All The Countries Current And Defunct

Does anyone know of a list, or search criteria here, of all the countries that are or ever were. Probably quite a project but I am considering trying to assemble one stamp from each. Impossible??
Thanks for the feedback.
Paul

I guess you could start with the index in the back of a Scott catalogue. That would give you a list of the stamp issuing authorities past and present, although, keep in mind not all of them are actual countries.

There are countless definitions of a 'country'; this topic often results in many differing opinions. It is best to first define 'country' or the topic will go on for pages as people list various iterations and other unusual historic events in which countries were declared. Do you mean stamp issuing countries? Do occupations count as a separate county? etc.
Don

As long as you include Sealand, (my son) will be convinced it's a complete list...

Far from impossible, though you'll find that a few stamp issuers (Stellaland, Nieuwe Republiek, Long Island/Keustan, Dungarpur, Bangkok, a few others) issued no common stamps.

Drawing up the list itself is the first challenge -- there are a lot of issuers that are only listed in Gibbons, Michel, or in specialized catalogues (do German city locals count, for example? Are Khor Fakkan or Redonda OK? How about the various provincial issues during the Chinese civil war?) The 19th century Kingdom of Kabul and the modern Islamic Republic of Afghanistan are very different political entities that existed in more-or-less the same (but not exactly the same) geographical space -- do you need one from each, or is just one Afghani stamp OK because the Scott editors clumped them all together under one heading? However you decide to do it, you'll have to set some parameters yourself.

How about Berlin or Buenos Aires? They issued stamps, but are not countries. Or United Nations? Or the individual Australian states?

If your aim is to build a collection, you may want to search the net for a list of stamp issuing entities, rather than just countries. It may be more meaningful.

Perhaps you should try to collect a stamp from all of the stamp issuing entities rather than just the cointries. Wikipedia has a list of such entities:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lis...ge_stamps_(A–E)

It is in three separate articles but there are links to the other two at the bottom of this one.

The Smithsonian National Postal Museum has a free, printable "A Stamp From Every Country" album which contains 785 spaces. Although not complete by some standards, it is a good place to start. I'm currently working on one myself. By the way, it contains entities such as the UN as well as countries.

https://postalmuseum.si.edu/stampga...ryalbum.html

Ther are more lists out there, just google "stamp issuing entities of the world."

We've previously invented this wheel, although I couldn't immediately find the thread. Easy way I - take a catalogue and work through the countries, putting the stamps into stock-books. Easy way II - print off the Smithsonian album and use that, expanding as necessary.

https://postalmuseum.si.edu/stampga...ryalbum.html

There are a few discussions on this very subject already on this board ---It is called a stamp from everywhere . There is even a online club in Europe who's goal is a stamp from each issuing group .

This is the most extensive list I've seen, including local posts etc.

https://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~wyatt...mp-list.html

Try the SEARCH function. And for Scott catalog, view this thread:
http://goscf.com/t/64504

Thanks all for the great feedback. I knew there had to be something out there but as I learned from some of the post the correct terminologies were needed for the search criteria. The postal museum link is perfect for what I am looking for.
Thanks again to all.
Paul

You may also be interested in occupations and colonies.

This is a list of countries defined in StampManage. It is not 100% complete since I know it is missing one Malaysian state. StampManage is based upon Scott so using Scott naming.

Abu Dhabi
Aden
Afars and Issas, The French Territory of the
Afghanistan
Aitutaki
Ajman
Alaouites
Albania
Alderney
Aledschen (Alsedziai)
Alexanderstadt (Bolschaja Alexan-drowka)
Alexandretta
Alexandria
Algeria
Allenstein
Alsace and Lorraine
Altai Region
Amiens
Amur Province
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andorra - French Admin.
Andorra - Spanish Admin.
Angola
Angra
Anguilla
Anjouan
Annam and Tonkin
Anteguera
Antigua
Arad
Arbe (Rab)
Argentina
Argyrokastron (Gjinokaster)
Armavir
Armenia
Army of the North
Army of the Northwest
Army of the West
Artsaki (Karabakh Republic, Berg Republic)
Aruba
Ascension
Asch
Aunus
Australia
Australian Antarctic Territory
Australian States - New South Wales
Australian States - Queensland
Australian States - South Australia
Australian States - Tasmania
Australian States - Victoria
Australian States - Western Australia
Austria
Austrian Offices in Crete
Austrian Offices in the Turkish Empire
Avila
Azerbaijan (Iranian)
Azerbaijan (Russian)
Baena
Bahamas
Bahrain
Banat, Bacska
Bangkok
Bangladesh
Banja Luka
Baranya
Barbados
Barbuda
Base Atlantica
Basel
Basutoland
Batum
Bechuanaland Protectorate
Beirut
Bejuma
Belarus
Belgian Congo
Belgium
Belize
Belize - Cayes of Belize
Benin
Berlin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Biafra
Bialystok
Bijawar
Bilbao
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Croat Admin
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Serb Admin
Botswana
Brac (Brazza)
Brazil
British Antarctic Territory
British Bechuanaland
British Central Africa
British East Africa
British Guiana
British Honduras
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Offices Abroad - East Africa Forces
British Offices Abroad - For Use in
British Offices Abroad - For Use in Eritrea
British Offices Abroad - For Use in Tripolitania
British Offices Abroad - Offices in Africa
British Offices in China
British Offices in Morocco
British Offices in the Turkish Empire
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Buenos Aires
Bulgaria
Burgos
Burkina Faso
Burma (Myanmar)
Burundi
Bushire
Cabo Gracias a Dios
Cadiz
Cambodia (Kampuchea)
Cameroons
Cameroun
Campione D'Italia
Canada
Canada - British Columbia and Vancouver Island
Canada - New Brunswick
Canada - Newfoundland
Canada - Nova Scotia
Canada - Prince Edward Island
Canal Zone
Canary Islands
Cape Juby
Cape of Good Hope
Cape Verde
Carchi
Caribbean Netherlands
Caroline Islands
Carpatho-Ukraine
Castellorizo
Cattaro
Cavalla
Cayes of Belize
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Central Albania
Central China
Central Lithuania
Cephalonia and Ithaca
Ceylon
Chad
Chechen Republic
Checiny
Chelyabinsk
Chile
Chimarra (Himera)
China - Fukien Province
China - Hunan Province
China - Hupeh Province
China - Kansu Province
China - Kiangsi Province
China - Kwangsi Province
China - Manchuria
China - Offices in Tibet
China - Shensi Province
China - Sinkiang
China - Szechwan Province
China - Tsingtau Province
China - Yunnan Province
China (1878-1949) & ROC Taiwan
China Expeditionary Forces
China, Peoples Republic Of
Chinese Treaty Ports
Chios
Christmas Island
Cilicia
Cinderella
Coamo
Cochin China
Cocos Islands (Keeling Islands)
Colombia
Columbia - Antioquia
Columbia - Bolivar
Columbia - Boyaca
Columbia - Cundinamarca
Columbia - Santander
Columbia - Tolima
Columbia-States Issues
Comoro Islands
Confederate States of America
Confederate States of America-Provisional Issues
Congo Democratic Republic
Congo Republic
Constantinople
Cook Islands
Cordoba
Corfu
Corrientes
Cos
Costa Rica
Costa Rica - Guanacaste
Coudekerque
Courland
Crete
Crimea
Croatia
Cuba
Curacao
Cyprus
Cyrenaica
Czech Republic
Czechoslovak Legion Post
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia - Bohemia and Moravia
Dahomey
Dalmatia
Danish West Indies
Danube Steam Navigation Company
Danzig
Dardanelles
Davaar Islands
Debrecen
Dedeagatch
Denmark
Dhar
Diego-Suarez
Djibouti
Dobrudja
Dodecanese Islands
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Don Cossack Government
Dubai
Dunkerque
Durango
Duttia (Datia)
East Africa and Uganda Protectorates
East China
Eastern Rumelia
Eastern Silesia
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Elobey, Annobon and Corisco
Elwa
England
Epirus
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Erseka
Estonia
Ethiopia (Abyssinia)
Eupen and Malmedy
Faeroes
Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands Dependencies
Far Eastern Republic
Fernando Po
Fezzan-Ghadames
Fiji
Finland
Finland - Aland Islands
Fiume
France
French Colonies
French Congo
French Equatorial Africa
French Guiana
French Guinea
French India
French Morocco
French Offices Abroad - Canton
French Offices Abroad - Hoi Hao
French Offices Abroad - Mongtseu (Mengtsz)
French Offices Abroad - Pakhoi
French Offices Abroad - Tchongking (Chungking)
French Offices Abroad - Yunnan Fou
French Offices in China
French Offices in China - Kwangchowan
French Offices in Crete
French Offices in Egypt
French Offices in Turkey
French Offices in Turkey - Cavalle
French Offices in Turkey - Dedeagh
French Offices in Turkey - Port Lagos
French Offices in Turkey - Vathy (Samos)
French Offices in Zanzibar
French Polynesia
French Southern and Antarctic Territories
French Sudan
French West Africa
Fujeira
Funchal
Gabon
Galapagos Islands
Gambia
Geneva
Georgia
German Democratic Republic
German East Africa
German New Guinea
German Offices in China
German Offices in Morocco
German Offices in Turkey
German South-West Africa
German States - Baden
German States - Bavaria
German States - Bergedorf
German States - Bremen
German States - Brunswick
German States - Hamburg
German States - Hanover
German States - Lubeck
German States - Mecklenburg-Schwerin
German States - Mecklenburg-Strelitz
German States - North German Confederation
German States - Oldenburg
German States - Prussia
German States - Saxony
German States - Schleswig-Holstein
German States - Thurn and Taxis
German States - Wurttemberg
Germany
Germany (Soviet Zone Local Issues)
Ghana
Gibraltar
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
Gilbert Islands
Gold Coast
Granada
Grand Comoro
Great Britain
Great Britain-Regionals
Greece
Greenland
Grenada
Grenada-Grenadines
Griqualand West
Grodno
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guatemala
Guernsey
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Hadhramaut, Kathiri State in
Haiti
Hatay
Hawaii
Hejaz
Hela
Heligoland
Helsingfors (Helsinki
Honan
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hopei
Horta
Hungary
Hvar (Lesina)
Icaria (Nicaria)
Iceland
Ifni
Ili Republic
India
India - Feudatory States - Alwar
India - Feudatory States - Bamra
India - Feudatory States - Barwani
India - Feudatory States - Bhopal
India - Feudatory States - Bhor
India - Feudatory States - Bundi
India - Feudatory States - Bussahir (Bashahr)
India - Feudatory States - Charkari (Charkhari)
India - Feudatory States - Cochin
India - Feudatory States - Dungarpur
India - Feudatory States - Faridkot
India - Feudatory States - Hyderabad
India - Feudatory States - Idar
India - Feudatory States - Indore (Holkar)
India - Feudatory States - Jaipur
India - Feudatory States - Jammu and Kashmir
India - Feudatory States - Jasdan
India - Feudatory States - Jhalawar
India - Feudatory States - Kishangarh
India - Feudatory States - Kotah
India - Feudatory States - Las Bela
India - Feudatory States - Morvi
India - Feudatory States - Nandgaon
India - Feudatory States - Nawanagar
India - Feudatory States - Orchha
India - Feudatory States - Poonch
India - Feudatory States - Rajasthan
India - Feudatory States - Rajpeepla
India - Feudatory States - Sirmoor
India - Feudatory States - Soruth
India - Feudatory States - Tonk
India - Feudatory States - Travancore
India - Feudatory States - Travancore-Cochin
India - Feudatory States - Wadhwan
India Convention States
India-Feudatory States
Indian Convention States - Chamba
Indian Convention States - Jhind
Indian Convention States - Nabha
Indian Convention States - Patiala
Indian Convention States -Gwalior
Indian Expeditionary Forces
Indochina
Indonesia
Inhambane
Inini
International Commission in Indo-China - Cambodia
International Commission in Indo-China - Laos
International Commission in Indo-China - Laos & Vietnam
International Commission in Indo-China - Viet Nam
Ionian Islands
Iran (Persia until 1935)
Iraq
Ireland
Isle of Man
Israel
Istria-Slovene Coast
Italian Colonies
Italian East Africa
Italian Offices Abroad
Italian Offices Abroad - Aegean Islands
Italian Offices Abroad - Calchi
Italian Offices Abroad - Calimno
Italian Offices Abroad - Caso
Italian Offices Abroad - Coo
Italian Offices Abroad - Durazzo
Italian Offices Abroad - Janina
Italian Offices Abroad - Jerusalem
Italian Offices Abroad - Leros
Italian Offices Abroad - Lisso
Italian Offices Abroad - Nisiros
Italian Offices Abroad - Patmos
Italian Offices Abroad - Piscopi
Italian Offices Abroad - Rhodes
Italian Offices Abroad - Salonica
Italian Offices Abroad - Scarpanto
Italian Offices Abroad - Simi
Italian Offices Abroad - Smyrna
Italian Offices Abroad - Stampalia
Italian Offices Abroad - Trieste
Italian Offices Abroad - Valona
Italian Offices in Africa
Italian Offices in Albania
Italian Offices in China
Italian Offices in Constantinople
Italian Offices in Crete
Italian Offices in Turkish Empire
Italian Social Republic
Italian States - Modena
Italian States - Parma
Italian States - Romagna
Italian States - Roman States
Italian States - Sardinia
Italian States - Tuscany
Italian States - Two Sicilies
Italy
Ivory Coast
Jaffa
Jamaica
Japan
Japanese Offices in China
Japanese Offices in Korea
Japanese Offices in Taiwan
Jersey
Jordan
Kalmykia
Karelia
Karlsbad
Katanga
Kazakstan
Kenya
Kenya and Uganda
Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika
Kerassunde
Khor Fakkan
Kiauchau
Kiev
Kilis
King Edward VII Land
Kionga
Kiribati
Kirin and Heilungchang
Konstantinsbad
Korce (Korytsa, also Korytza, Korca, Koritsa or Coritsa
Korea
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (North Korea)
Korea, Republic of (South Korea
Kosovo, Republic of
Kuban Cossack Government
Kurdistan
Kurland
Kustanai
Kuwait
Kwangchowan
Kwangtung
Kyrgyzstan
La Aguera
Labuan
Lagos
Laos
Latakia
Latvia
Lebanon
Leeward Islands
Lemnos
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Livorno
Ljady
Ljubljana (Lubiana, Laibach)
Logrono
Lombardy-Venetia
Long Island
Lorient
Lourenco Marques
Luboml
Luga
Luxembourg
Macau
Macedonia
Madagascar
Mafia
Mahra
Majorca
Majunga
Malaga
Malagasy Republic
Malawi
Malaya - Johore
Malaya - Kedah
Malaya - Kelantan
Malaya - Negri Sembilan
Malaya - Pahang
Malaya - Penang (Pulau Pinang)
Malaya - Perak
Malaya - Perlis
Malaya - Selangor
Malaya - Sungei Ujong
Malaya - Trengganu
Malaya, Federation
Malaya-Federated Malay States
Malaysia
Malaysia - Malacca (Melaka)
Malaysia - Sabah
Malaysia - Wilayah Persekutuan
Maldive Islands
Mali
Malta
Man, Isle of
Manama
Manchukuo
Mariana Islands
Marienwerder
Marino
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Maturin
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Melilla
Memel
Meng Chiang (Inner Mongolia
Merano
Mesopotamia
Mexico
Mexico - Campeche
Mexico - Chiapas
Mexico - Chihuahua
Mexico - Cuautia
Mexico - Cuernavaca
Mexico - Guadalajara
Mexico - Merida
Mexico - Sinaloa
Mexico - Tlacotalpan
Mexico - Yucatan
Mexico-Revolutionary Overprints
Micronesia
Middle Congo
Middle East Forces
Milan
Minorca
Moheli
Moldavia
Moldavia-Wallachia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Montserrat
Morocco
Morocco - Northern Zone
Moschopolis
Mount Athos
Mozambique
Mozambique Company
Myanmar
Mytilene
Namibia
Natal
Nauru
Neapolitan Provinces
Nejd
Nepal
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles (Curacao
Netherlands Indies
Netherlands New Guinea
Nevis
New Britain
New Caledonia
New Greece
New Guinea
New Hebrides, British
New Hebrides, French
New Republic
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Niger Coast Protectorate
Nigeria
Niklasdorf
Niue
Norfolk Island
North Borneo
North China
North Epirus
North Ingermanland
North West Pacific Islands
Northeast China
Northern Ireland
Northern Nigeria
Northern Rhodesia
Northwest China
Northwest China (Shensi-Kansu-Ninghsia
Norway
Nossi-Be
Nuggen (Noo)
Nyasaland Protectorate
Nyassa
Oaxaca
Obock
Odenpah
Odessa
Oil Rivers Protectorate
Oltre Giuba
Oman (Muscat and Oman
Opatow
Orange Free State
Orense
Orleans
Ostland
Ostrova (Mahrisch-Ostrau)
Other Philatelic Items
Pakhoi
Pakistan
Pakistan - Bahawalpur
Palau
Palestine -- British Administration
Palestine -- British Military Administration
Palestine -- Palestinian Authority
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Parnu (Pernau)
Peking
Penrhyn - Northern Cook Islands
Penrhyn Island
Peru
Peru-Provisional Issues
Petah Tiqva
Petit St. Vincent
Petrovsk
Philippines
Pitcairn Islands
Pola
Poland
Polish Corps in Russia
Polish Government in Exile
Polish Military Post in Russia
Polish Offices Abroad
Ponce
Ponewesch (Panevezys)
Ponewesch (Panevezys)
Ponta Delgada
Ponta Delgada
Pontevedra
Port Arthur and Dairen
Port Said
Portugal
Portugal - Azores
Portugal - Madeira
Portuguese Africa
Portuguese Congo (Cabinda)
Portuguese Guinea
Portuguese India
Prague
Priamur and Maritime Provinces
Prune Island
Przedborz
Pskow (Pleskau)
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Qu'aiti State
Quelimane
Ras al Khaima
Raseiniai (Rossingen)
Redonda
Reichenberg-Maffersdorf
Reunion
Rhine Palatinate
Rhineland
Rhodesia
Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Riau Archipelago
Rio de Oro
Rio Muni
Riouw Archipelago
Rizeh
Rokiskis (Rakischki)
Romania
Romanian Offices in Turkey
Ross Dependency
Rouad, Ile
Ruanda-Urundi
Rumberg
Russia
Russia - Army of the North
Russia -- Army of the Northwest
Russian Company for Steam Shipping and Trade (Ropit)
Russian Offices in China
Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
Rwanda
Ryukyu Islands
Saar
Salvador, El
Samoa (Western Samoa)
San Marino
San Sebastian
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Santa Maria de Albarracia
Sao Tome and Principe
Sarawak
Sarny
Saseno
Saudi Arabia
Saurashtra (Soruth)
Saurashtra, United State of
Schleswig
Scinde
Scotland
Scutari
Segovia
Seiyun, Kathiri State of
Senegal
Senegambia and Niger
Serbia
Seville
Seychelles
Seychelles - Zil Elwannyen Sesel
Shan States
Shanghai
Shansi
Shantung
Sharjah
Sibenik (Sebenico)
Siberia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Smilten
Smolensk
Solomon Islands
Somali Coast
Somalia
Somaliland Protectorate
Sopron
Sosnowice
South Africa
South Africa - Bophuthatswana
South Africa - Ciskei
South Africa - Transkei
South Africa - Venda
South Arabia
South Bulgaria
South China
South Georgia
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
South Kasai
South Moluccas
South Russia
Southern Nigeria
Southern Rhodesia
South-West Africa (Namibia)
Southwest China
Spain
Spain -- Carlist Government
Spain -- Civil War Municipal Issues
Spanish Guinea
Spanish Morocco
Spanish Sahara (Spanish Western Sahara)
Spanish West Africa
Spassk
Sri Lanka
St. Christopher
St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla
St. Helena
St. Kilda
St. Kitts
St. Kitts-Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Marie de Madagascar
St. Martin
St. Nazaire
St. Pierre and Miquelon
St. Thomas and Prince Islands
St. Vincent
St. Vincent Grenadines - Bequia
St. Vincent Grenadines - Canouan Island
St. Vincent Grenadines - Mayreau Island
St. Vincent Grenadines - Mustique Island
St. Vincent Grenadines - Union Island
St. Vincent-Grenadines
Stellaland
Straits Settlements
Sudan
Sudetenland
Suez Canal
Supeh
Suriname
Swahililand (Witu)
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Syria - Issues of the Arabian Government
Syria - United Arab Republic
Szechwan
Szeged
Tahiti
Taiwan (Formosa)
Tajikistan
Tammerfors
Tanganyika
Tangier
Tannu Tuva
Tanzania
Telsiai (Telschen
Temesvar
Teruel
Tete
Tetuan
Thailand (Siam)
Thessaly
Thrace
Tibet
Tientsin
Tiflis
Timor
Tobago
Togo
Tokelau Islands
Tomsk
Tonga
Tonga - Niuafo'ou
Topical Stamps
Transbaikal Province
Transcaucasian Federated Republics
Transvaal
Transylvania
Trebizonde
Trinidad
Trinidad and Tobago
Tripolitania
Tristan da Cunha
Trucial States
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkey in Asia
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Turkmenistan
Turks & Caicos Islands - Caicos
Turks and Caicos Islands
Turks Islands
Tuvalu
Tuvalu - Funafuti
Tuvalu - Nanumaga
Tuvalu - Nanumea
Tuvalu - Niutao
Tuvalu - Nui
Tuvalu - Nukufetau
Tuvalu - Nukulaelae
Tuvalu - Vaitupu
Ubangi-Shari
Udine
Uganda
Ukraine
Umm al Qiwain
United Arab Emirates
United Nations
United Nations - Kosovo
United Nations-Geneva
United Nations-New York
United Nations-Vienna
United States
United States Post Office in China
United States Postmasters' Provisionals
Upper Senegal & Niger
Upper Silesia
Upper Volta
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vaduz
Valenciennes
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Veglia (Krk)
Venezia Giulia
Venezia Tridentina
Venezuela
Venezuela - Port of Carupano
Venezuela - Port of Guayana
Victoria
Victoria Land
Vietnam
Vietnam, Democratic Republic of
Vietnam, Republic of (South Vietnam)
Vilnius
Virgin Islands
Vitoria
Vryburg
Wales and Monmouth
Wallis and Futuna Islands
Warsaw
Warwiszki
Wenden (Livonia)
West Irian
Western Hungary (Lajtabanat)
Western Ukraine
Wilkomir (Ukmerge)
Wosnessensk
Wrangel Issues
Yemen
Yemen (People's Democratic Republic)
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia - Trieste
Yugoslavian Offices Abroad
Yunnan
Zaire
Zambezia
Zambia
Zante
Zanzibar
Zara (Zadar
Zaragoza
Zarasai (Zargrad)
Zarki
Zawiercie
Zelaya (Bluefields)
Zimbabwe
Zulia
Zululand
Zurich

The problem is you will never get a final list ,because no two people will ever agree to what should and what should not be included, you get into areas like revenues, Cinderellas and revolutionary groups ,your list is never ending .

Erilaz----Thanks for that listing ,it is the best that I seen .

From my collection of a "Stamp from Everywhere "