List of British post offices abroad

Great Britain has introduced postal services throughout the world and has often made use of British definitives bearing local overprints. The following is a partial list of British postal services abroad. The list does not include agencies in South America, such as in Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and Valparaiso.[1][2]

British post offices abroad

  • British post offices in Africa various issues
  • Baghdad (British Occupation) 1917 only
  • Bangkok (British Post Office) 1882–1885
  • Batum (British Occupation) 1919–1920
  • Beirut (British Post Office) 1906 only
  • British post offices in the Turkish Empire 1885–1923
  • British postal agencies in Eastern Arabia 1948–1966
  • Bushire (British Occupation) 1915 only
  • Cameroons (British Occupation) 1915 only
  • China (British Post Offices) 1917–1930
  • China (British Railway Administration) 1901 only
  • Crete (British Post Offices) 1898–1899
  • East Africa Forces 1943–1948
  • British post in Egypt (Consular Offices) 1839–1882
  • British post in Egypt (British Military Occupation) 1882–1914
  • Egypt (British Forces) 1932–1943
  • Eritrea (British Administration) 1950–1952
  • Eritrea (British Military Administration) 1948–1950
  • German East Africa (British Occupation) 1917 only
  • Iraq (British Occupation) 1918–1923
  • Japan (British Commonwealth Occupation) 1946–1949
  • Japan (British Post Offices) 1859–1879
  • Long Island (British Occupation) 1916 only
  • Mafia Island (British Occupation) 1915–1916
  • Malaya (British Military Administration) 1945–1948
  • Middle East Forces (MEF) 1942–1947
  • Morocco Agencies 1898–1957
  • North Borneo (BMA) 1945 only
  • Salonika (British Field Office) 1916 only
  • Sarawak (BMA) 1945 only
  • Somalia (British Administration) 1950 only
  • Somalia (British Military Administration) 1948–1950
  • Tangier 1927–1957
  • Tripolitania (British Administration) 1950–1952
  • Tripolitania (British Military Administration) 1948–1950

See also

References

  1. ↑ Stampsite – British Post Offices Abroad
  2. ↑ Stampsite – British Occupation Issues

Bibliography

  • Rossiter, Stuart & Flower, John (1986). The Stamp Atlas. London: Macdonald. ISBN 0-356-10862-7.
  • Stanley Gibbons Postage Stamp Catalogue – British Commonwealth. London: Stanley Gibbons Ltd, various editions.
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