UAE
Refer: United Arab Emirates (UAE)
UAR
Refer: United Arab Republic (UAR)
Ubangi - Shari
Refer: Oubangui-Chari
Ubangi - Shari - Chad
Refer: Oubangui-Chari-Tchad
* Uganda
Dates: 1962 -
Capital: Kampala
Currency: 100 cents = 1 shilling
See also: British East Africa;
Kenya Uganda & Tanzania (Combined Issues)
Uganda Protectorate
Dates: 1895 - 1902
Capital: Entebbe
Currency: (1895) 1000 cowries = 2 rupees
(1896) 16 annas = 1 rupee
Album: British East Africa
UK
Refer: United Kingdom (UK)
* Ukraine
Dates: 1992 -
Capital: Kiev
Currency: (1992) karbovanets (coupon currency)
(1996) 100 kopiykas = 1 hyrvna
Includes: Ukraine (pre-Soviet);
Ukrainian Field Post
See also: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
Ukraine (pre - Soviet)
Dates: 1918 - 1923
Capital: Kiev
Currency: 200 shagiv = 100 kopecks = 1 rouble
Album: Ukraine
Ukraine (German Occupation)
Dates: 1941 - 1944
Currency: 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Album: German Occupation Issues (WW2)
Ukrainian Field Post
Dates: 1920 only
Currency: 100 shagiv = 1 grivna
Album: Ukraine
UKTT
Refer: Southern Cameroons
Ultramar
Refer: Cuba;
Macao;
Portuguese Guinea;
Puerto Rico;
Spanish Guinea
Umm Al Qiwain
Dates: 1964 - 1967
Currency: (1964) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee
(1967) 100 dirhams = 1 riyal
Album: Trucial States
UN
Refer: United Nations (UN)
UN Administration of West New Guinea
Refer: West New Guinea
UNESCO
Dates: 1961 - 1981
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc
Album: International Organisations
Union Island
Refer: Grenadines of St Vincent
Union Islands
Refer: Tokelau
* Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
Dates: 1923 - 1992
Capital: Moscow
Currency: 100 kopecks = 1 rouble
Includes: USSR Issues for the Far East
See also: Armenia;
Azerbaijan;
Belarus;
Estonia;
Georgia;
Kazakhstan;
Kyrgyzstan;
Latvia;
Lithuania;
Moldova;
Russia;
Tajikistan;
Transcaucasian Federation;
Turkmenistan;
Ukraine;
Uzbekistan
* United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Dates: 1973 -
Capital: Abu Dhabi
Currency: 100 fils = 1 dirham
See also: Abu Dhabi;
Dubai;
Trucial States
United Arab Republic (UAR)
Dates: 1958 - 1961
Capital: Cairo
Currency: 1000 milliemes = 100 piastres = 1 pound
Album: Egypt
United Kingdom (UK)
Refer: Great Britain
United Kingdom Trust Territory (UKTT)
Refer: Southern Cameroons
* United Nations (UN)
Dates: 1950 -
Currency: American, Austrian or Swiss depending on location
Album: International Organisations
* United States of America (USA)
Dates: 1847 -
Capital: Washington DC
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar
Includes: Confederate States of America
United States of New Granada
Refer: New Granada
Universal Postal Union (UPU)
Dates: 1957 -
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc (Swiss)
Album: International Organisations
Upper Senegal & Niger
Dates: 1906 - 1921
Capital: Niamey
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc
Album: French Soudan
Upper Silesia
Dates: 1920 - 1922
Currency: 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Album: Plebiscite Issues
* Upper Volta
Dates: 1959 - 1984
Capital: Ouagadougou
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc
Includes: Upper Volta (French Colony)
See also: Burkina Faso;
French West Africa
Upper Volta (French Colony)
Dates: 1920 - 1933
Capital: Ouagadougou
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc
Album: Upper Volta
Upper Yafa
Dates: 1967 only
Currency: 1000 fils = 1 dinar
Album: Aden Protectorate States
UPU
Refer: Universal Postal Union (UPU)
* Uruguay
Dates: 1856 -
Capital: Montevideo
Currency: (1856) 120 centavos = 1 real
(1859) 1000 milesimos = 100 centesimos = 1 peso
(1975) 100 old pesos = 1 new peso
USA
Refer: United States of America (USA)
* US Post Abroad
Includes: Guam;
Philippines (US Administration);
Shanghai (US Postal Agency);
US Post Offices in Japan
US Postal Agency in Shanghai
Refer: Shanghai (US Postal Agency)
US Post Offices in Japan
Dates: 1867 - 1874
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar
Album: US Post Abroad
USSR
Refer: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
USSR Issues for the Far East
Dates: 1923 only
Currency: 100 kopecks = 1 rouble
Album: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
US Virgin Islands
Refer: Danish West Indies
* Uzbekistan
Dates: 1992 -
Capital: Tashkent
Currency: (1992) 100 kopecks = 1 rouble
(June 1994) sum (coupon currency)
(Sept 1994) 100 tyin = 1 sum
See also: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)