What Countries Have Postage Stamps?

The vast majority of countries and colonies have issued postage stamps at some point since 1840, when Britain issued the first. The following list of countries with postage stamps issued includes the names of the countries as well as the date when their stamps were first issued, along with any previous period during which postage stamps were issued.

Abkhazia (1995-)
Afghanistan (1871-)
Aitutaki (1903-1932, 1972-)
Aland (1984-)
Albania (1913-)
Alderney (1983-)
Algeria (1924-1953, 1962-)
Andorra (1928-)
Angola (1870-)
Anguilla (1967-)
Antigua (1862-)
Argentina (1858-)
Armenia (1919-1923, 1992-)
Aruba (1986-)
Ascension (1922-)
Australia (1902-)
Australian Antarctic Territory (1957-)
Austria (1850-)
Azerbaijan (Russian) (1919-1924, 1992-)
Azores (1868-1931, 1980-)
Bahamas (1859-)
Bahrain (1933-)
Bangladesh (1971-)
Barbados (1852-)
Barbuda (1922, 1968-)
Belarus (1992-)
Belgium (1849-)
Belize (1973-)
Benin (1892-99, 1976-)
Bequia (1976-)
Bermuda (1848-)
Bhutan (1955-)
Bolivia (1867-)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (1879-1918, 1992-)
Botswana (1966-)
Brazil (1843-)
British Antarctic Territory (1963-)
British Indian Ocean Territory (1968-76, 1990-)
British Virgin Islands (1866-)
Brunei (1906-)
Bulgaria (1879-)
Burkina Faso (1984-)
Burundi (1962-)
Caicos Islands (1981-)
Cambodia (Kampuchea) (1951-)
Cameroun (1897-)
Canada (1851-)
Canouan Island (1976-)
Cape Verde (1877-)
Cayman Islands (1901-)
Central African Republic (1959-)
Chad (1922-36, 1959-)
Chechen Republic (1992-)
Chile (1853-)
China (1878-)
Christmas Island (1958-)
Cocos Islands (Keeling Islands) (1963-)
Colombia (1859-)
Comoro Islands (1950-)
Congo Democratic Republic (1960-71, 1997-)
Congo Republic (1959-)
Cook Islands (1892-)
Costa Rica (1863-)
Croatia (1941-45, 1991-)
Cuba (1855-)
Cyprus (1880-)
Czech Republic (1993- )
Denmark (1851-)
Djibouti (1977-)
Dominica (1874-)
Dominican Republic (1865-)
Ecuador (1865-)
Egypt (1866-)
Equatorial Guinea (1968-)
Eritrea (1892-1937, 1948-52, 1991-)
Estonia (1918-40, 1991- )
Ethiopia (Abyssinia) (1894-1938, 1942-)
Falkland Islands (1878-)
Faeroes (1919, 1940-41, 1975-)
Fiji (1870-)
Finland (1856-)
France (1849-)
French Polynesia (1892-)
French Southern and Antarctic Territories (1955-)
Gabon (1886-1936, 1959-)
Gambia (1869-)
Georgia (1919-20, 1993-)
Germany (1872-)

Ghana (1957-)
Gibraltar (1886-)
Gold Coast (1875-1957)
Great Britain (1840-)
Great Britain-Regionals (1958-)
Greece (1861-)
Greenland (1905-)
Grenada (1861-)
Grenada-Grenadines (1973-)
Guatemala (1871-)
Guernsey (1941-45, 1958-)
Guinea (1959-)
Guinea-Bissau (1974-)
Guyana (1966-)
Haiti (1881-)
Honduras (1866-)
Hong Kong (1862-)
Hungary (1871-)
Iceland (1873-)
India (1854-)
Indonesia (1945-)
Iran (Persia) (1870-)
Iraq (1923-)
Ireland (1922-)
Israel (1948-)
Italy (1862-)
Ivory Coast (1892-1944, 1959-)
Jamaica (1860-)
Japan (1871-)
Jersey (1941-45, 1958-)
Johore (1876-)
Jordan (1920-)
Kazakhstan (1992-)
Kedah (1912-)
Kelantan (1911-)
Kenya (1963-)
Kiribati (1979-)
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of (North Korea) (1946-)
Kuwait (1923-)
Kyrgyzstan (1992-)
Laos (1951-)
Latvia (1918-41, 1991-)
Lebanon (1924-)
Lesotho (1966-)
Liberia (1860-)
Libya (1912-)
Liechtenstein (1912-)
Lithuania (1918-40, 1990-)
Luxembourg (1852-)
Macau (1884-)
Macedonia (1944, 1991-)
Madagascar (Malagasy Republic) (1889-)
Madeira (1868-98, 1928-29, 1980-)
Malacca (Melaka) (1948-)
Malawi (1964-)
Malaysia (1963-)
Maldives Islands (1906-)
Mali (1959-)
Malta (1860-)
Isle of Man (1973-)
Marshall Islands (1889-1916; 1984-)
Mauritania (1906-44, 1960-)
Mauritius (1847-)
Mayotte (1892-1914, 1997-)
Mayreau Island (1976-)
Mexico (1856-)
Micronesia (1984-)
Moldova (1992-)
Monaco (1885-)
Mongolia (1924-)
Montserrat (1876-)
Morocco (1956-)
Mozambique (1877-)
Myanmar (1989-)
Namibia (1999-)
Nauru (1916-)
Negri Sembilan (1891-)
Nepal (1881-)
Netherlands (1852-)
Nevis (1861-1890, 1980-)
New Caledonia (1859-)
New Zealand (1855-)
Nicaragua (1862-)
Niger (1921-45, 1959-)
Nigeria (1914-)
Niuafo’ou (1983-)
Niue (1902-)

Norfolk Island (1947-)
Norway (1855-)
Oman (Muscat and Oman) (1944-)
Pahang (1889-)
Pakistan (1947-)
Palau (1983-)
Palestine — Palestinian Authority (1994-)
Panama (1878-)
Papua New Guinea (1952-)
Paraguay (1870-)
Penang (Pulau Pinang) (1948-)
Penrhyn Island (1902-32, 1973-)
Perak (1878-)
Perlis (1948-)
Peru (1857-)
Philippines (1854-)
Pitcairn Islands (1940-)
Poland (1860-65, 1918-)
Portugal (1853-)
Qatar (1957-)
Romania (1865-)
Russia (1857-)
Rwanda (1962-)
Sabah (1964-)
St. Helena (1856-)
St. Kitts (1980-)
St. Lucia (1860-)
St. Pierre and Miquelon (1885-1976, 1986-)
St. Vincent (1861-)
St. Vincent-Grenadines (1973-)
Salvador, El (1867-)
Samoa (Western Samoa) (1877-)
San Marino (1877-)
Sao Tome and Principe (1975-)
Sarawak (1869-)
Saudi Arabia (1932-)
Selangor (1881-)
Senegal (1887-)
Seychelles (1890-)
Sierra Leone (1859-)
Singapore (1948-)
Slovakia (1939-45, 1993-)
Slovenia (1919-21, 1941-45, 1991-)
Solomon Islands (1907-)
Somalia (1903-)
South Africa (1910-)
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (1986-)
Spain (1850-)
Sri Lanka (1972-)
Sudan (1897-)
Suriname (1873-)
Swaziland (1889-)
Sweden (1855-)
Switzerland (1850-)
Syria (1919-)
Taiwan (Formosa) (1886-95, 1945-)
Tajikistan (1992-)
Tanzania (1965-)
Thailand (Siam) (1883-)
Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of (2002-)
Togo (1897-)
Tokelau Islands (1948-)
Tonga (1886-)
Terengganu (1910-)
Trinidad and Tobago (1913-)
Tristan da Cunha (1952-)
Tunisia (1888-)
Turkey (1863-)
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (1974-)
Turks and Caicos Islands (1900-)
Tuvalu (1976-)
Uganda (1895-1902, 1962-)
Ukraine (1918-23, 1941-43, 1992-)
Union Island (1976-)
United Arab Emirates (1972-)
United Nations (1951-)
United States of America (1847-)
Uruguay (1856-)
Vanuatu (1980-)
Vatican City (1929-)
Venezuela (1859-)
Vietnam, Democratic Republic of (1954-)
Wallis and Futuna Islands (1920-)
Wilayah Persekutuan (1979-)
Yemen (1926-)
Yugoslavia (1918-)
Zambia (1964-)
Zimbabwe (1980-)

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