C O U N T R Y C O D E S by Internet, APS, ISO or my codes "NT" ('net) are standard Internet/ISO Codes (-e.g. .au) or my ID codes (e.g. .ab) A list ordered by country names is in filename (just replace 0-apcode.txt with 1-apcode.txt in address window) or: now/here?: http://users17.jabry.com/stamplinks/i/ref/1-apcode.txt (c.2014) formerly: http://philatelic.heliohost.org/i/ref/1-apcode.txt formerly: http://geocities.ws/stamplink/i/ref/1-apcode.txt (might still be there) formerly: http://arthurj-w.tripod.com/i/ref/1-apcode.txt formerly: http://wardaj.tripod.com/i/ref/1-apcode.txt formerly: http://ajward.tripod.com/i/ref/1-apcode.txt (original site. c.1999) Here: "NT" ('net) are standard Internet/ISO Codes "#" is mine or APS or mixed. "TN" is 'Territory of Nation' "RP" = Political Region "RG" is a 'Region' code (ISO {internet} or mine) (mine codes in lower case) See bottom for a better (?) explanation. See Also : LSN-CountryNameCrossIndex20141216.htm in this directory ============================================================================================== NT |Country | # |TN|RP|RG|Comment ============================================================================================== AX |Aland |17720aln|FI| |en|EuroScandinavia, 'Autonomous County' ab |Abkhazia |40360abk|GE|is|4c|CIS ;exmpl (central Asia?/4c?) AC |Ascension |11450 |SH|UK|5s|dependent of Saint Helena AD |Andorra |11010 |ES| |ew|Europe, West - A French & Spanish co-principality AE |United Arab Emirates |36260 | | |4o|aka: UAE AF |Afghanistan |10320 | |is|4s|AsiaSouth AG |Antigua & Barbuda |11180 |bc| |2m| AG |Barbuda |12170 |UK| |2m|Antigua & AI |Anguilla |11060 |UK| |2m|Mid Americas; Caribbean, UK Dependency ak |Aitutaki |10390 |CK|NZ|po|South Pacific;-Oceania AL |Albania |10570 | | |es| AM |Armenia |40100 | |is|4o|??RF-Russian Federation, CIS; SW Asia AN |Netherlands Antilles |28020 |NL| |2m| AO |Angola |11030 | | |1s|Southern Africa ap |Azores |11970 |PT| |5_|A Territory of Portugal AR |Argentina |11290 | | |2s|So. America AS |American Samoa |32210 |US| |ps|see also: Western Samoa AT |Austria |11650 | | |ew| AU |Australia |11490 | |UK|AU|RG: po? AW |Aruba |28030 |NL| |2m|Caribbean - External Territory ay |Alderney |14390ald|GG|UK|ew|EN|or: RG=en?, RP=GG?; see Guernsey AZ |Azerbaijan |40140 | |is|4c|CIS, Cen. Asia BA |Bosnia and Herzegovina |40180 | | |es| BB |Barbados |12160 |UK| |2m|UK? CIA not clear ?bc |British Antarctic Terrritory |12780 |UK|bc|AQ|via Falklands (bc also used are a region (RG) code BD |Bangladesh |12130 | | |4s| BE |Belgium |12380 | | |ew| BF |Burkina Faso |40200 | | |1w| BG |Bulgaria |13440 | | |es| BH |Bahrain |12060 | | |4o|(orig.'BR'-error;SAME AS BRAZIL! BI |Burundi |13580 | | |1c| BJ |Benin |12460 | | |1w|formerly: Dahomey/Upper Volta BM |Bermuda |12500 | | |2m| BN |Brunei |13340 | | |4x|aka: Brunei Darussalam BO |Bolivia |12660 | | |2s| bq |Bequia |32130biq|VC| | |part of St. Vincent BR |Brazil |12730 | | |2s| BS |Bahamas, The |12040 | | |2m| BT |Bhutan |12560 | | |4s| BV |Bouvet Island | |NO| |ne|Dependent of Norway (non philatelic) BW |Botswana |12710 | | |1s| BY |Belarus |40160 | | |ee|or 'Byelorussia' BZ |Belize |12420 | | |2m| BY |Byelorussia |40160 | |is|ee|aka: 'Belarus' CA |Canada |13800 | |UK|2n| CC |Cocos (Keeling) Islands |15230 |AU|bc|io|External Territory CD |Congo, Democratic Republic |38720 | | |1c|was/aka: Zaire (was .ZR; now .CD) ce |Chechnya |40700che|RU|is|4c|?: autonomous region of Russia, CIS CF |Central African Republic |14170 | | |1c| CG |Congo, Rep. of the|40220 | | |1w|fomer Congo People's Republic; APRL number appears to be wrong. CH |Switzerland |34150 | | |ew| CI |Cote d'Ivorie |23330 | | |1w|aka: Ivory Coast CI |Ivory Coast |23330 | | |1n|aka: Cote d'Ivorie CK |Cook Islands |16110 |NZ|UK|po|Associated Territory CL |Chile |14490 | | |2s| CM |Cameroon |13740 | | |1w| CN |China PR |15050 | | |4e|Peoples Republic of CO |Colombia |15250 | | |2s| CR |Costa Rica |16180 | | |2m| CU |Cuba |16320 | | |2m| CV |Cape Verde |13980 | | |5n|West of Senegal, W. Africa CX |Christmas Island |15100 |AU|bc|io|(Indian Ocean), External Territory HR |Croatia (see HR) CY |Cyprus |16390 | | |4o|see also Turkish North Cyprus CZ |Czech Republic |40260 | | |ew| DE |Germany |19260 | | |ew|East & West united DK |Denmark |16810 | | |en| DJ |Djibouti |16860 | | |1e| DM |Dominica |16920 | | |2m| DO |Dominican Republic|16930 | | |2m| DZ |Algeria |10670 | | |1n|No. Africa EC |Ecuador |17180 | | |2s| EE |Estonia |40300 | | |ee| EG |Egypt |17200 | | |1n| ER |Eritrea |17385 | | |1e|(was autonomous region of Ethiopia) ES |Spain |33580 | | |ew| ET |Ethiopia |17430 | | |1e| FI |Finland |17720 | | |en| FJ |Fiji |17710 | | |po| FK |Falkland Islands |17480 |UK| |5s|Dependency & Administers UK Dependency So. Georgia FM |Micronesia, Federated States of|40620 |US| |po| FO |Faroe lslands |17590 |DK| |en|Autonomous Dependency FR |France |17890 | | |ew| GA |Gabon |18930 | | |1w| GB |Great Britain |20080 |UK|bc|ew|aka: England and Scotland & forms part of the UK GD |Grenada & The Grenedines |20730 | | |2m|see also St. Vincent & The Grenedines GE |Georgia |40380 | |is|4c|CIS (was 'GG') GF |French Guiana |18600 |FR| |2s|Overseas Département GG |Guernsey, Baliwick of |14390 |GB|bc|ew|Crown Dependency, ('not part of UK'). incl.: Alderney (ay): used 'gu' awhile GH |Ghana |19960 | | |1w| GI |Gibraltar |19970 |UK|bc|ew|UK Dependency GL |Greenland |20700 |DK| |5n|Autonomous Dependency GM |Gambia, The |18950 | | |1w| GN |Guinea |20860 | | |1w|former French GP |Guadeloupe |20770 |FR| |2m|(St. Martin) Overseas Département GQ |Equatorial Guinea |17370 | | |1w| GR |Greece |20490 | | |ew| GS |South Georgia & South Sandwich Isls |17530 |UK| |5s|GS (used 'ss') UK dependency; admin at Falkland Isls GT |Guatemala |20810 | | |2s| GW |Guinea-Bissau |40400 | | |1w| GY |Guyana |20910 | | |2s| HN |Honduras |21200 | | |2m| HK |Hong Kong |21230 | |CN|4e|part of PR China a/o 12/99 HR |Croatia |40240 | | |es| HT |Haiti |20950 | | |2m| HU |Hungary |21340 | | |ee| ID |Indonesia |22280 | | |4x| IE |Ireland |22550 | | |ew| IL |Israel |22600 | | |4o|08 Dec 94 report indicated that postage stamps had been issued by Palestine for Gaza and Jericho but no agreement reached with Israel on int'l use. IM |Isle of Man |22570 | | |5n| IN |India |21540 | | |4s| IO |British Indian Ocean Territory |12980 |UK|bc|io|Brit. Indian Ocean Ter. [Chagos], UK Dependency IQ |Iraq |22520 | | |4o| IR |Iran |22490 | | |4o| IS |Iceland |21470 | | |5n| IT |Italy |22820 | | |ew| JE |Jersey, Bailiwick of |14400 |GB|bc|5n|Crown Dependency, ('not part of UK'). JM |Jamaica |23370 | | |2m| JP |Japan |23410 | | |4e|East Asia JO |Jordan |23970 | | |4o| KE |Kenya |24330 | | |1e| KG |Kyrgystan |40480 | | |4c| KH |Khmer Republic |13700 | | |4x|was: Cambodia KH |Cambodia |13700 | | |4x|now: Khmer Republic KN |Saint Kitts |32060 |UK| |2m|'and Nevis'; see also: 'Nevis' KP |Korea, DPR |24650 | | |4e|aka: North Korea, (DPRK) KR |Korea, Rep. |24670 | | |4e|aka: South Korea, (ROK) KI |Kiribati |40460 | | |po| kv |Kosovo |41120 | | |es|new 1999/2000 KW |Kuwait |24780 | | |4o| KM |Comoros |15540 | | |1s|aka: Comoro Islands KY |Cayman Islands |14150 |UK|bc|2m|UK Dependency KZ |Kazakhstan |40440 | | |4c|(was listed as 'KK', now is 'KZ') LA |Laos |24920 | | |4x| LB |Lebanon |25060 | | |4o| LC |Saint Lucia |32080 | | |2m| LI |Liechtenstein |25550 | | |ec| LK |Sri Lanka |33930 | | |io| LR |Liberia |25350 | | |1w| LS |Lesotho |25210 | | |1s|enclave in So. Africa (.ZA) LT |Lithuania |25630 | | |ee| LU |Luxembourg |25850 | | |ew| LV |Latvia |40500 | | |ee| LY |Libya |25520 | | |1n| MA |Morocco |27610 | | |1n| mb |Mountainous Karabakh |40100mou|AZ|is|4c|autonomous region of Armenia (& Azerbaijan), CIS MC |Monaco |27390 | | |ew| MD |Moldova |40640 | |is|ee| MG |Madagascar |26150 | | |1e|Was:Malagasy Republic til 1993; CIA describes region as 'io' MH |Marshall Islands |40560 | | |po| MK |Macedonia, |40540 | | |es|The Former Yugoslav Rep. of ML |Mali |26430 | | |1w| MM |Myanmar |13550 | | |4x|aka/see: Burma MM |Burma |13550 | | |4x|aka: Myanmar MN |Mongolia |27430 | | |4n| MO |Macau |25880 |CN| |4e|aka: Macao (returned to PR China Dec, 1999 from Portugal) MP |Northern Mariana Isls|26540 |US| |po|US Commonwealth Territory: Rota, Tinian, Saipan & No. to ~21 deg. No. ?;dupe mp |Maderia |30390 |PT| | |autonomous region of Portugal MQ |Martinique |26610 |FR| |2m|Overseas Département (Uses .fr domain) MR |Mauritania |26720 | | |1n| MS |Montserrat |27570 | | |2m|UK? MT |Malta |26460 | | |es|Mediterrainian; So. of Italy MU |Mauritius |26730 | | |io|East of Madagascar in Indian Ocean MV |Maldives |26420 | | |io|Republic of MW |Malawi |26160 | | |1s| MX |Mexico |26890 | | |2m| MY |Malaysia |26400 | | |4x| MZ |Mozambique |27760 | | |1s| NA |Namibia |40660 | | |1s| NC |New Caledonia |28290 |FR| |po|Overseas Territory NE |Niger |28570 | | |1w| NF |Norfolk Island |28700 |AU|bc|po|External Territory NG |Nigeria |28620 | | |1w| nk |Nakhichevan |40140nak| |is|4c|region of Azerbaijan, CIS; issues NL |Netherlands |28010 | | |ew| NO |Norway |29040 | | |en| NP |Nepal |28000 | | |4s| NR |Nauru |27900 | | |po| NI |Nicaragua |28540 | | |2m| NU |Niue |28690 |NZ|UK|po|Associated Territory nv |Nevis |28250 |KN|UK|2m|see also: St. Kitts nx |Niuafo'ou |35180niu|TO|NZ|po|aka: Tin Can Island NZ |New Zealand |28500 | | |po| OM |Oman |29280 | | |4o| PA |Panama |29590 | | |2m| PE |Peru |29850 | | |2s| PF |French Polynesia |18750 |FR| |po|(Tahiti) Overseas Département PG |Papua New Guinea |29640 | | |4x| PH |Philippines |30040 | | |4x| PK |Pakistan |29480 | | |4s| PL |Poland |30130 | | |ee| PM |Saint Pierre & Miquelon |32100 |FR| |5n|Collectivité Territoriale; near Canada PN |Pitcairn Islands |30100 |NZ|UK|po| pr |Penhryn |16110pen|CK|NZ|po|my#; one of the Cook Islands PS |West Bank (Palestine) |29530 | | | |contiguous with Israel * WB |Palestine |29530 | | |4o|aka West Bank (Muslem Israel area) PT |Portugal |30370 | | |ew| PW |Palau |40680 | | |po| PY |Paraguay |29650 | | |2s| QA |Qatar |30590 | | |4o| ra |Redonda |11180red|AG|UK|2m|dependent of Antigua & Barbuda rd |Ross Dependency |28520 |NZ|UK|AQ|NZ's Antarctic Ter. RE |Reunion |30790 |FR| |1s|Overseas Département (uses fr domain) RO |Romania |31000 | | |es| RU |Russia |40700 | |is|4n|No. Asia; CIS RW |Rwanda |31870 | | |1c| |Scotland ?|||||; part of the UK but issues stamps? SA |Saudi Arabia |32460 | | |4o| SB |Solomon Islands |13250 | | |po|was: British Solomon Islands SC |Seychelles |32740 | | |1e|Zil Elwannyen Sesel SD |Sudan |34010 | | |1n| SE |Sweden |34130 | | |en| SG |Singapore |32980 | | |4x| SH |Saint Helena |32030 |UK| |5s|S/A: Tristian.. and ... SK |Slovakia |40720 | | |ee|aka: Slovak Republic SL |Sierra Leone |32940 | | |1w| SM |San Marino |32270 | | |ew|enclave in Italy SN |Senegal |32630 | | |1w| SO |Somalia |33120 | | |1e| SR |Suriname |34100 | | |2s| ST |Saint Thomas & Prince Islands |32110 | | |1w|aka: Sao Tome and Principe ST |Sao Tome & Principe |32110 | | |1w|aka: Saint Thomas and Prince Islands SI |Slovenia |40740 | | |es| SV |El Salvador |17290 | | |2m| sx |South Ossetia |40360soo|GE|is|4c|4c? a region of Georgia, CIS SY |Syria |34370 | | |4o| SZ |Swaziland |34120 | | |1s| ta |Tristan da Cunha |35610 |SH|UK|5s|Dependency of St. Helena TC |Turks and Caicos |36070 |UK| |2m| TD |Chad |14320 | | |1c|aka: Tchad TF |French Southern & Antarctic Ter. |18810 |FR| |AQ|Overseas Territory TG |Togo |35090 | | |1w| TH |Thailand |34830 | | |4x| TJ |Tajikistan |40760 | |is|4c| TK |Tokelau |35160 |NZ|bc|po|Autonomous Territory TM |Turkmenistan |36050 | |is|4c| TN |Tunisia |35760 | | |1n| TO |Tonga |35180 |NZ|bc|po|& Niuafo'ou TP |Timor |35020 | | |4x|incl: Okusi-Ambeno, East Timor TP |East Timor |35020 | | |4x|aka: Timor TR |Turkey |35780 | | |4o| ts |Transnistria |40640tra|MD|is|ee|region of Moldova, CIS TT |Trinidad & Tobago |35510 | | |2n| tu |Tuva |40700tuv|RU|is|4n|region of Russia, CIS; No. of Mongolia TV |Tuvalu |36110 |UK| |po|UK?; CIA not clear TW |China, Rep. of |15040 | | |4e|aka: Taiwan; Formosa (ROC) TW |Taiwan |15040 | | |4e|aka: China, Republic of, Formosa or ROC TZ |Tanzania |34550 | | |1e| UA |Ukraine |40800 | | |ee| UG |Uganda |36170 | | |1e|E. Africa UK |United Kingdom | | |bc|ew|=Great Britain (GB) (England), Wales, Scotland and N. Ireland ... UM |Wake Island (EnenKio Atoll) | |US| | |US External Territory (used 'en'); Cinderellas UM |EnenKio Atoll | |US| |po|(Wake Island; USA; Cinderellas - used 'em') UN |United Nations |36290 | | | |A non-territorial state US |United States |36320 | | |2n| (bjqxyz no used as state names) UY |Uruguay |37620 | | |2s| UZ |Uzbekistan |40820 | | |4c| VA |Vatican City |37700 | | |ew|aka: Holy See VC |Saint Vincent & The Grenedines |32130 | | |2m| see also: Grenada & The Grenedines VE |Venezuela |37730 | | |2s| VG |British Virgin Islandss |37960 |UK|bc|2m|Caribbean, UK Dependency VN |Vietnam |37890 | | |4x| VI |Virgin Islands, US|36420 |US| |2m|see also: British Virgin Islands VU |Vanuatu |40840 | | |po| WB |Palestine |29530 | | |4o|aka: 'West Bank' (Muslim Israel area) * PS|West Bank (nr .jo) (Palestine) |29530 | | | |contiguous with Israel; (Gaza {near .eg} area aka: 'Palestinian Authority') WF |Wallis & Futuna |38160 |FR| |po|Overseas Territory WS |Samoa, Indep. State of |32210 |NZ|UK|po|aka/see: Western Samoa, cf.: American Samoa) WS |Western Samoa |38310 | | |po|aka: Independent State of Samoa YE |Yemen, Republic of|38520 | | |4o| YT |Mayotte |26750 |FR| |1s|Collectivité Territoriale YU |Yugoslavia |38540 | | |es|see: Serbia who now claims this name.; was: .BA, SI, .HR, .MK, Serbia, Kosovo ... YU |Serbia & Montenegro |38540 | | |es|CIA notes USA disagrees on use of 'Yugoslavia' ... ZA |South Africa |33180 | | |1s| ZM |Zambia |38740 | | |1s| ZW |Zimbabwe |40880 | | |1_|former Southern Rhodesia ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ unassigned: |Turkish North Cyprus |35760 | | |4o| use: xy? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Category Abbreviations and hopeful explanations: ============================================================================================== NT|Country | # |TN|RP|RG|Comment ============================================================================================== |NT| - 'net (internet) codes. As used IN THIS LIST standard codes are in the UPPER CASE and my ID codes are in 'lower case'. (Note:) as used they are all 'lower case'; eg. .ab, .af if used in the Dealers indexes or as cross references in the various Directories to a commercial entity. UPPER CASE (e.g. '.DE', .US) is starting to be used for individuals with essentially non-commercial endeavors. This UPPER CASE usage is sporadic and may not succeed. |Country | - 'Country or Philatelic Territory Name' The name of all countries today and several political sub units that have/do issue postage or cinderella stamps. | # | - area/era codes ; consider using as map co-ord's. (see 'Reference Materials' "Numerical" for more extensive list; filename 'referenc.htm' in this directory) ; see more below. |TN| - 'Territory (of Country) Name' : the internet (or my ID) code (see 'NT" above) of a governing nation. (e.g. the 'NT' (internet code) 'AS' (.as/American Samoa) is governed by the 'NT' (internet code) 'US" (.us/USA) - (though the actual '.us' is seldom used it is useful to tell the story) |RP| - 'Political Region' (if any) of a governing unit belonged to. (an code ; unfortunately already in use) : bc = British Commonwealth, gb/GB = Great Britain (England) is = CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) (how this differs, if it does from the Russian Federation still needs work) |RG| - 'Regional Code' denoting physical location ; experimental AU=Australia (only one to get her own? or s/b IO or..? e=Europe; n=north (en). s-south (es); c=Central (ec) p=Pacific; o=Oceania (South Seas?) 1=Africa; n,e,w,s,c=central 2=Americas; n & s as above but: m=mid (2m) Caribbean, Mexico.. 4=Asia; as above but: , o=Orient (Mid, Near East) 5=Alantic ================= The 5 number (#) system is based on documents found 1999 at: ftp://ftp.cviog.uga.edu/pub/exchange/jackson/miscel/aprlcode.txt/ and available via my 'Reference Materials' page: now/here?: http://users17.jabry.com/stamplinks/i/ref/referenc.htm (c.2014) formrerly... http://ajward.tripod.com/i/ref/referenc.htm "These are listings of the APRL Country Codes as originally published by the American Philatelic Research Library (APRL) in the" : "Manual of Philatelic Headings Used by the American Philatelic Research Library, by Smith, Evans, Mast, et al. (c) APRL 1979 (ISBN 0-934610-02-9)" And as augmented by the: "American Philatelic Society Computers in Philately Committee, Lois M. Evans-de Violini, Chairman, July 1994." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 'standard' internet dotted addresses (i.e. _ZA_ etc; in ALL CAPS) have been confirmed as noted below and the APRL location/era reference numbers, for which I have no other current use have been appended for cross referencing to their list. I do consider them potentially useful as map co-ordinate cross references and/or filenames. Added codes use alpha/numeric or all lower case letters and are NOT standard. Changes made when confirming internet codes are based on the 'Global Web Explorer' list (see 'Postal Authorities Biblography' page: http://ajward.tripod.com/i/posts/pa-bib.htm ). Primairly used to develope 'anchors' for HTML developement of Postal Authorties listings, the 'Stamp Issuing Entities' menu, The World Dealers Directory and to form a database. Changes to original: Georgia GG to GE, PDR Congo (Zaire) ZR to CD, Kazakhstam KK to KZ. Several additions: see "Reference Material" in Postal Authorities Bibliography. Note: If she doesn't currently (circa 2000) issue stamps I didn't add her. If she was/is on here and doesn't/didn't issue stamps I may have left here there... - aj. Oct. 2000 updateed 11/2001 (some reformating) last update 5/28/2002 : totally reorganized: reordered by NT (internet codes) original list by country copied to 1-apcode.txt in this directory