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ntry stamps and banknotes featuring histories stamps and banknotes from countries that no longer exist dead country stamps and banknotes featuring histories stamps and banknotes from countries that no longer exist skip to content home dcstamps investigator dead country list albums transition charts banknotes definitions about dead country stamps and banknotes facebook twitter pinterest check out issue 7 of the dcstamps investigator overprint madness 4 surcharges welcome to dcstamps a website designed as a resource for stamp and banknote collectors of countries which no longer exist often defined as a dead country according to linn s stamp news the definition of a dead country is any area that has ceased existence and no longer produces postage stamps my definition of a dead country is somewhat different see my definitions page the spirit remains the same a focus on countries colonies revolutionary entities or occupational forces which no longer exist also for this site at the moment i have limited countries covered to those that ceased to exist by the end of 1959 this has been extended from 1955 read more on my dead country list page this site will continue to grow as new dead countries are added monthly the goal is to eventually become an indispensable resource for collectors or those just interested in understanding the history of the transition of nations if you want to contact me directly drop me an email at ilikemaps msn com what s new at dcstamps 19 apr 2018 added new album for the austrian occupation of montenegro in wwi 19 apr 2018 published history for the international zone of tangier british offices 19 apr 2018 added new album for the international zone of tangier british offices 17 apr 2018 added new stamps to the austrian province of bosnia and herzegovina album 17 apr 2018 added new stamps to the mozambique company album 17 apr 2018 added new stamps to the ubangi shari chad album 17 apr 2018 added new stamps to the trans baikal region under general semyonov album 11 apr 2018 published issue 7 of the dcstamps investigator overprint madness 4 surcharges what you can find on dcstamps dead country histories below a brief history of each dead country including the stamps and or banknotes it issued new country histories are added routinely definition of a dead country a detailed working definition of a dead country essentially it includes kingdoms nations colonies occupational forces or revolutionary entities which ceased to exist i limit my collection to countries who died by the end of 1955 list of dead countries a full list of dead countries which ceased to exist before the end of 1959 this list is frequently updated as new information is discovered regional transition charts a useful resource to understand the changes and transitions of nations with a designated region very useful for collectors check them out stamp albums my personal stamp banknote albums for each of the dead countries which have been posted to date i will continually add to this as i develop additional albums from my collection banknotes i am fairly new to collecting banknotes and this is a relatively sparse area at this time north america and hawaii hawai i kingdom 1810 1893 hawaii provisional government 1893 1894 hawaii republic 1894 1897 new brunswick 1784 1867 album only newfoundland 1548 1949 album only nova scotia 1713 1867 prince edward island 1769 1873 caribbean islands danish west indies 1754 1917 south central america buenos aires argentine state 1852 1861 album only peru chilean occupation 1881 1884 arequipa chilean occupation of peru 1881 1885 chala chilean occupation of peru 1884 chiclayo chilean occupation of peru 1884 huacho chilean occupation of peru 1884 western europe alsace lorraine german occupation franco prussian war 1870 1872 alsace german occupation ww2 1940 1944 belgium german occupation ww1 1914 1918 eupen belgian occupation post ww1 1920 1925 eupen malmedy belgian occupation post ww1 1919 1920 france german occupation ww1 1915 1918 album only lorraine german occupation ww2 1940 1944 luxembourg german occupation ww2 1940 1944 malmedy belgian occupation post ww1 1920 1925 germany poland area allenstein plebiscite 1920 baden grand duchy 1806 1871 bavaria kingdom 1806 1918 album only bavaria revolution and socialist republic 1918 1919 album only bavaria free state 1919 1920 album only bavaria weimer state 1920 1921 album only berlin brandenburg russian occupation post ww2 1945 1949 danzig free state 1920 1939 danzig german administration ww2 1939 1945 polish offices in danzig free state 1920 1939 germany empire 1871 1920 album only germany amg occupation post ww2 1945 1946 album only marienwerder plebiscite 1920 north german confederation 1866 1871 poland german occupation ww1 1914 1918 saxony kingdom 1806 1871 schleswig plebiscite 1920 upper silesia plebiscite 1920 1921 italy area fiume 1919 1924 album only italian social republic 1943 1945 naples amg occupation of italy ww2 1943 1944 sardinia kingdom 1720 1861 album only sicily amg occupation ww2 1943 1944 trento and trieste italian occupation post ww1 1919 album only tuscany grand duchy 1569 1860 baltics baltic area ob ost german occupation ww1 1916 1917 album only central lithuania 1920 1922 klaipeda memel lithuanian occupation 1923 1925 latvia west russian army occupation under col bermondt avalov 1919 album only memel french administration 1920 1923 central eastern europe austria allied occupation post ww2 1945 1955 album only eastern silesia plebiscite 1919 1920 album only romania austrian occupation ww1 1916 1918 temesvár serbian occupation post ww1 1918 1919 balkans bosnia herzegovina austro hungarian empire occupation 1878 1908 bosnia herzegovina province of austro hungarian empire 1908 1918 album only dalmatia italian occupation 1918 1922 janina italian offices in the ottoman empire 1902 1914 album only montenegro principality kingdom 1878 1916 montenegro austrian occupation in ww1 1916 1918 album only epirus autonomous republic 1914 north epirus greek occupation in ww1 1914 1916 north epirus greek occupation in ww2 1940 1941 saseno italian occupation 1914 1947 album only serbia austro hungarian occupation ww1 1916 album only greece and islands castelrosso italian dominion 1921 1943 cephalonia and ithaca italian occupation ww2 1941 corfu italian occupation 1923 crete autonomous government 1898 1913 crete austrian offices 1903 1914 album only crete british occupation 1897 1909 crete french occupation 1897 1909 crete italian occupation 1897 1909 crete russian occupation 1897 1909 crete theriso revolution 1905 dodecanese islands italian occupation 1912 1923 ionian islands british protectorate 1810 1864 ionian islands italian occupation in ww2 1941 1943 kavala cavalla greek occupation balkan wars 1913 lemnos greek occupation 1912 1923 salonika italian offices in the ottoman empire 1908 1914 album only thessaly ottoman occupation 1897 1898 thrace greek occupation 1920 1922 western thrace autonomous government 1913 western thrace inter allied occupation 1919 1920 zakynthos zante german occupation ww2 1943 1944 russia area armenia republic 1918 1920 aunus finnish occupation 1919 azerbaijan republic pre ussr 1918 1920 crimea german occupation ww1 1918 crimean border government 1918 1919 crimea white army control 1919 1920 czech legion army in russia 1918 1920 album only don republic don cossack government 1918 1920 album only east karelia finnish military administration 1941 1944 far eastern republic 1920 1922 georgia republic pre ussr 1918 1921 georgia ssr 1921 1923 album only kuban cossack government 1918 1920 north ingria 1920 priamur provisional government merkulov 1921 1922 priamur rural province gen diterikhs 1922 russian armed forces of the south gen denikin 1919 1920 album only russian army of the north gen rodzianko 1919 album only russian army of the northwest gen yudenich 1919 provisional government in siberia adm kolchak 1918 1919 trans baikal region under general semyonov 1920 album only transcaucasian socialist federative soviet republic 1922 1936 ukraine republic pre ussr 1918 1920 album only wrangel s army 1920 1921 turkey area cilicia french occupation 1918 1921 constantinople italian offices in the ottoman empire 1908 1923 album only dardanelles russian offices in the ottoman empire 1774 1914 album only hatay state 1938 1939 kerassunde russian offices in the ottoman empire 1774 1914 album only ottoman empire greek occupations balkan greco turkish wars 1912 1923 album only ottoman empire polish offices 1919 1922 album only rizeh russian office in the ottoman empire 1774 1914 scutari italian offices in the ottoman empire 1909 1916 album only smyrna italian offices in the ottoman empire 1908 1923 album only trebizonde russian offices in the ottoman empire 1774 1914 album only middle east alaouites alawite state french mandate 1924 1930 hejaz kingdom 1916 1925 jerusalem italian offices in the ottoman empire 1908 1914 album only latakia french mandate 1930 1936 palestine british occupation 1918 1920 palestine british mandate 1920 1948 album only rouad ile 1916 1920 north africa cyrenaica italian colony 1919 1934 cyrenaica emirate 1949 1951 fezzan ghadames french occupation 1943 1949 fezzan french occupation 1949 1951 ghadames french occupation 1949 1951 international zone of tangier british offices 1924 1956 tripolitania italian colony 1922 1934 west africa lagos british colony 1862 1906 album only niger coast protectorate 1893 1900 northern nigeria protectorate 1900 1914 oil rivers protectorate 1885 1893 southern nigeria protectorate 1900 1914 central africa kamerun british occupation 1915 1920 album only ubangi shari chad 1910 1920 album only ubangi shari 1920 1934 album only east africa madagascar sultanate of anjouan 1886 1912 german east africa 1885 1919 ethiopia italian occupation 1935 1936 obock french colony 1884 1896 oltre giuba trans juba italian colony 1924 25 southern africa cape of good hope 1815 1910 kionga triangle portuguese occupation ww1 1916 1919 mozambique company 1891 1949 natal 1843 1910 album only nyassa company 1891 1929 orange free state 1854 1902 orange free state british occupation 1900 1902 orange river colony 1902 1910 quelimane portuguese colonial province 1913 1920 tete portuguese colonial province 1913 1920 zambezia portuguese colonial province 1894 1920 zululand british colony 1887 1897 india area alwar princely state of india 1803 1948 bahawalpur princely state of india 1833 1947 bahawalpur princely state of pakistan 1947 1955 cochin princely state of india 1835 1949 album only faridkot princely state of india 1763 1886 album only gwalior india convention state 1787 1947 album only jaipur princely state of india 1818 1949 album only hyderabad indian princely state 1798 1948 jhalawar princely state of india 1838 1949 album only sirmoor princely state of india 1815 1948 wadhwan princely state of india 1740 1947 album only china area china russian offices in imperial china 1886 1920 album only foochow china treaty port 1895 1896 album only kiautschou german colony 1897 1914 kwangtung japanese occupation 1942 1945 album only manchukuo 1932 1945 mengjiang inner mongolia japanese occupation 1936 1945 north china japanese occupation 1942 1945 album only north china honan japanese occupation 1941 1942 album only north china hopei japanese occupation 1941 1942 album only north china shansi japanese occupation 1941 1942 album only north china shantung japanese occupation 1941 1942 album only shanghai and nanjing japanese occupation 1942 1945 album only far east annam tonkin 1883 1887 borneo and the great east japanese occupation 1942 1945 cochin china french colony 1864 1887 java japanese occupation 1942 1945 korea japanese offices 1876 1905 labuan british colony 1846 1906 netherlands indies dutch east indies 1801 1948 album only philippines japanese occupation in ww2 1942 45 straits settlements 1867 1946 sumatra japanese occupation 1942 1945 australia south pacific british new guinea 1884 1906 german new guinea 1884 1914 papua australian administration 1906 1949 album only western australia 1832 1901 album only like this like loading 102 responses to dead country stamps and banknotes leave a reply cancel reply your email address will not be published required fields are marked name email website comment save my name email and website in this browser for the next time i comment captcha code twitter follow dcstamps facebook aps 222347 www stamps org search search for recent additions international zone of tangier british offices 1924 1956 dcstamps investigator overprint madness 4 dcstamps investigator overprint madness 3 luxembourg german occupation ww2 1940 1944 dcstamps investigator overprint madness 2 dead country stamps and banknotes dcstamps investigator overprint madness 2 lorraine german occupation in ww2 1940 1944 dcstamps investigator overprint madness 1 dcstamps investigator what makes a country dead alsace german 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