Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Pa–Pl)

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.

Packhoi

Refer: Pakhoi (Indochinese Post Office)

Pahang

Dates: 1889 –
Capital: Kuantan
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Needed

See also: Malaysia

Pakhoi (Indochinese Post Office)

Dates: 1903 – 1922
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer: China (Indochinese Post Offices)

Pakistan

Dates: 1947 –
Capital: Islamabad
Currency: (1947) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee; (1961) 100 paisa = 1 rupee

Main Article Needed

Palau

Dates: 1983 –
Capital: Koror
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Palau

Palestine (British Mandate)

Dates: 1918 – 1948
Capital: Jerusalem
Currency: (1918) 1000 millièmes = 100 piastre = 1 pound; (1927) 1000 mils = 1 pound (in parity to Pound Sterling)

Main Article: Postal history of Palestine

Palestine (Egyptian Rule)

Area: Gaza Strip, during 1948 briefly also Southern parts of the West Bank.

Dates: 1948 – 1967
Currency: 1000 milliemes = 100 piastres = 1 pound

Refer: Egyptian Occupation Issues

See also: Gaza (Egyptian Occupation)

Palestine (Jordanian Rule)

Dates: 1948 – 1950
Currency: 1000 mils = 1 pound

Refer: Jordan

Palestinian Authority

An agreement was signed in Washington on 13 September 1993 between Israel and Yasser Arafat's PLO (Palestine Liberation Organisation) which recognised the right of Palestinian self-rule in the Gaza Strip and an enclave on the West Bank around Jericho. It was confirmed by the Cairo Agreement of 4 May 1994.

The Palestinians began issuing stamps in 1994 with the inscription The Palestinian Authority.

Dates: 1994 –
Capital: Jerusalem ( claimed ) / Ramallah ( de facto )
Currency: (1994) mils; (1995) 1000 fils = 1 Jordanian dinar

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of the Palestinian National Authority

Panama

Dates: 1878 –
Capital: Panama City
Currency: (1878) 100 centavos = 1 peso; (1906) 100 centesimos = 1 balboa

Main Article Needed

Panama Canal

Refer: Canal Zone

Papal States

Dates: 1852 – 1870
Capital: Rome
Currency: (1852) 100 bajocchi = 1 scudo; (1866) 100 centesimi = 1 lira

Refer: Italian States

Papua

Dates: 1906 – 1942
Capital: Port Moresby
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Dates: 1952 –
Capital: Port Moresby
Currency: (1952) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound; (1966) 100 cents = 1 dollar; (1975) 100 toea = 1 kina

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Papua New Guinea

Includes: British New Guinea;; New Guinea (Australian Administration);; North West Pacific Islands;; Papua

See also: German New Guinea

Paraguay

Dates: 1870 –
Capital: Asunción
Currency: (1870) 8 reales = 1 peso; (1878) 100 centavos = 1 peso; (1944) 100 centimos = 1 guarani

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Parma

Dates: 1852 – 1860
Currency: 100 centesimi = 1 lira

Refer: Italian States

Patiala

Dates: 1884 – 1947
Currency: 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer: Patiala in Indian Convention states

Patmos (Patmo)

Italian colony in the Dodecanese which used the general EGEO issues and had its own stamps inscribed PATMO, the Italian name of the island.

Dates: 1912 – 1932
Capital: Patmos
Currency: 100 centesimi = 1 lira

Refer: Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)

Paxos

Refer: Corfu & Paxos (Italian Occupation)

Pechino (Italian Post Office)

Dates: 1917 – 1922
Currency: Chinese and Italian both used

Refer: Italian Post Offices Abroad

Peking (Foreign Post Offices)

Refer: French Post Offices Abroad;; French Post Offices Abroad;; Italian Post Offices Abroad;; Russian Post Offices Abroad

Penang

Dates: 1948 –
Capital: George Town
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Needed

See also: Malaysia

Penrhyn Island

Dates: 1973 –
Capital
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Needed

Includes: Penrhyn Island (New Zealand Administration)

Penrhyn Island (New Zealand Administration)

Stamps of Cook Islands were used 1932–73.

Dates: 1902 – 1932
Capital
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer: Penrhyn Island

Perak

Dates: 1878 –
Capital: Ipoh
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Needed

See also: Malaysia

Perlis

Dates: 1948 –
Capital: Kangar
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Needed

See also: Malaysia

Persekutuan Tanah Melayu

Refer: Malayan Federation

Persia

Dates: 1868 – 1935
Capital: Tehran
Currency: (1868) 20 shahis = 1 kran; 10 krans = 1 toman; (1881) 100 centimes = 1 franc; (1885) 20 chahis = 1 kran; 10 krans = 1 toman; (1932) 100 dinars = 1 rial; 20 rials = 1 pahlavi

Refer: Iran

Peru

Dates: 1858 –
Capital: Lima
Currency: (1857) 8 reales = 1 peso; (1858) 100 centavos = 10 dineros = 5 pesetas = 1 peso; (1874) 100 centavos = 1 sol

Main Article Needed

Peter I Island

Refer: Norwegian Dependency

Philippines

Dates: 1946 –
Capital: Manila (note: Quezon City was the capital 1948–1976)
Currency: (1946) 100 centavos = 1 peso; (1962) 100 sentimos = 1 peso

Main Article Needed

See also: Philippines (US Administration);; Spanish Philippines

Philippines (Japanese Occupation)

Dates: 1942 – 1945
Currency: 100 centavos = 1 peso

Refer: Japanese Occupation Issues

Philippines (US Administration)

Dates: 1899 – 1945
Capital: Manila
Currency: (1899) 100 cents = 1 dollar; (1906) 100 centavos = 1 peso

Refer: US Post Abroad

Piedmont

Piedmont is a region of NW Italy, bounded by Lombardy, France and Switzerland. Formerly part of the historic Duchy of Savoy, it was annexed by the French Republic in 1792. By the Treaty of Vienna 1815, it combined with the island of Sardinia to form a state officially known as the Kingdom of Sardinia. However, Turin was the capital and Piedmont, one of the most dynamic nations of 19th century Europe, is the name generally used by historians. The island of Sardinia was very much the junior partner. Piedmont's most prominent figure was Count Camillo Cavour (1810–61), the statesman who inspired and forged the unification of Italy under Piedmont's leadership.

Stamps were issued in Turin on 1 January 1851 but do not show the country's name. The first stamps of unified Italy, issued in 1862, were also printed in Turin.

In the catalogues, Gibbons list the Piedmont/Sardinia stamps under Sardinia. This is strictly correct but, in view of the historical prominence of Piedmont, this work follows the accepted practice of most historians. The relative insignificance of the island of Sardinia is perhaps best illustrated by the fact that Cavour, although a noted traveller, never actually visited it!

Dates: 1851 – 1862
Capital: Turin
Currency: 100 centesimi = 1 lira

Refer: Italian States

See also: Sardinia

Pietersburg

Dates: 1901 only
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer: Transvaal

Pirate Coast

Refer: Trucial States

Piscopi

Refer: Telos

Pitcairn Islands

Dates: 1940 –
Capital: Adamstown
Currency: (1940) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound; (1968) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Needed

Plebiscite Issues

Main Article Needed

Includes: Allenstein;; Carinthia;; East Silesia;; Marienwerder;; Slesvig, 1920, issued by Commission Interalliée Slesvig;; Upper Silesia

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

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