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.
Wadhwan
Dates 1888 – 1892 Currency 4 pice = 1 anna
Refer Indian Native States
Wake Island
Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar (US)
Refer United States of America (USA)
Wales
Dates 1958 – Capital Cardiff Currency (1958) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound
Refer Great Britain (Regional Issues)
Wallachia
Refer Moldo–Wallachia
Wallis & Futuna Islands
Dates 1920 – Capital Matauta Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Wallis and Futuna
Walvis Bay
Refer South West Africa
Wenden
Dates 1863 – 1901 Currency 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
Main Article Needed
West Berlin
Dates 1948 – 1991 Currency 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Main Article Deutsche Bundespost Berlin
West Germany
Dates 1949 – 1991 Capital Bonn Currency 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Main Article Deutsche Bundespost
West Irian
Dates 1963 – 1970 Capital Hollandia Currency 100 sen = 1 rupiah
Main Article Needed
Includes Western New Guinea
See also Indonesia; Netherlands Indies
Western New Guinea
Dates 1962 – 1963 Capital Hollandia Currency 100 cents = 1 gulden
Refer West Irian
West Ukraine
Dates 1918 – 1919 Capital Lemberg (Lviv) Currency 100 heller = 1 krone
Main Article Needed
Western Army
Dates 1919 – 1920 Currency 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
Refer Russian Civil War Issues
Western Australia
Dates 1854 – 1912 Capital Perth Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Main Article Needed
See also Australia
Western Command Area
Dates 1916 – 1918 Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc
Refer German Occupation Issues (World War I)
Western Samoa
Dates 1935 – 1958 Capital Apia Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Refer Samoa
Western Thrace
Dates 1913 only Capital Dedêagatz (now Alexandroupoli) Currency 40 paras = 1 piastre
Refer Thrace
See also Dedêagatz (Greek Occupation); Eastern Thrace; Greek Occupation Issues; Gumultsina; Thrace (Allied Occupation); Western Thrace (Greek Occupation)
Western Thrace (Greek Occupation)
Dates 1920 only Capital Dedêagatz (now Alexandroupoli) Currency 100 lepta = 1 drachma
Refer Thrace
See also Dedêagatz (Greek Occupation); Greek Occupation Issues; Gumultsina; Thrace (Allied Occupation); Western Thrace
White Russia
Refer Belarus
Windward Islands
Capital St George's, Grenada
Refer Grenada; St Lucia; St Vincent
Wolmaransstad
Dates 1900 only Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Refer Transvaal
World Health Organization
Dates 1948 – 1975 Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc
Refer International Organisations
World Intellectual Property Organisation
Dates 1982 only Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc
Refer International Organisations
World Meteorological Organisation
Dates 1956 – 1973 Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc
Refer International Organisations
Wrangel Government
Dates 1920 – 1921 Capital Sevastopol Currency 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
Refer Russian Civil War Issues
Württemberg
Dates 1851 – 1924 Capital Stuttgart Currency (1851) 60 kreuzer = 1 gulden (1875) 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Main Article Needed
Württemberg (French Zone)
Dates 1947 – 1949 Capital Stuttgart Currency 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Refer Germany (Allied Occupation)
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
External links
Encyclopaedia of Postal History