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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
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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. |
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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 |
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As long as you include Sealand, (my son) will be convinced it's a complete list... |
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Quote: Probably quite a project but I am considering trying to assemble one stamp from each. Impossible?? 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. |
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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. |
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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.htmlTher are more lists out there, just google "stamp issuing entities of the world." |
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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 . |
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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 |
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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 - 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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 - 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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 . |
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