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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

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