From:
John Leach's Encyclopedia of Postal Authorities :

Brunei - Byelorussia

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* Brunei

Dates:		1895 -
Capital:		Bandar Seri Begawan
Currency:	100 cents = 1 dollar


Brunei (Japanese Occupation)

Dates:		1942 - 1945
Currency:	100 cents = 1 dollar

Album:		Japanese Occupation Issues


Brunswick

Brunswick joined the North German Confederation in 1868.

Dates:		1852 - 1868
Capital:		Brunswick
Currency:	30 silbergroschen = 1 thaler

Album:		German States


Buenos Aires

Dates:		1858 - 1862
Currency:	8 reales = 1 peso

Album:		Argentine Territories


Bukovina

Refer:		West Ukraine


* Bulgaria

Dates:		1879 -
Capital:		Sofia
Currency:	(1879) 100 centimes = 1 franc
		(1881) 100 stotinki = 1 lev


Bulgarian Occupation Issues

Refer:		Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation)


* Bulgarian Territories

Includes:		Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation);
		Eastern Rumelia;
		South Bulgaria


Bundi

Indian state which became part of Rajasthan 1948-50.

Dates:		1894 - 1948
Currency:	12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Album:		Indian Native States


* Burkina Faso

Formerly Upper Volta.

Dates:		1984 -
Capital:		Ouagadougou
Currency:	100 centimes = 1 franc

See also:		Upper Volta


* Burma

Dates:		1937 -
Capital:		Rangoon
Currency:	(1937) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
		(1953) 100 pyas = 1 kyat (rupee)

Includes:		Myanmar


Burma (Japanese Occupation)

Dates:		1942 - 1945
Currency:	(1942) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
		(1942) 100 cents = 1 rupee

Album:		Japanese Occupation Issues


* Burundi

Dates:		1962 -
Capital:		Bujumbura
Currency:	100 centimes = 1 franc


Bushire (British Occupation)

Bushire is an Iranian port on the Persian Gulf.  During WWI, it was occupied by British forces
who issued separate stamps 15 August to 16 October 1915.  There were 30 stamps in three issues.
All were Iranian types overprinted BUSHIRE UNDER BRITISH OCCUPATION.

Dates:		1915 only
Currency:	20 shahis = 1 kran; 10 kran = 1 toman

Album:		British Occupation Issues


Bussahir

Dates:		1895 - 1896
Currency:	16 annas = 1 rupee

Album:		Indian Native States


Byelorussia

Refer:		Belarus

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