Compendium of postage stamp issuers (D)

Dahomey

Dates

1899 - 1944; 1960 - 1975

Capital

Porto Novo

Currency

100 centimes = 1 franc

See also

Benin;

French West Africa

Dai Nippon

Refer

Japanese Naval Control Area

Dairen

Refer

Port Arthur & Dairen

Dakar - Abidjan

Dates

1959 only

Currency

100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer

French West Africa

Dalmatia (German Occupation)

Dates

1943 - 1945

Currency

100 centesimi = 1 lira

100 Pfennige = 1 Reichsmark

Refer

German Occupation Issues (WW2)

Dalmatia (Italian Occupation)

Dates

1919 - 1923

Currency

100 centesimi = 1 corona

Refer

Italian Occupation Issues

Damao

Refer

Portuguese India

Danish West Indies

Dates

1855 - 1917

Capital

Charlotte Amalie (St Thomas)

Currency

(1855) 100 cents = 1 dollar = 5 Danish kroner

(1905) 100 bit = 1 franc = 1 Danish krone

Danubian Principalities

Refer

Moldo-Wallachia

Danzig

Dates

1920 - 1939

Currency

(1920) 100 pfennige = 1 mark

(1923) 100 pfennige = 1 Danzig gulden

See also

Danzig (Polish Post Office)

Danzig (Polish Post Office)

Dates

1924 - 1939

Currency

100 groszy = 1 zloty

Refer

Polish Post Abroad

Dardanelles (Russian Post Office)

Dates

1909 - 1910

Currency

40 paras = 1 piastre

Refer

Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Das Island

Refer

Abu Dhabi

Datia

Refer

Duttia

DDR

Refer

East Germany

Debrecen (Rumanian Occupation)

Dates

1919 - 1920

Currency

100 filler = 1 korona

Refer

Rumanian Post Abroad

Deccan

Refer

Hyderabad

Dedeagh

Refer

Dedeagatz (French Post Offices)

Dedeagatz (French Post Office)

Dates

1893 - 1914

Currency

French and Turkish used concurrently

Refer

French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Dedeagatz (Greek Occupation)

Dates

1913 only

Currency

100 lepta = 1 drachma

Refer

Thrace

See also

Greek Occupation Issues;

Gumultsina;

Western Thrace;

Western Thrace (Greek Occupation)

Democratic Federation of Yugoslavia

Refer

Yugoslavia (Democratic Federation)

Denikin Government

Dates

1919 - 1920

Currency

100 kopecks = 1 rouble

Refer

Russian Civil War Issues

Denmark

Dates

1851 -

Capital

Copenhagen

Currency

(1851) 96 rigsbank skilling (RBS)= 1 rigsdaler

(1875) 100 ore = 1 krone

Deutsche Besetzung Zara

Refer

Dalmatia (German Occupation)

Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR)

Refer

East Germany

Deutsche Militarverwaltung Kotor

Refer

Dalmatia (German Occupation)

Deutsche Post

Refer

East Germany

Dhar

Dates

1897 - 1898

Currency

4 pice = 1 anna

Refer

Indian Native States

Diego - Suarez

Dates

1890 - 1896

Currency

100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer

Madagascar & Dependencies

Diu

Refer

Portuguese India

Djibouti

Dates

1977 -

Capital

Djibouti

Currency

100 centimes = 1 franc

Includes

Djibouti (French Colony);

Obock

See also

French Somali Coast;

French Territory of Afars & Issas

Djibouti (French Colony)

Dates

1893 - 1902

Capital

Djibouti

Currency

100 centmes = 1 franc

Refer

Djibouti

Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation)

Dates

1916 only

Currency

100 stozinki = 1 lev

Refer

Bulgarian Territories

Dodecanese Islands (British Occupation)

Refer

Middle East Forces

Dodecanese Islands (Greek Occupation)

Dates

1947 only

Currency

100 lepta = 1 drachma

Refer

Greek Occupation Issues

See also

Aegean Islands (Dodecanese);

Middle East Forces

Dominica

Dates

1874 -

Capital

Roseau

Currency

(1874) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

(1949) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Dominican Republic

Dates

1865 -

Capital

Santo Domingo

Currency

(1865) 8 reales = 1 peso

(1880) 100 centavos = 1 peso

(1883) 100 centimos = 1 franco

(1885) 100 centavos = 1 peso

Don Territory

Dates

1918 - 1920

Currency

100 kopecks = 1 rouble

Refer

Russian Civil War Issues

Dorpat (German Occupation)

Dates

1918 only

Currency

100 pfennige = 1 Reichsmark

Refer

German Occupation Issues (WW1)

Dresden

Refer

South East Saxony (Russian Zone)

Dronning Maud Land

Refer

Norwegian Dependency

Dubai

Dates

1963 - 1972

Capital

Dubai

Currency

(1963) 100 naye paise = 1 rupee

(1966) 100 dirhams = 1 riyal

See also

British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia;

Trucial States;

United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Duitsch Oost Afrika Belgische Bezetting

Refer

German East Africa (Belgian Occupation)

Dungarpur

Dates

1932 - 1948

Currency

12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer

Indian Native States

Durazzo (Italian Post Office)

Dates

1902 - 1916

Currency

40 paras = 1 piastre

Refer

Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Duttia

Dates

1893 - 1899

Currency

12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer

Indian Native States

Sources

• Stanley Gibbons Ltd: various catalogues
• Encyclopaedia of Postal History
• Stuart Rossiter & John Flower: The Stamp Atlas