COMPENDIUM OF POSTAGE STAMP ISSUERS (RA - RZ)
Each "article" in this category is in fact a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries themselves are formulated on the 'micro' model and so provide summary information about all known issuers.
See the page for details of the project.
;Refer : Arbe
;Dates : 1948 - 1950
;Currency : 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
;Refer : Indian Native States
;Refer : Nandgaon
;Dates : 1880 - 1886
;Currency : 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
;Refer : Indian Native States
;Dates : 1919 - 1932
;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
;Refer : Cook Islands
Stamps issued 1967-1972 were non-postal and are unrecognised.
;Dates : 1964 - 1966
;Currency : (1964) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee
: (1966) 100 dirhams = 1 riyal
;Refer : Trucial States
;Refer : Antigua
;Refer : Chinese Nationalist Republic (Taiwan);
: Taiwan
;Dates : 1922 -
;Capital : Dublin
;Currency : (1922) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
: (1971) 100 pence = 1 punt
: (2002) 100 cent = 1 euro
;Main Article Needed :
;Refer : Maldive Islands
;Refer : Bosnian Serb Republic
;Refer : Lebanon
Russia was one of the powers which occupied Crete in 1898. It had a post office at Rethymnon within its
own sphere of administration. Four types were issued, overprinted 'RETHYMNO', and a total of 37 stamps.
;Refer : Crete (Russian Post Offices)
;Dates : 1885 - 1974
;Capital : Saint-Denis
;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc
;Main Article Needed :
;Refer : Rhineland-Palatinate (French Zone)
;Dates : 1947 - 1949
;Capital : Mainz
;Currency : 100 pfennige = 1 mark
;Refer : Germany (Allied Occupation)
Italian colony in the Dodecanese which used the general 'EGEO' issues and had its own stamps inscribed 'RODI', the Italian name of the island.
;Dates : 1912 - 1935
;Capital : Rodhos
;Currency : 100 centesimi = 1 lira
;Refer : Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)
;Dates : 1965 - 1980
;Capital : Salisbury
;Currency : (1965) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
: (1969) 100 cents = 1 dollar
;Main Article Needed :
;Includes : Rhodesia (British Colonial Issues);
: Southern Rhodesia
;See also : Zimbabwe
;Dates : 1909 - 1924
;Capital : Salisbury
;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
;Refer : Rhodesia
;Dates : 1954 - 1964
;Capital : Salisbury
;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
;Main Article Needed :
;Dates : 1954 - 1965
;Capital : Tandjungpinang
;Currency : 100 sen = 1 rupiah
;Main Article Needed :
;See also : Indonesia
;Refer : Fiume (Yugoslav Occupation)
;Dates : 1905 - 1924
;Capital : Villa Cisneros
;Currency : 100 centimos = 1 peseta
;Refer : Spanish West Africa
;Dates : 1960 - 1968
;Capital : Bata
;Currency : 100 centimos = 1 peseta
;Refer : Spanish Guinea
;Dates : 1909 - 1910
;Currency : 40 paras = 1 piastre
;Refer : Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
;Refer : Rhodes
;Dates : 1859 - 1860
;Capital : Bologna
;Currency : 100 bajocchi = 1 scudo
;Refer : Italian States
;Refer : Papal States
== Romania ==
;Dates : 1865 -
;Capital : Bucharest
;Currency : (1865) 40 parale = 1 piastre
: (1867) 100 bani = 1 leu
;Includes : Moldavia;
: Moldo-Wallachia
;Dates : 1917 - 1918
;Currency : 100 bani = 1 leu
;Refer : Austro-Hungarian Military Post
;Refer : Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation)
;Dates : 1917 - 1918
;Currency : 100 bani = 1 leu
;Refer : German Occupation Issues (WW1)
;Main Article Needed :
;Includes : Banat Bacska (Romanian Occupation);
: Constantinople (Romanian Post Office);
: Debrecen (Romanian Occupation);
: Hungary (Romanian Occupation);
: Romanian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;
: Temesvar (Romanian Occupation);
: Transylvania (Romanian Occupation)
;Dates : 1896 - 1919
;Currency : (1896) 40 paras = 1 piastre
: (1919) 100 bani = 1 leu
;Refer : Romanian Post Abroad
Abbreviation of 'Russkoe Obshchestvo Parokhudstva i Torgovll'.
;Refer : Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
== Ross Dependency ==
;Dates : 1957 -
;Capital : Scott Base
;Currency : (1957) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
: (1968) 100 cents = 1 dollar
;Refer : Ile Rouad
;Dates : 1924 - 1962
;Capital : Usumbura
;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc
;Main Article Needed :
;See also : Belgian Congo;
: Burundi;
: Rwanda
;Refer : Romania
== Russia ==
Stamps issued are cat. nos 63-11 onwards of Russia.
;Dates : 1992 -
;Capital : Moscow
;Currency : 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
;Main Article Needed :
;Includes : Russia (pre-Soviet)
;See also : Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
Stamps issued were cat. nos 1-324 of Russia.
;Dates : 1858 - 1923
;Capital : Moscow
;Currency : 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
;Refer : Russia
;Refer : Ostland;
: Ukraine (German Occupation)
;Refer : North Western Army;
: Northern Army;
: Western Army
;Main Article Needed :
;Includes : Amur Province;
: Ataman Semyonov Regime (Transbaikal);
: Crimea;
: Denikin Government;
: Don Territory;
: Far Eastern Republic;
: Kolchak Government (Siberia);
: Kuban Territory;
: North Ingermanland;
: North Western Army;
: Northern Army;
: Priamur & Maritime Provinces;
: Siberia (Czechoslovak Army);
: Transbaikal Province;
: Western Army;
: Wrangel Government
;See also : USSR Issues for the Far East
;Main Article Needed :
;Includes : North Korea (Russian Occupation);
: South Lithuania (Russian Occupation)
;Main Article Needed :
;Includes : China (Russian Post Offices);
: Crete (Russian Post Offices)
Russia had many post offices in the Turkish Empire which were run by ROPiT. General issues were in use
throughout the period but several local overprints were introduced in 1909. This included the offices at
Mytilene, Salonika and Mount Athos. Other Russian POs in Greece were at Kandia, Volos (Thessaly),
Port Lagos (Thrace), Khios and Rhodes.
;Dates : 1863 - 1914
;Currency : (1863) 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
: (1900) 40 paras = 1 piastre
;Main Article Needed :
;Includes : Beirut (Russian Post Office);
: Constantinople (Russian Post Office);
: Dardanelles (Russian Post Offices);
: Jaffa (Russian Post Office);
: Jerusalem (Russian Post Office);
: Kerrasunde (Russian Post Office);
: Mount Athos (Russian Post Office);
: Mytilene (Russian Post Office);
: Rizeh (Russian Post Office);
: Salonika (Russian Post Office);
: Smyrne (Russian Post Office);
: Trebizonde (Russian Post Office)
;Dates : 1948 - 1949
;Capital : East Berlin
;Currency : 100 pfennige = 1 mark
;Refer : Germany (Allied Occupation)
;Refer : ROPiT
;Dates : 1900 - 1902
;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
;Refer : Transvaal
;Dates : 1962 -
;Capital : Kigali
;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc
;Main Article Needed :
;See also : Ruanda-Urundi
;Dates : 1948 - 1972
;Capital : Naha
;Currency : (1948) 100 sen = 1 yen
: (1958) 100 cents = 1 dollar
;Main Article Needed :
★ Stanley Gibbons Ltd: various catalogues
★ Encyclopaedia of Postal History
★ Stuart Rossiter & John Flower: ''The Stamp Atlas''
See the page for details of the project.
Rab
;Refer : Arbe
Rajasthan
;Dates : 1948 - 1950
;Currency : 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
;Refer : Indian Native States
Rajnandgaon
;Refer : Nandgaon
Rajpipla
;Dates : 1880 - 1886
;Currency : 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
;Refer : Indian Native States
Rarotonga
;Dates : 1919 - 1932
;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
;Refer : Cook Islands
Ras Al Khaima
Stamps issued 1967-1972 were non-postal and are unrecognised.
;Dates : 1964 - 1966
;Currency : (1964) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee
: (1966) 100 dirhams = 1 riyal
;Refer : Trucial States
Redonda
;Refer : Antigua
Republic of China
;Refer : Chinese Nationalist Republic (Taiwan);
: Taiwan
Republic of Ireland
;Dates : 1922 -
;Capital : Dublin
;Currency : (1922) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
: (1971) 100 pence = 1 punt
: (2002) 100 cent = 1 euro
;Main Article Needed :
Republic of Maldives
;Refer : Maldive Islands
Republika Srpska
;Refer : Bosnian Serb Republic
Republique Libanaise
;Refer : Lebanon
Rethymnon (Russian Post Office)
Russia was one of the powers which occupied Crete in 1898. It had a post office at Rethymnon within its
own sphere of administration. Four types were issued, overprinted 'RETHYMNO', and a total of 37 stamps.
;Refer : Crete (Russian Post Offices)
Reunion
;Dates : 1885 - 1974
;Capital : Saint-Denis
;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc
;Main Article Needed :
Rheinland - Pfalz
;Refer : Rhineland-Palatinate (French Zone)
Rhineland - Palatinate (French Zone)
;Dates : 1947 - 1949
;Capital : Mainz
;Currency : 100 pfennige = 1 mark
;Refer : Germany (Allied Occupation)
Rhodes
Italian colony in the Dodecanese which used the general 'EGEO' issues and had its own stamps inscribed 'RODI', the Italian name of the island.
;Dates : 1912 - 1935
;Capital : Rodhos
;Currency : 100 centesimi = 1 lira
;Refer : Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)
Rhodesia
;Dates : 1965 - 1980
;Capital : Salisbury
;Currency : (1965) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
: (1969) 100 cents = 1 dollar
;Main Article Needed :
;Includes : Rhodesia (British Colonial Issues);
: Southern Rhodesia
;See also : Zimbabwe
Rhodesia (British Colonial Issues)
;Dates : 1909 - 1924
;Capital : Salisbury
;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
;Refer : Rhodesia
Rhodesia & Nyasaland
;Dates : 1954 - 1964
;Capital : Salisbury
;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
;Main Article Needed :
Riau-Lingga Archipelago
;Dates : 1954 - 1965
;Capital : Tandjungpinang
;Currency : 100 sen = 1 rupiah
;Main Article Needed :
;See also : Indonesia
Rijeka
;Refer : Fiume (Yugoslav Occupation)
Rio de Oro
;Dates : 1905 - 1924
;Capital : Villa Cisneros
;Currency : 100 centimos = 1 peseta
;Refer : Spanish West Africa
Rio Muni
;Dates : 1960 - 1968
;Capital : Bata
;Currency : 100 centimos = 1 peseta
;Refer : Spanish Guinea
Rizeh (Russian Post Office)
;Dates : 1909 - 1910
;Currency : 40 paras = 1 piastre
;Refer : Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
Rodi
;Refer : Rhodes
Romagna
;Dates : 1859 - 1860
;Capital : Bologna
;Currency : 100 bajocchi = 1 scudo
;Refer : Italian States
Roman States
;Refer : Papal States
== Romania ==
;Dates : 1865 -
;Capital : Bucharest
;Currency : (1865) 40 parale = 1 piastre
: (1867) 100 bani = 1 leu
;Includes : Moldavia;
: Moldo-Wallachia
Romania (Austrian Occupation)
;Dates : 1917 - 1918
;Currency : 100 bani = 1 leu
;Refer : Austro-Hungarian Military Post
Romania (Bulgarian Occupation)
;Refer : Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation)
Romania (German Occupation)
;Dates : 1917 - 1918
;Currency : 100 bani = 1 leu
;Refer : German Occupation Issues (WW1)
Romanian Post Abroad
;Main Article Needed :
;Includes : Banat Bacska (Romanian Occupation);
: Constantinople (Romanian Post Office);
: Debrecen (Romanian Occupation);
: Hungary (Romanian Occupation);
: Romanian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;
: Temesvar (Romanian Occupation);
: Transylvania (Romanian Occupation)
Romanian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
;Dates : 1896 - 1919
;Currency : (1896) 40 paras = 1 piastre
: (1919) 100 bani = 1 leu
;Refer : Romanian Post Abroad
ROPiT
Abbreviation of 'Russkoe Obshchestvo Parokhudstva i Torgovll'.
;Refer : Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
== Ross Dependency ==
;Dates : 1957 -
;Capital : Scott Base
;Currency : (1957) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
: (1968) 100 cents = 1 dollar
Rouad Island
;Refer : Ile Rouad
Ruanda - Urundi
;Dates : 1924 - 1962
;Capital : Usumbura
;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc
;Main Article Needed :
;See also : Belgian Congo;
: Burundi;
: Rwanda
Rumania
;Refer : Romania
== Russia ==
Stamps issued are cat. nos 63-11 onwards of Russia.
;Dates : 1992 -
;Capital : Moscow
;Currency : 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
;Main Article Needed :
;Includes : Russia (pre-Soviet)
;See also : Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
Russia (pre - Soviet)
Stamps issued were cat. nos 1-324 of Russia.
;Dates : 1858 - 1923
;Capital : Moscow
;Currency : 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
;Refer : Russia
Russia (German Occupation)
;Refer : Ostland;
: Ukraine (German Occupation)
Russian Army Issues
;Refer : North Western Army;
: Northern Army;
: Western Army
Russian Civil War Issues
;Main Article Needed :
;Includes : Amur Province;
: Ataman Semyonov Regime (Transbaikal);
: Crimea;
: Denikin Government;
: Don Territory;
: Far Eastern Republic;
: Kolchak Government (Siberia);
: Kuban Territory;
: North Ingermanland;
: North Western Army;
: Northern Army;
: Priamur & Maritime Provinces;
: Siberia (Czechoslovak Army);
: Transbaikal Province;
: Western Army;
: Wrangel Government
;See also : USSR Issues for the Far East
Russian Occupation Issues
;Main Article Needed :
;Includes : North Korea (Russian Occupation);
: South Lithuania (Russian Occupation)
Russian Post Offices Abroad
;Main Article Needed :
;Includes : China (Russian Post Offices);
: Crete (Russian Post Offices)
Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
Russia had many post offices in the Turkish Empire which were run by ROPiT. General issues were in use
throughout the period but several local overprints were introduced in 1909. This included the offices at
Mytilene, Salonika and Mount Athos. Other Russian POs in Greece were at Kandia, Volos (Thessaly),
Port Lagos (Thrace), Khios and Rhodes.
;Dates : 1863 - 1914
;Currency : (1863) 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
: (1900) 40 paras = 1 piastre
;Main Article Needed :
;Includes : Beirut (Russian Post Office);
: Constantinople (Russian Post Office);
: Dardanelles (Russian Post Offices);
: Jaffa (Russian Post Office);
: Jerusalem (Russian Post Office);
: Kerrasunde (Russian Post Office);
: Mount Athos (Russian Post Office);
: Mytilene (Russian Post Office);
: Rizeh (Russian Post Office);
: Salonika (Russian Post Office);
: Smyrne (Russian Post Office);
: Trebizonde (Russian Post Office)
Russian Zone (General Issues)
;Dates : 1948 - 1949
;Capital : East Berlin
;Currency : 100 pfennige = 1 mark
;Refer : Germany (Allied Occupation)
Russkoe Obshchestvo Parokhudstva i Torgovll
;Refer : ROPiT
Rustenburg
;Dates : 1900 - 1902
;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
;Refer : Transvaal
Rwanda
;Dates : 1962 -
;Capital : Kigali
;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc
;Main Article Needed :
;See also : Ruanda-Urundi
Ryukyu Islands
;Dates : 1948 - 1972
;Capital : Naha
;Currency : (1948) 100 sen = 1 yen
: (1958) 100 cents = 1 dollar
;Main Article Needed :
Sources
★ Stanley Gibbons Ltd: various catalogues
★ Encyclopaedia of Postal History
★ Stuart Rossiter & John Flower: ''The Stamp Atlas''
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