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The country's <a href="/wiki/Postal_history" title="Postal history">postal history</a> is intricately linked to the island's political past. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ottoman_and_Austrian_postal_services">Ottoman and Austrian postal services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Cyprus&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Ottoman and Austrian postal services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Postal services existed during the Venetian and Ottoman periods of occupation. There was an Ottoman postal service in Nicosia from 1871 where mail was hand stamped "KIBRIS". A few Turkish Duloz stamps are known used on fragments or as singles (no complete cover has yet been found). Stamps of the Austrian post offices in the Turkish empire were used at Larnaca from 1864 with values up to 25 kreuzer.<sup id="cite_ref-stanleygib_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stanleygib-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_British_administration">The British administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Cyprus&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The British administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The British administration of Cyprus began on 11 July 1878 and initially British stamps were used which may be identified by the numbered cancels used.<sup id="cite_ref-stanleygib_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stanleygib-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first <a href="/wiki/Postage_stamp" title="Postage stamp">postage stamps</a> marked Cyprus were British stamps <a href="/wiki/Overprint" title="Overprint">overprinted</a> <b>CYPRUS</b> from 1880.<sup id="cite_ref-stanleygib_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stanleygib-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first postage stamps produced specifically for use in Cyprus, rather than being overprinted British stamps, were issued on 1 July 1881.<sup id="cite_ref-stanleygib_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stanleygib-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 123.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_1880_1d_red_SG_2_Plate_181_overprinted_Cyprus.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="British Penny Red overprinted for use in Cyprus from 1880 (Plate 181)"><img alt="British Penny Red overprinted for use in Cyprus from 1880 (Plate 181)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/British_1880_1d_red_SG_2_Plate_181_overprinted_Cyprus.JPG/185px-British_1880_1d_red_SG_2_Plate_181_overprinted_Cyprus.JPG" decoding="async" width="124" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/British_1880_1d_red_SG_2_Plate_181_overprinted_Cyprus.JPG/278px-British_1880_1d_red_SG_2_Plate_181_overprinted_Cyprus.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/British_1880_1d_red_SG_2_Plate_181_overprinted_Cyprus.JPG/371px-British_1880_1d_red_SG_2_Plate_181_overprinted_Cyprus.JPG 2x" data-file-width="412" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">British <a href="/wiki/Penny_Red" title="Penny Red">Penny Red</a> overprinted for use in Cyprus from 1880 (Plate 181)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 127.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 125.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cyprus_1881_half_piastre_Emerald_Green_stamp_SG11_SC11.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="1881 half piastre stamp of Cyprus from the first series designed solely for the island"><img alt="1881 half piastre stamp of Cyprus from the first series designed solely for the island" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Cyprus_1881_half_piastre_Emerald_Green_stamp_SG11_SC11.JPG/188px-Cyprus_1881_half_piastre_Emerald_Green_stamp_SG11_SC11.JPG" decoding="async" width="126" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Cyprus_1881_half_piastre_Emerald_Green_stamp_SG11_SC11.JPG/283px-Cyprus_1881_half_piastre_Emerald_Green_stamp_SG11_SC11.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Cyprus_1881_half_piastre_Emerald_Green_stamp_SG11_SC11.JPG/376px-Cyprus_1881_half_piastre_Emerald_Green_stamp_SG11_SC11.JPG 2x" data-file-width="506" data-file-height="605" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">1881 half piastre stamp of Cyprus from the first series designed solely for the island</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 173.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 171.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cyprus_map_1928.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stamp marking 50 Years of Cyprus under British rule in 1928"><img alt="Stamp marking 50 Years of Cyprus under British rule in 1928" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Cyprus_map_1928.jpg/257px-Cyprus_map_1928.jpg" decoding="async" width="172" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Cyprus_map_1928.jpg/386px-Cyprus_map_1928.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Cyprus_map_1928.jpg/514px-Cyprus_map_1928.jpg 2x" data-file-width="599" data-file-height="524" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Stamp marking 50 Years of Cyprus under British rule in 1928</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Independence">Independence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Cyprus&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Independence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1960cyprus1poundelizabethII.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/1960cyprus1poundelizabethII.jpg/150px-1960cyprus1poundelizabethII.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/1960cyprus1poundelizabethII.jpg/225px-1960cyprus1poundelizabethII.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/1960cyprus1poundelizabethII.jpg/300px-1960cyprus1poundelizabethII.jpg 2x" data-file-width="372" data-file-height="432" /></a><figcaption>Stamp overprinted <i>Cyprus Republic</i> in Greek and Turkish, 1960</figcaption></figure> <p>Cyprus was <a href="/wiki/London_and_Z%C3%BCrich_Agreements" title="London and Zürich Agreements">granted independence</a> in 1960. Since 1960, the <a href="/wiki/Cyprus_Postal_Services" title="Cyprus Postal Services">Cyprus Postal Services</a> have issued stamps in several series per year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Postal_stationery">Postal stationery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Cyprus&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Postal stationery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cyprus_wrapper_1880.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Cyprus_wrapper_1880.jpg/220px-Cyprus_wrapper_1880.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Cyprus_wrapper_1880.jpg/330px-Cyprus_wrapper_1880.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Cyprus_wrapper_1880.jpg/440px-Cyprus_wrapper_1880.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1545" data-file-height="1412" /></a><figcaption>An unused <a href="/wiki/Newspaper_wrapper" class="mw-redirect" title="Newspaper wrapper">newspaper wrapper</a> for use in Cyprus</figcaption></figure> <p>British <a href="/wiki/Postcard" title="Postcard">postcards</a> were first used in Cyprus from 1878, examples of such postcards used in Cyprus are very rare. In April 1880 Great Britain postcards overprinted CYPRUS were issued. Postcards with the name Cyprus in the design were first issued in July 1881. With changes in postage rates and the design different postcards continued to be made available to date.<sup id="cite_ref-Cyprus_postal_stationery_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cyprus_postal_stationery-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As with postcards British <a href="/wiki/Registered_envelope" title="Registered envelope">registered envelopes</a> were made available from July 1878, these were followed by Great Britain overprinted registration envelopes in April 1880 and in 1881 registration envelopes with the name Cyprus in the design were issued. In total over 150 different registration envelopes have been issued to date.<sup id="cite_ref-Cyprus_postal_stationery_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cyprus_postal_stationery-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first <a href="/wiki/Newspaper_wrapper" class="mw-redirect" title="Newspaper wrapper">newspaper wrappers</a> were Great Britain wrapper overprinted CYPRUS and issued in 1880. This wrapper is commonly found mint; only one complete used copy is known.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1881 the island was supplied with newspaper wrappers with the word Cyprus in the design. Different designs continued to be produced until 1976, after which they were discontinued.<sup id="cite_ref-Cyprus_postal_stationery_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cyprus_postal_stationery-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pre-printed <a href="/wiki/Aerogramme" class="mw-redirect" title="Aerogramme">aerogrammes</a> forms (or air letter as they were inscribed), with a 4½ piastre stamp affixed, were first made available in 1944. Aerogrammes with an imprinted stamp were first made available in 1946 and various designs have been produced since that date.<sup id="cite_ref-Cyprus_postal_stationery_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cyprus_postal_stationery-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Cyprus&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Northern_Cyprus" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Northern Cyprus">Postage stamps and postal history of Northern Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_stamps_of_Cyprus" title="Revenue stamps of Cyprus">Revenue stamps of Cyprus</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Cyprus&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-stanleygib-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-stanleygib_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-stanleygib_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-stanleygib_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-stanleygib_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue: Cyprus, Gibraltar & Malta</i>. 1st edition. London: <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Gibbons" title="Stanley Gibbons">Stanley Gibbons</a>, 2004, p. 1. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0852595840" title="Special:BookSources/0852595840">0852595840</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Cyprus_postal_stationery-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Cyprus_postal_stationery_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Cyprus_postal_stationery_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Cyprus_postal_stationery_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Cyprus_postal_stationery_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFIoannidesChristopher_J_Podger1993" class="citation book cs1">Ioannides, Alexander C; Christopher J Podger (1993). <i>Cyprus postal stationery, 1880-1992</i>. Littleton. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9638547-0-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9638547-0-4"><bdi>978-0-9638547-0-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Cyprus+postal+stationery%2C+1880-1992&rft.pub=Littleton&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=978-0-9638547-0-4&rft.aulast=Ioannides&rft.aufirst=Alexander+C&rft.au=Christopher+J+Podger&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APostage+stamps+and+postal+history+of+Cyprus" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Cyprus Circular Post</i>, Vol 15, No 5, May 2005, Cyprus Study Circle</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Cyprus&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Castle, Wilfrid T. F. <i>Cyprus, 1353–1986: History, Postal History & Postage Stamps</i>. London: Christie's-Robson Lowe/Cyprus Study Circle, 1987 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85397-418-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-85397-418-7">0-85397-418-7</a> 546p.</li> <li>Frangoudis, Hermes St. <i>Catalogue of Cyprus Stamps and Postal History 1845–2002</i>. Athens: The Author, 2003 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9609205003" title="Special:BookSources/9609205003">9609205003</a> 336p.</li> <li>Georgallis, C. and Spencer, M. <i>Stamp Booklets 1962–2013</i>. Dawlish: Cyprus Study Circle, 2014 100p. Series Title: Cyprus Study Circle Study Paper, 15.</li> <li>Ioannides, Alexander C. and Christopher J. Podger. <i>Cyprus Postal Stationery 1878–2000</i>. Littleton; Farnham: The Authors, 2000 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9638547-1-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-9638547-1-2">0-9638547-1-2</a> 185p.</li> <li>Mihranian, Barkev et al. <i>Cyprus Stamps, 1880–2004: linking history and culture</i>. Nicosia: Ministry of Communications and Works of the Republic of Cyprus, Dept. of Postal Services, 2005 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/996336201X" title="Special:BookSources/996336201X">996336201X</a> 398p.</li> <li>Proud, Edward B. <i>The Postal History Of Cyprus</i>. Heathfield: Postal History Publications, 1998 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1872465250" title="Special:BookSources/1872465250">1872465250</a> 688p.</li> <li>Wigmore, J. <i>Air Mails 1929–1960</i>. Dawlish: Cyprus Study Circle, 2004 100p. 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title="Postage stamps and postal history of Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_postal_services_abroad" title="List of postal services abroad">Post abroad</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Austrian</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austrian_post_offices_in_Crete" title="Austrian post offices in Crete">Crete</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austrian_post_offices_in_Liechtenstein" title="Austrian post offices in Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austrian_post_offices_in_the_Ottoman_Empire" title="Austrian post offices in the Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_post_offices_abroad" title="List of British post offices abroad">British</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_military_post_offices_in_Africa" title="British military post offices in Africa">Africa (military)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_postal_agencies_in_Eastern_Arabia" title="British postal agencies in Eastern Arabia">Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_post_offices_in_China" title="British post offices in China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_post_offices_in_Crete" title="British post offices in Crete">Crete</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_post_offices_in_Morocco" title="British post offices in Morocco">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_of_Bushire_under_British_occupation" title="Postage stamps of Bushire under British occupation">Bushire occupation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_of_Batum_under_British_occupation" title="Postage stamps of Batum under British occupation">Batum occupation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/French_post_offices_abroad" title="French post offices abroad">French</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/French_post_offices_in_China" title="French post offices in China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_post_offices_in_Crete" title="French post offices in Crete">Crete</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_post_offices_in_Egypt" title="French post offices in Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_post_offices_in_the_Ottoman_Empire" title="French post offices in the Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_post_offices_in_Zanzibar" title="French post offices in Zanzibar">Zanzibar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/German_post_offices_abroad" title="German post offices abroad">German</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/German_post_offices_in_China" title="German post offices in China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_post_offices_in_Morocco" title="German post offices in Morocco">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_post_offices_in_the_Ottoman_Empire" title="German post offices in the Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_post_offices_in_Zanzibar" class="mw-redirect" title="German post offices in Zanzibar">Zanzibar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">German states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Baden" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Baden">Baden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Bergedorf" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Bergedorf">Bergedorf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Hamburg" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Hamburg">Hamburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Schleswig-Holstein" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Schleswig-Holstein">Holstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_L%C3%BCbeck" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Lübeck">Lübeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Mecklenburg" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Mecklenburg">Mecklenburg</a></li> <li><a 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