Compendium of postage stamp issuers (U)

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.

UAE

Refer: United Arab Emirates (UAE)

UAR

Refer: United Arab Republic (UAR)

Ubangi-Shari

Refer: Oubangui-Chari

Ubangi-Shari-Chad

Refer: Oubangui-Chari-Tchad

Uganda

Dates: 1962 –
Capital: Kampala
Currency: 100 cents = 1 shilling

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Uganda

See also: British East Africa;; Kenya Uganda & Tanzania (Combined Issues)

Uganda Protectorate

Dates: 1895 – 1902
Capital: Entebbe
Currency: (1895) 1000 cowries = 2 rupees; (1896) 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer: British East Africa

United Kingdom

Refer: United Kingdom (UK)

Ukraine

Dates: 1992 –
Capital: Kyiv
Currency: (1992) karbovanets (coupon currency); (1996) 100 kopiykas = 1 hyrvnia

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Ukraine

Includes: Ukraine (pre–Soviet);; Ukrainian Field Post;; Donetsk People's Republic

See also: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Ukraine (pre-Soviet)

Dates: 1918 – 1923
Capital: Kiev
Currency: 200 shahiv = 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble

Refer: Ukraine

Ukraine (German Occupation)

Dates: 1941 – 1944
Currency: 100 pfennige = 1 mark

Refer: German Occupation Issues (WW2)

Ukrainian Field Post

Dates: 1920 only
Currency: 100 shahiv = 1 grivna

Refer: Ukraine

UKTT

Refer: Southern Cameroons

Ultramar

Refer: Cuba;; Macao;; Portuguese Guinea;; Puerto Rico;; Spanish Guinea

Umm Al Qiwain

Dates: 1964 – 1967
Currency: (1964) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee; (1967) 100 dirhams = 1 riyal

Refer: Trucial States

UN

Refer: United Nations (UN)

UN Administration of West New Guinea

Refer: West New Guinea

UNESCO

Dates: 1961 – 1981
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer: International Organisations

Union Island

Refer: Grenadines of St Vincent

Union Islands

Refer: Tokelau

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Dates: 1923 – 1992
Capital: Moscow
Currency: 100 kopecks = 1 Soviet ruble

Main Article Needed

Includes: USSR Issues for the Far East

See also: Armenia;; Azerbaijan;; Belarus;; Estonia;; Georgia;; Kazakhstan;; Kyrgyzstan;; Latvia;; Lithuania;; Moldova;; Russia;; Tajikistan;; Transcaucasian Federation;; Turkmenistan;; Ukraine;; Uzbekistan

United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Dates: 1973 –
Capital: Abu Dhabi
Currency: 100 fils = 1 dirham

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of the United Arab Emirates

See also: Abu Dhabi;; Dubai;; Trucial States

United Arab Republic (UAR)

Dates: 1958 – 1961
Capital: Cairo
Currency: 1000 milliemes = 100 piastres = 1 pound

Refer: Egypt

United Kingdom (UK)

This was historically called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) after which it became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or UK for short.

It has never been a philatelic term, any more than England has, because the worldwide consensus among philatelists and postal authorities has been that the issuer of British stamps is called Great Britain.

Refer: Great Britain; Great Britain (Regional issues)

United Kingdom Trust Territory (UKTT)

Refer: Southern Cameroons

United Nations (UN)

Dates: 1951 –
Currency: American, Austrian or Swiss depending on location

Refer: International Organisations

United States

Dates: 1847 –
Capital: Washington, D.C.
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

See also: Confederate States of America

United States of New Granada

Refer: New Granada

Universal Postal Union (UPU)

Dates: 1957 –
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc (Swiss)

Refer: International Organisations

Upper Senegal & Niger

Dates: 1906 – 1921
Capital: Niamey
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer: French Soudan

Upper Silesia

Dates: 1920 – 1922
Currency: 100 pfennige = 1 mark

Refer: Plebiscite Issues

Upper Volta

Dates: 1959 – 1984
Capital: Ouagadougou
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Main Article Needed

Includes: Upper Volta (French Colony)

See also: Burkina Faso;; French West Africa

Upper Volta (French Colony)

Dates: 1920 – 1933
Capital: Ouagadougou
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer: Upper Volta

Upper Yafa

Dates: 1967 only
Currency: 1000 fils = 1 dinar

Refer: Aden Protectorate States

UPU

Refer: Universal Postal Union (UPU)

Uruguay

Dates: 1856 –
Capital: Montevideo
Currency: (1856) 120 centavos = 1 real; (1859) 1000 milesimos = 100 centesimos = 1 peso; (1975) 100 old pesos = 1 new peso

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Uruguay

United States

Refer: United States of America (USA)

US Post Abroad

Main Article Needed

Includes: Guam;; Philippines (US Administration);; Shanghai (US Postal Agency);; US Post Offices in Japan

US Postal Agency in Shanghai

Refer: Shanghai (US Postal Agency)

US Post Offices in Japan

Dates: 1867 – 1874
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

Refer: US Post Abroad

USSR

Refer: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
Main Article Stamps of the Soviet Union

USSR Issues for the Far East

Dates: 1923 only
Currency: 100 kopecks = 1 Soviet ruble

Refer: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of the Far Eastern Republic

US Virgin Islands

Refer: Danish West Indies

Uzbekistan

Dates: 1992 –
Capital: Tashkent
Currency: (1992) 100 kopecks = 1 Soviet rouble; (June 1994) suom (coupon currency); (Sept 1994) 100 tyin = 1 soum

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Uzbekistan

See also: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

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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