Stamp Art Project From Inherited Stamps

Hi there, for those who expressed interest in my project to create a photographic exhibition with stamps and people from the countries....

To catch up: I have inherited some old stamp albums and as a photographic artist I am planning a project to interview and photograph people from all the countries represented, looking at migration, war, conflict and independence.

Step 1 - I have just audited the albums at a high-level and now I have a list of all the countries represented in this album. There are, however additional stamps not in this album that I will be adding, from Israel and Australia to name a few. There is not much representation from the Middle East in the collection, and also not much from Asia. So I will go back through the other albums and see if I can plug any gaps.

I downloaded a list of all the countries and dependencies first, then worked my way through the first (oldest) album to check which ones I had and also the oldest stamp in each country.

The results are here, and where a country has changed names or no longer exists I have captured that information also.
Country Earliest Other Name / Change Special Comments
Albania 1924
Angola 1914 Republica Portuguesa
Argentina 1892
Bavaria 1876 Germany
Belgium 1869
Belize 1937 British Honduras
Bermuda 1901 OVERPRINT SHILLING/FARTHING/WAR TAX
Bolivia 1939
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1917
Brazil 1906
Bulgaria 1901
Burundi 1948 Ruanda-Urundi 
Canal Zone 1928 Panama Canal Zone
Chile 1881
Colombia 1898
Congo 1948 Belgian Congo
Cook Islands 1932
Costa Rica 1901
Crete 1905 Greece
Croatia 1942
Cuba 1899
Cyprus 1912
Danzig (Free State of) 1924 Poland
Denmark 1870
Dominican Republic 1917
Ecuador 1894
Estonia 1941
Fiji 1912
Finland 1889
Greece 1911
Greek Occupation of Albania 1940 Albania
Guatemala 1927
Guyana 1889-1907 British Guiana
Honduras 1898
Jordan 1930 The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Jugoslavia 1920
Kenya 1927 Kenya, Uganda & Tanganyika DUP
Kiribati 1937 GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS DUP
Lebanon 1930
Lithuania 1937
Lundy Island 1954 Britain
Malawi 1935 Nyasaland
Malaysia 1934/1950 Sarawak / North Borneo
Monaco 1948
Myanmar 1937 Burma
Nauru 1924
Nicaragua 1896
Nigeria 1936
Norfolk Island 1947 Australia
North Borneo 1950 Malaysia (Sabah)
Norway 1893
Panama 1935
Paraguay 1911
Peru 1918
Philippines 1889 Spanish Philippines Islands
Philippines 1906 US Philippines Islands
Philippines 1946 Republic Philippines Islands
Pitcairn Islands (Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands) 1940 Britain
Portugal 1895
Rhodesia & Nyasaland 1954 Zambia & Malawi
Rwanda 1948 Ruanda-Urundi 
Samoa 1952
Sarawak 1934 Malaysia
Sierra Leone 1932
Solomon Islands 1914 British Solomon Islands
Somalia 1955
State of Palestine 1927
Sweden 1872
Syria 1925
Thailand 1914 Siam
Tokelau 1948 Tokelau Islands (part of NZ)
Tonga 1920
Tuvalu 1937 GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS DUP
Uganda 1927 Kenya, Uganda & Tanganyika DUP
Ukraine 1918
United Nations 1951
United States 1870
Uruguay 1899
Vatican 1942
Venezuela 1893
Zambia 1925 Northern Rhodesia
Zimbabwe 1924 Southern Rhodesia