Each "article" in this category is a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries are formulated on the micro model and so provide summary information about all known issuers.

See the :Category:Compendium of postage stamp issuers page for details of the project.

Hadhramaut

Refer Qu'Aiti State in Hadhramaut

Haiti

Dates 1881 – Capital Port-au-Prince Currency 100 centimes = 1 gourde

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Haiti

Hamburg

Dates 1859–1867 Currency 16 schillings = 1 mark

Refer German States

Hanover

Dates 1850–1866 Currency (1850) 12 pfennige = 1 gutegroschen; 24 gutengroschen = 1 thaler (1858) 10 pfennigs = 1 groschen; 30 groschen = 1 thaler

Refer German States

Hatay

Dates 1938–1939 Capital Alexandretta Currency (1938) 100 centimes = 1 piastre (1938) 100 santims = 40 paras = 1 kuru

Main article Postage stamps and postal history of Hatay

Haute Volta

Refer Upper Volta

Hawaii

Dates 1851–1898 Capital Honolulu Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Hawaii

Heilungkiang

Refer Kirin & Heilungkiang

Hejaz

Dates 1916–1926 Capital Mecca Currency 40 paras = 1 piastre

Refer Saudi Arabia

See also Hejaz-Nejd

Hejaz-Nejd

Dates 1926–1932 Capital Riyadh Currency (1926) 40 paras = 1 piastre (1929) 110 guerche = 10 riyal = 1 gold sovereign

Refer Saudi Arabia

See also Hejaz

Heligoland

Dates 1867–1890 Capital Currency (1867) 16 schillings = 1 mark (1875) 100 pfennige = 1 mark

Hellas

Refer Greece

Helvetia

Refer Switzerland

Herm

Refer Channel Islands

Herzegovina

Refer Bosnia & Herzegovina

Hoi-Hao (Indochinese Post Office)

Dates 1902–1922 Currency (1902) 100 centimes = 1 franc (1918) 100 cents = 1 piastre

Refer China (Indochinese Post Offices)

Holkar

Refer Indore

Holland

Refer Netherlands

Holstein

Dates 1864–1867 Capital Kiel Currency 16 schilling = 1 mark

Refer German States

Honduras

Dates 1866 – Capital Tegucigalpa Currency (1866) 8 reales = 1 peso (1878) 100 centavos = 1 peso (1933) 100 centavos = 1 lempira

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Honduras

Hong Kong

Dates 1862 – Capital Victoria Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar Main article Postage stamps and postal history of Hong Kong

Hong Kong (Japanese occupation)

Dates 1945 only Currency 100 rin = 1 sen; 100 sen = 1 yen

Refer Japanese Occupation Issues

Horta

Dates 1892–1905 Capital Currency 1000 reis = 1 milreis

Refer Azores Territories

Horthy Regime

Refer Szeged

Hrvatska

Refer Croatia

Hungary

Dates 1871 – Capital Budapest Currency (1871) 100 krajczar = 1 forint (1900) 100 Fillér (heller) = 1 korona (krone) (1926) 100 Fillér = 1 pengo (1946) 100 Fillér = 1 forint

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Hungary

See also Szeged

Hungary (French occupation)

Refer Arad (French Occupation)

Hungary (Romanian occupation)

Dates 1919–1920 Currency 100 Fillér = 1 korona

Refer Romanian Post Abroad

Hungary (Serbian occupation)

Dates 1919 only Currency 100 Fillér = 1 korona

Refer Serbian Occupation Issues

Hyderabad

Dates 1869–1948 Currency 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer Indian Native States

References

Bibliography Stanley Gibbons Ltd, Europe and Colonies 1970, Stanley Gibbons Ltd, 1969 Stanley Gibbons Ltd, various catalogues Stuart Rossiter & John Flower, The Stamp Atlas, W H Smith, 1989 XLCR Stamp Finder and Collector's Dictionary, Thomas Cliffe Ltd, c.1960

External links

Encyclopaedia of Postal History