British post offices abroad
Encyclopedia
Great Britain has introduced postal services throughout the world and has often made use of British definitives bearing local overprints. The following is a full list of British postal services abroad:
- British Post Abroad
- British post offices abroad
- British post offices in AfricaBritish post offices in AfricaThe British post offices in Africa were a system of post offices set up by the United Kingdom to be used by its Middle East Forces and East Africa Forces in Africa during and after World War II.- Middle East Forces :...
various issues - Baghdad (British Occupation) 1917 only
- Bangkok (British Post Office)British post office in BangkokThe earliest recorded mail from Bangkok dates back only to 1836 when American missionary Dan Beach Bradley sent a letter to his father in a stampless cover...
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)British post offices in ChinaThe British post offices in China were a system of post offices set up by the United Kingdom in various treaty ports of China in the late 19th and early 20th centuries....
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 AgenciesBritish post offices in MoroccoThe British post offices in Morocco, also known as the "Morocco Agencies", were a system of post offices operated by the United Kingdom in Morocco.-First office:...
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
Sources
- Stanley Gibbons Ltd: various catalogues
- Encyclopaedia of Postal History
- Rossiter, StuartStuart RossiterPercival "Stuart" Bryce Rossiter was a renowned British philatelist and postal historian who wrote extensively about British postal history and postage stamps of British colonies in Africa and was actively involved in numerous philatelic institutions...
& John Flower. The Stamp Atlas. London: Macdonald, 1986. ISBN 0356108627