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In the latter part of the 19th and early part of the 20th century, a number of countries maintained post offices in foreign countries, arranged by treaty. Most such offices were operated by European powers in the Middle and Far East. They were partly motivated by the desire to provide reliable postal service for merchants and other foreign nationals in major cities, and partly by suspicion of the local postal service. The currency in use could be either the local currency, or that of the home country.
Additionally, it became the practice of occupying military powers to establish postal services in the occupied country.
List Austrian Post Abroad Italy (Austrian Occupation) 1918 onlyLombardy-Venetia 1850–1866Montenegro (Austrian Occupation) 1917 onlyRomania (Austrian Occupation)1917–1918 Serbia (Austrian Occupation)1916 only Austro-Hungarian Post in China1904–1919 Crete (Austro-Hungarian Post) 1903–1914Austro-Hungarian Post in the Ottoman Empire 1867–1915Palestine (Austrian Post Offices) 1854–1914Austro-Hungarian Military Post 1915–1918Belgian Post Abroad Eupen and Malmedy (Belgian Occupation)1920 only German East Africa (Belgian Occupation) 1916–1918Germany (Belgian Occupation)1919–1920 British Post Abroad British post offices abroad British post offices in Africa various issuesBaghdad (British Occupation) 1917 onlyBangkok (British Post Office) 1882–1885Batum (British Occupation) 1919–1920British Levant1885–1923 Bushire (British Occupation) 1915 onlyCameroons (British Occupation) 1915 onlyChina (British Railway Administration) 1901 onlyChina (British Post Offices) 1917–1930Crete (British Post Offices) 1898–1899East Africa Forces 1943–1948Eastern Arabia (British postal agencies) 1948–1966Egypt (British Forces) 1932–1943Eritrea (British Military Administration or British Administration) 1948–1952German East Africa (British Occupation) 1917 onlyIraq (British Occupation) 1918–1923Japan (British Post Offices)1859–1879 Japan (British Commonwealth Occupation Force) 1946–1949Long Island (British Occupation) 1916 onlyMadagascar (British Consular Mail) 1884–1895Mafia Island (British Occupation) 1915–1916Malaya (British Military Administration) 1945–1948Middle East Forces 1942–1947Morocco Agencies 1898–1957North Borneo (BMA) 1945 onlySalonika (British Field Office)1916 only Sarawak (British Military Administration) 1945 onlySomalia (British Military Administration or British Administration) 1948–1950Tangier 1927–1957Tripolitania (British Military Administration or British Administration) 1948–1952Chinese Post Abroad Chinese post offices in Tibet 1911–1912 Egyptian Post Abroad Gaza (Egyptian Occupation) 1948–1967Jaffa (Egyptian Post Office) 1870–1872Finnish Post Abroad Aunus (Finnish Occupation) 1919 onlyEastern Karelia (Finnish Occupation) 1941–1944French Post Abroad Andorra (French Offices) 1931 –Arad (French Occupation)1919 only Castelrosso (French Occupation) 1920–1921Cilicia (French Occupation)1918–1921 Ethiopia (French Post Offices)1906–1908 Japan (French Post Offices)1865–1880 Klaipėda1923 only Korce (Koritza)1917–1919 Madagascar (French Post Offices)1885–1896 Majunga (French Post Office)1895 only Memel (French Administration) 1920–1923Morocco (French Post Offices) 1862–1914Syria (French Occupation) 1919–1923Tangier (French Post Office) 1918–1942Saar (French Administration) 1920–1935French post offices abroad China (French Post Offices) 1894–1922Tientsin (French Post Office) 1903–1922Crete (French Post Offices) 1902–1913Egypt (French Post Offices) 1899–1931Alexandria (French Post Office) 1899–1931Port Said (French Post Office) 1899–1931Zanzibar (French Post Office) 1889–1904Ottoman Empire (French Post Offices) 1885–1923Beirut (French Post Office) 1905 onlyDedeagatz (French Post Office) 1893–1914Kavalla (French Post Office) 1893–1914Port Lagos (French Post Office) 1893–1898Vathy (French Post Offices) 1893–1914Palestine (French Post Offices) 1854–1914Postage of the Free French Forces in the Levant1942–1946 German Post Abroad German Ninth Army Post1918 only Albania (German Occupation)1943–1944 Alsace-Lorraine (German Occupation)1870–1871 Alsace (German Occupation)1940–1941 Belgium (German Occupation)1914–1918 Dalmatia (German Occupation) 1943–1945Dorpat (German Occupation)1918 only Estonia (German Occupation)1941 only Laibach (German Occupation) 1943–1945Latvia (German Occupation)1941 only Lithuania (German Occupation) 1941 onlyLorraine (German Occupation)1940–1941 Luxembourg (German Occupation)1940–1944 Macedonia (German Occupation)1944 only Montenegro (German Occupation) 1943–1945Ostland (German Occupation) 1941–1945Poland (German Occupation WWI)1915–1918 Poland (German Occupation WWII)1939–1945 Romania (German Occupation)1917–1918 Serbia (German Occupation)1941–1944 Ukraine (German Occupation)1941–1944 Zante (German Occupation)1943–1945 Zanzibar (German Postal Agency)1890–1891 China (German Post Offices) 1886–1917Morocco (German Post Offices) 1899–1917German post offices in the Ottoman Empire 1884–1914Postage of German Occupation Forces (WWI)1914–1918 Postage of German Occupation Forces (WWII)1939–1945 Eastern Command Area1916–1918 Western Command Area1916–1918 Palestine (German Post Offices) 1898–1914Germany (Allied Occupation) Baden (French Zone)1947–1949 Postage of Berlin-Brandenburg in the Russian Zone1945 only Postage of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in the Russian Zone1945–1946 Postage of North West Saxony in the Russian Zone1945–1946 Saxony (Russian Zone)1945–1946 Postage of South East Saxony in the Russian Zone1945–1946 Thuringia (Russian Zone)1945–1946 Württemberg (French Zone)1947–1949 American, British and Russian Zones1946–1948 Anglo-American Zones (Civil Government)1948–1949 Anglo-American Zones (Military Government)1945–1946 French Zone (General Issues)1945–1946 Postage of the Rhineland – Palatinate in the French Zone1947–1949 Russian Zone (General Issues)1948–1949 Saar (French Zone) 1945–1947Greek Post Abroad Greek Post Offices in the Turkish Empire1861–1881 Albania (Greek Occupation)1940–1941 Kavalla (Greek Occupation)1913 only Khios (Greek Occupation)1913 only Lemnos (Greek Occupation)1912–1913 Lesbos (Greek Occupation)1912–1913 Dodecanese Islands (Greek Occupation)1947 only Indian Overseas Forces Gaza (Indian UN Force)1965 only Indo-China (Indian Forces)1954–1968 Korea (Indian Custodian Forces)1953 only Mosul (Indian Forces)1919 only Congo (Indian UN Force)1962 only China Expeditionary Force1900–1923 Indian Expeditionary Forces1914–1922 Indo-Chinese Post in China Canton (Indo-Chinese Post Office) 1901–1922China (Indo-Chinese Post Offices) 1900–1922Hoi-Hao (Indo-Chinese Post Office) 1902–1922Kouang-Tcheou 1898–1943Mong-Tseu (Indo-Chinese Post Office) 1903–1922Pakhoi (Indo-Chinese Post Office) 1903–1922Tchongking (Indo – Chinese Post Office) 1903–1922Yunnanfu (Indo-Chinese Post Office) 1903–1922Israeli Post Abroad Golan (Israeli Post Offices)1967 – Sinai (Israeli Post Offices)1967–1982 West Bank and Gaza (Israeli Post Offices)1967 – Italian Post Abroad Albania (Italian Occupation)1939–1943 Benghazi (Italian Post Office)1901–1912 Cephalonia and Ithaca (Italian Occupation)1941 only Corfu and Paxos (Italian Occupation)1941 only Corfu (Italian Occupation)1923 only Dalmatia (Italian Occupation) 1919–1923Ethiopia (Italian Occupation) 1936 onlyLubiana (Italian Occupation) 1941 onlyMontenegro (Italian Occupation) 1941–1943Saseno (Italian Occupation) 1923 onlyTrentino (Italian Occupation) 1918–1919Tripoli (Italian Post Office) 1909–1912Venezia Giulia (Italian Occupation) 1918–1919Fiume and Kupa Zone1941–1942 Ionian Islands (Italian Occupation)1941–1943 Italian post offices in Africa Italian post offices in ChinaPechino (Italian Post Office)1917–1922 Tientsin (Italian Post Office)1917–1922 Italian post offices in Crete Khania (Italian Post Office)1900–1912 Italian post offices in Egypt Italian post offices in the Ottoman Empire1873–1923Constantinople (Italian Post Office)1908–1923 Durazzo (Italian Post Office)1902–1916 Jannina (Italian Post Office)1909–1911 Salonika (Italian Post Office)1909–1911 Scutari (Italian Post Office)1909–1915 Smirne (Italian Post Office)1909–1911 Valona (Italian Post Office)1909–1916 Palestine (Italian Post Offices) 1908–1914 Japanese Post Abroad Brunei (Japanese Occupation) 1942–1945Burma (Japanese Occupation) 1942–1945Central China (Japanese Occupation)1941–1944 Honan (Japanese Occupation)1941 Hong Kong (Japanese Occupation)1945 only Hopei (Japanese Occupation)1941 Inner Mongolia (Japanese Occupation)1941–1943 Japanese Taiwan (Formosa) 1945 onlyJava (Japanese Occupation) 1943–1945Kelantan (Japanese Occupation) 1942–1945Korea (Japanese Post Offices) 1900–1901Kwangtung (Japanese Occupation)1942–1945 Malaya (Japanese Occupation) 1942–1945Manchukuo 1932–1945Mengkiang (Japanese Occupation) 1942–1945Nangking and Shanghai (Japanese Occupation)1941–1945 North Borneo (Japanese Occupation) 1942–1945North China (Japanese Occupation)1942–1945 Sarawak (Japanese Occupation) 1942–1945Shansi (Japanese Occupation)1941 Shantung (Japanese Occupation)1941 South China (Japanese Occupation)1942 Sumatra (Japanese Occupation)1943–1945 Supeh (Japanese Occupation)1941 Japanese post in occupied China1941–1942 Philippines (Japanese Occupation)1942–1945 China (Japanese Post Offices)1900–1922 Japanese Naval Control Area1942–1943 Jordanian Post Abroad Egypt and Jordan 1948–1967North Korean Post Abroad South Korea (North Korean Occupation) 1950 only Polish Post Abroad Central Lithuania (Polish Occupation)1920–1922 Constantinople (Polish Post Office)1919–1921 Danzig (Polish Post Office)1924–1939 Polish post offices in the Turkish Empire Polish Army in Russia1942 only Polish Corps in Russia1918 only Polish Government in Exile1941–1945 Romanian Post Abroad Banat Bacska (Romanian Occupation)1919–1920 Constantinople (Romanian Post Office)1896, 1919–1922/23 Debrecen (Romanian Occupation)1919–1920 Hungary (Romanian Occupation)1919–1920 Temesvar (Romanian Occupation)1919 only Transylvania (Romanian Occupation)1919 only Romanian post offices in the Turkish Empire1896–1919 Russian Post Abroad North Korea (Russian Occupation)1946–1948 South Lithuania (Russian Occupation)1919 only Russian post offices abroad China (Russian Post Offices) 1899–1920Crete (Russian Post Offices) 1899 onlyRussian post offices in the Ottoman Empire 1863–1914Beirut (Russian Post Office)1879–1910 Constantinople (Russian Post Office)1909–1910 Dardanelles (Russian Post Office)1909–1910 Kerrasunde (Russian Post Office)1909–1910 Mount Athos (Russian Post Office)1909–1914 Mytilene (Russian Post Office)1909–1914 Rizeh (Russian Post Office)1909–1910 Salonika (Russian Post Office)1909–1914 Smyrne (Russian Post Office)1909–1910 Trebizonde (Russian Post Office)1909–1910 Palestine (Russian Post Offices) 1868–1914Serbian Post Abroad Baranya (Serbian Occupation)1919 only Hungary (Serbian Occupation)1919 only Temesvar (Serbian Occupation)1919 only Spanish Post Abroad Andorra (Spanish Offices) 1928 –Morocco (Spanish Post Offices) 1903–1914Tangier (Spanish Post Offices) 1921–1957Tetuan (Spanish Post Office)1908–1909 Thai Post Abroad Malaya (Thai Occupation) 1943–1945 Togo (Allied Occupation) Togo (Anglo-French Occupation) 1914–1919Turkish Post Abroad Thessaly (Turkish Occupation) 1898 only US Post Abroad Guam (US Administration) 1899–1901US post in Japan1867–1874 Shanghai (US Postal Agency)1919–1922 Philippines (US Administration)1899–1945 See also References Bibliography External links