A list of stamp issuing entities, past and present

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1840-1859

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1914-1924

1925-1954

1955-1989

1990-date

ID	Year	M	D	Cat	#	Name	Scott	Set range	Perforation	Watermark	Description
1	1840	5	6	Eur	1	Great Britain	1	1 - 2	Imperforate	18	White paper. Engraved
2	1842	2	1	USent	1	City Despatch Post	40L1		Imperforate		Grayish paper
3	1843	3	1	SwCan	1	Canton Zurich	1L1	1L1 - 1L2	Imperforate	None	Red vertical lines. Lithographed.
4	1843	8	1	SAm	1	Brazil	1	1 - 3	Imperforate	None
5	1843	9	30	SwCan	2	Canton Geneva	2L1		Imperforate	None	Lithographed.
6	1845	7	1	SwCan	3	Canton Basel	3L1		Imperforate	None	Embossed. Typographed.
7	1847	7	1	CNA	1	United States of America	1	1 - 2	Imperforate	None
8	1847	9	21	GBCol	1	Mauritius	1	1 - 2	Imperforate	None	Engraved.
9	1849	1	1	Eur	2	France	3	3, 8	Imperforate	None	Typographed
10	1849	7	1	Eur	3	Belgium	1	1 - 2	Imperforate	Two L's framed
11	1849	11	1	GeSta	1	Bavaria	1	1 - 3	Imperforate	None	Typographed.
12	1850	1	1	OzSta	1	New South Wales	3a	1, 3a, 9a	Imperforate	None	Engraved.
13	1850	1	1	Eur	4	Spain	1	1 - 5	Imperforate	None	Lithographed
14	1850	1	3	OzSta	2	Victoria	1	1 - 12	Imperforate	None	Lithographed
15	1850	4	7	Eur	5	Switzerland	4	1 - 4	Imperforate	None	Without frame around cross. Lithographed.
16	1850	6	1	Eur	6	Austria	1	1 - 5	Imperforate	None	Handmade paper. Typographed
17	1850	6	1	AuSta	1	Lombardy-Venetia	1	1 - 6	Imperforate	None	Handmade paper. Typographed
18	1850	6	29	GeSta	2	Saxony	1		Imperforate	None	Typographed
19	1850	7	1	GBCol	2	British Guiana	2	2 - 5	Imperforate	None	#1: 1851. Typeset
20	1850	11	15	GeSta	3	Prussia	2	2 - 5	Imperforate	162	Engraved. Background of crossed lines. #1: 1856
21	1850	11	15	GeSta	4	Schleswig-Holstein	1	1 - 2	Imperforate	None	Typographed, arms embossed. With silkthreads.
22	1850	12	1	GeSta	5	Hanover	1		Imperforate	Square frame	Rose gum. Typographed
23	1851	1	1	ItSta	1	Sardinia	1	1 - 3	Imperforate	None	Lithographed.
24	1851	4	1	Eur	7	Denmark	2		Imperforate	111	Yellow brown burelage.Typographed. #1: May 1 (local)
25	1851	4	1	ItSta	2	Tuscany	2	2 - 3, 5 - 7	Imperforate	185	Blue, grayish blue or gray paper. Typographed. #1: 1852
26	1851	4	23	CaPro	1	Canada, Province	1	1 - 3	Imperforate	None	Laid paper. Engraved. #4: Wove paper 1852
27	1851	5	1	GeSta	6	Baden	1a	1a - 4a	Imperforate	None	Typographed, thin paper, first printing
28	1851	8	14	GBCol	3	Trinidad	2	2 - 3	Imperforate	None	Blued paper. Engraved.
29	1851	9	1	CanPr	2	Nova Scotia	2	2 - 5	Imperforate	None	Blue paper. Engraved.
30	1851	9	6	CanPr	3	New Brunswick	1	1 - 4	Imperforate	None	Blue paper. Engraved.
31	1851	10	1	USPos	2	Hawaii	1		Imperforate	None	Typeset
32	1851	10	15	GeSta	7	Württemberg	1	1 - 2, 4 - 5	Imperforate	None	Typographed. No Scott #3. #6: July 1852
33	1852	1	1	GeSta	8	Brunswick	1		Imperforate	None	Typographed
34	1852	1	1	Eur	8	Netherlands	1		Imperforate	Posthorn	Engraved
35	1852	1	1	ItSta	3	Roman States	1a, 1c		Imperforate	None	Typographed
36	1852	1	5	GeSta	9	Oldenburg	1		Imperforate	None	Lithographed
37	1852	1	16	FrCol	1	Réunion	1		Imperforate	None	Typographed
38	1852	1	29	GeSta	10	Thurn & Taxis, Northern district	3		Imperforate	None	Typographed
39	1852	1	29	GeSta	11	Thurn & Taxis, Southern district	42		Imperforate	None	Typographed
40	1852	4	15	GBCol	4	Barbados	1	1 - 3a	Imperforate	None	Blued paper. Engraved
41	1852	6	1	ItSta	4	Modena	1		Imperforate	None	No period after figure of value. Typographed
42	1852	6	1	ItSta	5	Parma	1		Imperforate	None	Typographed
43	1852	7	1	InSta	-	Scinde, India	A3	A3, A1, A2	Imperforate	None	Embossed
44	1852	9	15	Eur	9	Luxembourg	1	1 - 2	Imperforate	149	Engraved.
45	1853	7	1	SAm	2	Chile	1		Imperforate	b	Blued paper. Engraved.
46	1853	7	1	Eur	10	Portugal	1	1 - 4	Imperforate	None	Typographed & embossed.
47	1853	9	1	SASta	1	Cape of Good Hope	1	1 - 2	Imperforate	15	Blued paper. Engraved.
48	1853	11	1	OzSta	3	Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land)	1	1 - 2	Imperforate	None	Engraved.
49	1854	2	1	SpCol	1	Philippines	1		Imperforate	None	Engraved.
50	1854	7	26	GBCol	5	India, East India Company	2	2, 4	Imperforate	37	Lithographed
51	1854	8	1	OzSta	4	Western Australia	1		Imperforate	82	Engraved
52	1855	1	1	Eur	11	Norway	1		Imperforate	159	Typographed.
53	1855	1	1	OzSta	5	South Australia	1	1, 3	Imperforate	6	Engraved. #2: November 1, 1855
54	1855	4	10	GeSta	12	Bremen	1	1, 1a	Imperforate	None	Horizontally laid paper. Lithographed
55	1855	4	24	SpCol	2	Cuba	1	1 - 4	Imperforate	104	Typographed
56	1855	7	1	Eur	12	Sweden	1	1 - 5	14	None	Typographed.
57	1855	7	18	GBCol	6	New Zealand	1	1 - 3	Imperforate	6	White paper. Engraved.
58	1856	1	1	GBCol	7	Saint Helena	1		Imperforate	Star	Engraved.
59	1856	3	1	Eur	13	Finland	1	1 - 2	Imperforate	None	Small perls, wove paper. Typographed.
60	1856	4	1	DACol	1	Danish West Indies	1		Imperforate	111	Typographed
61	1856	7	1	GeSta	13	Mecklenburg-Schwerin	1	1 - 3	Imperforate	None	Typographed
62	1856	8	1	CNA	3	Mexico	1	1 - 5	Imperforate	None	Engraved.
63	1856	8	21	ArPro	1	Corrientes	1		Imperforate	None
64	1856	10	1	SAm	3	Uruguay, Carrier	1	1 - 3	Imperforate	None	Lithographed
65	1857	1	1	CanPr	4	Newfoundland	1	1, 3 - 9	Imperforate	None	Thick porous paper with mesh. Engraved.
66	1857	4	1	GBCol	8	Ceylon	2		Imperforate	6	Blued paper. Engraved.
67	1857	5	26	SASta	2	Natal	1		Imperforate	None	Colorless embossing.
68	1857	12	1	SAm	4	Peru	1		Imperforate	None	Engraved. #3: 1858/3/1
69	1858	1	1	Eur	14	Russia	1		Imperforate	166	Typographed
70	1858	1	1	ItSta	6	Naples	1	1 - 7	Imperforate	186	Engraved.
71	1858	4	29	ArPro	2	Buenos Aires	2	2 - 5	Imperforate	None	#1: October 26
72	1858	5	1	SAm	5	Argentina, Confederation	1	1 - 3	Imperforate	None	Lithographed.
73	1858	7	15	Eur	15	Moldavia (Romania)	1	1 - 4	Imperforate	None	Handstamped
74	1858	10	28	ArPro	3	Cordoba	1	1 - 2	Imperforate	None	Laid paper. Lithographed.
75	1859	1	1	GeSta	14	Hamburg	1		Imperforate	128	Typographed
76	1859	1	1	GeSta	15	Lübeck	1		Imperforate	148	Lithographed
77	1859	1	1	ItSta	7	Sicily	10	10 - 18	Imperforate	None	Engraved
78	1859	1	1	SAm	6	Venezuela	1		Imperforate	None	Lithographed
79	1859	5	15	GBCol	9	Ionian Islands	1	1 - 3	Imperforate	None	Engraved.
80	1859	6	1	FrCol	2	French Colonies	3	3, 5	Imperforate	None	Typographed
81	1859	6	10	GBCol	10	Bahamas	1		Imperforate	None	Typographed.
82	1859	6	26	SAm	3a	Uruguay, Government	7	7 - 12	Imperforate	None	Thin numerals.
83	1859	8	4	FrCol	3	New Caledonia	1		Imperforate	None	Lithographed. No gum. Counterfeits abound.
84	1859	8	31	SAm	7	Colombia, Grenadine confederation	1		Imperforate	None	Wove paper. Lithographed
85	1859	9	1	ItSta	8	Romagna	1	1 - 9	Imperforate	None	Typographed
86	1859	9	21	GBCol	11	Sierra Leone	1a		14	None	Typographed. 1a: 1859. 1b: 1865. 1: 1874

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