Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Pa - Pl)

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.

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Packhoi

;Refer : Pakhoi (Indo-Chinese Post Office)

Pahang

;Dates : 1889 -;Capital : Kuantan;Currency : 100 cents = 1 dollar

;Main Article Needed :

;See also : Malaysia

Pakhoi (Indo-Chinese Post Office)

;Dates : 1903 - 1922;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

;Refer : China (Indo-Chinese 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

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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 Occupation)

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 Occupation)

;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);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

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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 Needed :

;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 : Indian Convention States

Patmos (Patmo)

Italian colony in the Dodecanese which used the general EGEO issues and had its own stamps inscribedPATMO, 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 1932-1973.

;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

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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 namegenerally used by historians. The island of Sardinia was very much the junior partner. Piedmont'smost prominent figure was Count Camillo Cavour (1810-1861), the statesman who inspired and forged theunification 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 ofunified 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;: Upper Silesia

Sources

* Stanley Gibbons Ltd: various catalogues
* [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/home.html Encyclopaedia of Postal History]
* Stuart Rossiter & John Flower: "The Stamp Atlas"