(1982) 100 sene (cents) = 1 tola (dollar)


Tolima

Dates:		1870 - 1903
Currency: 	100 centavos = 1 peso
Album: 		Colombian Territories


* Tonga

Dates:		1886 -
Capital:		Nukualofa
Currency: 	(1886) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
		(1967) 100 seniti = 1 pa'anga


Tongking

Refer:		Annam & Tongking


Toypkia

Refer:		Greek Post Offices in the Turkish Empire


Transbaikal Province

Dates:		1920 only
Capital:		Chita
Currency: 	100 kopecks = 1 rouble

Album:		Russian Civil War Issues


* Transcaucasian Federation

Dates:		1923 - 1924
Capital:		Tbilisi
Currency: 	100 kopecks = 1 rouble

See also:		Armenia;
		Azerbaijan;
		Georgia;
		Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)


Transjordan

Dates:		1920 - 1949
Capital:		Amman
Currency: 	1000 milliemes = 100 piastres = 1 pound

Album: 		Jordan


Transkei

One of the territories set up by the South African government as part of its apartheid policy.
Although the territory itself did not acquire international recognition, its stamps were
valid for postage.

Dates:		1977 -
Capital:		Umtata
Currency: 	100 cents = 1 rand

Album:		South African Territories


* Transvaal

Dates:		1869 - 1910
Capital:		Pretoria
Currency: 	12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Includes:		Lydenburg;
		New Republic;
		Pietersburg;
		Rustenburg;
		Schweizer-Renecke;
		South African Republic;
		Volksrust;
		Wolmaransstad


Transylvania (Rumanian Occupation)

Dates:		1919 only
Currency: 	100 bani = 1 leu

Album:		Rumanian Post Abroad


Travancore

Dates:		1888 - 1949
Capital:		Trivandrum
Currency: 	16 cash = 1 chuckram; 28 chuckrams = 1 rupee

Album:		Indian Native States

See also:  	Travancore-Cochin


Travancore - Cochin

Dates:		1949 - 1951
Capital:		Trivandrum
Currency: 	12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Album:		Indian Native States

See also:  	Cochin;
		Travancore


Trebizonde (Russian Post Office)

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

Album:		Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire


* Trengganu

Dates:		1910 -
Capital:		Kuala Trengganu
Currency: 	100 cents = 1 dollar

See also:		Malaysia


Trentino (Italian Occupation)

Dates:		1918 - 1919
Currency: 	Austrian and Italian used concurrently

Album: 		Italian Occupation Issues


* Trieste

Includes:		Trieste (Allied Military Government);
		Trieste (Yugoslav Military Government)

See also:  	Venezia Giulia & Istria


Trieste (Allied Military Government)

Dates:		1947 - 1954
Currency:	100 centesimi = 1 lira

Album:		Trieste


Trieste (Yugoslav Military Government)

Dates:		1948 - 1954
Currency:	(1948) 100 centesimi = 1 lira
		(1949) 100 paras = 1 dinar

Album:		Trieste


Trinidad

Dates:		1851 - 1913
Capital:		Port of Spain
Currency: 	12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Album:		Trinidad & Tobago


* Trinidad & Tobago

Dates:		1913 -
Capital:		Port of Spain
Currency: 	(1913) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
		(1935) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Includes:		Tobago;
		Trinidad


Tripoli (Italian Post Office)

Dates:		1909 - 1912
Currency: 	100 centesimi = 1 lira
Album: 		Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire


* Tripolitania

Dates:		1923 - 1943
Capital: 		Tripoli
Currency: 	100 centesimi = 1 lira


Tripolitania (British Administration)

Dates:		1950 - 1952
Currency: 	Military Administration Lire (MAL)
Album: 		BA/BMA Issues


Tripolitania (British Military Administration)

Dates:		1948 - 1950
Currency: 	Military Administration Lire (MAL)
Album: 		BA/BMA Issues


Tripolitania (British Occupation)

Refer: 		Tripolitania (British Administration);
		Tripolitania (British Military Administration)


* Tristan da Cunha

Dates:		1952 -
Capital:
Currency: 	(1952) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
		(1961) 100 cents = 1 rand
		(1963) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
		(1971) 100 pence = 1 pound


* Trucial States

Dates:		1961 - 1972
Currency: 	100 naye paise = 1 rupee

Includes:		Ajman;
		Fujeira;
		Ras Al Khaima;
		Sharjah;
		Umm Al Qiwain

See also: 		Abu Dhabi;
		British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia;
		Dubai;
		United Arab Emirates (UAE)


Tsingtao

Refer:		Kiautschou


* Tunisia

Dates:		1888 -
Capital:		Tunis
Currency: 	(1888) 100 centimes = 1 franc
		(1959) 1000 milliemes = 1 dinar


* Turkey

Dates:		1863 -
Capital:		Constantinople (to 1923);
		Ankara (since 1923)
Currency: 	(1863) 40 paras = 1 piastre
		(1926) 40 paras = 1 grush
		(1929) 40 paras = 1 kurus
		(1942) 100 paras = 1 kurus
		(1949) 100 kurus = 1 lira

Includes:		Angora (Ankara);
		Thessaly (Turkish Occupation)


* Turkish Cypriot Posts

Dates:		1974 -
Currency: 	(1974) 1000 mils = 1 pound
		(1978) 100 kurus = 1 lira


Turkish Empire (Foreign Post Offices)

Refer:		Austro-Hungarian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;
		British Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;
		Constantinople (Polish Post Office);
		Egyptian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;
		French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;
		German Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;
		German Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;
		Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;
		Rumanian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;
		Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire


* Turkmenistan

Dates:		1992 -
Capital:		Ashkabad
Currency:	(1992) 100 kopecks = 1 rouble
		(1994) 100 tenge = 1 manat

See also:		Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)


Turks Islands

Dates:		1867 - 1900
Capital:		Cockburn Town
Currency: 	12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Album:		Turks & Caicos Islands


* Turks & Caicos Islands

Dates:		1900 -
Capital:		Cockburn Town (Grand Turk)
Currency: 	(1900) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (£)
		(1969) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Includes:		Caicos Islands;
		Turks Islands


Tuscany

Dates:		1851 - 1860
Capital:		Firenze (Florence)
Currency: 	(1851) 60 quattrini = 20 soldi = 12 crazie = 1 Tuscan lira
		(1859) 1 Tuscan lira = 1 Italian lira

Album:		Italian States


* Tuva

Dates:		1926 - 1944
Capital:		Kyzyl
Currency: 	(1926) 100 kopecks = 1 rouble
		(1935) 100 kopecks = 1 tugrik
		(1936) 100 kopecks = 1 aksha

See also:		Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)


* Tuvalu

Dates:		1976 -
Capital:		Funafuti
Currency: 	100 cents = 1 dollar

See also:		Gilbert & Ellice Islands

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