# Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Pa–Pl)

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.

## Packhoi
### Refer

    Pakhoi (Indochinese Post Office)

## Pahang
### Dates

    1889 –

### Capital

    Kuantan

### Currency

    100 cents = 1 dollar

### See also

    Malaysia

## Pakhoi (Indochinese Post Office)
### Dates

    1903 – 1922

### Currency

    100 centimes = 1 franc

### Refer

    China (Indochinese Post Offices)

## Pakistan
### Dates

    1947 –

### Capital

    Islamabad

### Currency

    (1947) 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
    (1961) 100 paisa = 1 rupee

### Main Article Needed
## Palau
### Dates

    1983 –

### Capital

    Koror

### Currency

    100 cents = 1 dollar

### Main Article

    Postage stamps and postal history of Palau

## Palestine (British Mandate)
### Dates

    1918 – 1948

### Capital

    Jerusalem

### Currency

    (1918) 1000 millièmes = 100 piastre = 1 pound
    (1927) 1000 mils = 1 pound (in parity to Pound Sterling)

### Main Article

    Postal history of Palestine

## Palestine (Egyptian Rule)

Area: Gaza Strip, during 1948 briefly also Southern parts of the West Bank.

### Dates

    1948 – 1967

### Currency

    1000 milliemes = 100 piastres = 1 pound

### Refer

    Egyptian Occupation Issues

### See also

    Gaza (Egyptian Occupation)

## Palestine (Jordanian Rule)
### Dates

    1948 – 1950

### Currency

    1000 mils = 1 pound

### Refer

    Jordan

## Palestinian Authority

An agreement was signed in Washington on 13 September 1993 between Israel and Yasser Arafat's PLO (Palestine Liberation Organisation) which recognised the right of Palestinian self-rule in the Gaza Strip and an enclave on the West Bank around Jericho. It was confirmed by the Cairo Agreement of 4 May 1994.
The Palestinians began issuing stamps in 1994 with the inscription The Palestinian Authority.

### Dates

    1994 –

### Capital

    Jerusalem ( claimed ) / Ramallah ( de facto )

### Currency

    (1994) mils
    (1995) 1000 fils = 1 Jordanian dinar

### Main Article

    Postage stamps and postal history of the Palestinian National Authority

## Panama
### Dates

    1878 –

### Capital

    Panama City

### Currency

    (1878) 100 centavos = 1 peso
    (1906) 100 centesimos = 1 balboa

### Main Article Needed
## Panama Canal
### Refer

    Canal Zone

## Papal States
### Dates

    1852 – 1870

### Capital

    Rome

### Currency

    (1852) 100 bajocchi = 1 scudo
    (1866) 100 centesimi = 1 lira

### Refer

    Italian States

## Papua
### Dates

    1906 – 1942

### Capital

    Port Moresby

### Currency

    12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

### Refer

    Papua New Guinea

## Papua New Guinea
### Dates

    1952 –

### Capital

    Port Moresby

### Currency

    (1952) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
    (1966) 100 cents = 1 dollar
    (1975) 100 toea = 1 kina

### Main Article

    Postage stamps and postal history of Papua New Guinea

### Includes

    British New Guinea;
    New Guinea (Australian Administration);
    North West Pacific Islands;
    Papua

### See also

    German New Guinea

## Paraguay
### Dates

    1870 –

### Capital

    Asunción

### Currency

    (1870) 8 reales = 1 peso
    (1878) 100 centavos = 1 peso
    (1944) 100 centimos = 1 guarani

### Main Article Needed
## Parma
### Dates

    1852 – 1860

### Currency

    100 centesimi = 1 lira

### Refer

    Italian States

## Patiala
### Dates

    1884 – 1947

### Currency

    12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

### Refer

    Patiala in Indian Convention states

## Patmos (Patmo)

Italian colony in the Dodecanese which used the general EGEO issues and had its own stamps inscribed PATMO, the Italian name of the island.

### Dates

    1912 – 1932

### Capital

    Patmos

### Currency

    100 centesimi = 1 lira

### Refer

    Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)

## Paxos
### Refer

    Corfu & Paxos (Italian Occupation)

## Pechino (Italian Post Office)
### Dates

    1917 – 1922

### Currency

    Chinese and Italian both used

### Refer

    Italian Post Offices Abroad

## Peking (Foreign Post Offices)
### Refer

    French Post Offices Abroad;
    French Post Offices Abroad;
    Italian Post Offices Abroad;
    Russian Post Offices Abroad

## Penang
### Dates

    1948 –

### Capital

    George Town

### Currency

    100 cents = 1 dollar

### See also

    Malaysia

## Penrhyn Island
### Dates

    1973 –

### Currency

    100 cents = 1 dollar

### Includes

    Penrhyn Island (New Zealand Administration)

## Penrhyn Island (New Zealand Administration)

Stamps of Cook Islands were used 1932–73.

### Dates

    1902 – 1932

### Currency

    12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

### Refer

    Penrhyn Island

## Perak
### Dates

    1878 –

### Capital

    Ipoh

### Currency

    100 cents = 1 dollar

### See also

    Malaysia

## Perlis
### Dates

    1948 –

### Capital

    Kangar

### Currency

    100 cents = 1 dollar

### See also

    Malaysia

## Persekutuan Tanah Melayu
### Refer

    Malayan Federation

## Persia
### Dates

    1868 – 1935

### Capital

    Tehran

### Currency

    (1868) 20 shahis = 1 kran; 10 krans = 1 toman
    (1881) 100 centimes = 1 franc
    (1885) 20 chahis = 1 kran; 10 krans = 1 toman
    (1932) 100 dinars = 1 rial; 20 rials = 1 pahlavi

### Refer

    Iran

## Peru
### Dates

    1858 –

### Capital

    Lima

### Currency

    (1857) 8 reales = 1 peso
    (1858) 100 centavos = 10 dineros = 5 pesetas = 1 peso
    (1874) 100 centavos = 1 sol

### Main Article Needed
## Peter I Island
### Refer

    Norwegian Dependency

## Philippines
### Dates

    1946 –

### Capital

    Manila (note: Quezon City was the capital 1948–1976)

### Currency

    (1946) 100 centavos = 1 peso
    (1962) 100 sentimos = 1 peso

### See also

    Philippines (US Administration);
    Spanish Philippines

## Philippines (Japanese Occupation)
### Dates

    1942 – 1945

### Currency

    100 centavos = 1 peso

### Refer

    Japanese Occupation Issues

## Philippines (US Administration)
### Dates

    1899 – 1945

### Capital

    Manila

### Currency

    (1899) 100 cents = 1 dollar
    (1906) 100 centavos = 1 peso

### Refer

    US Post Abroad

## Piedmont

Piedmont is a region of NW Italy, bounded by Lombardy, France and Switzerland. Formerly part of the historic Duchy of Savoy, it was annexed by the French Republic in 1792. By the Treaty of Vienna 1815, it combined with the island of Sardinia to form a state officially known as the Kingdom of Sardinia. However, Turin was the capital and Piedmont, one of the most dynamic nations of 19th century Europe, is the name generally used by historians. The island of Sardinia was very much the junior partner. Piedmont's most prominent figure was Count Camillo Cavour (1810–61), the statesman who inspired and forged the unification of Italy under Piedmont's leadership.
Stamps were issued in Turin on 1 January 1851 but do not show the country's name. The first stamps of unified Italy, issued in 1862, were also printed in Turin.
In the catalogues, Gibbons list the Piedmont/Sardinia stamps under Sardinia. This is strictly correct but, in view of the historical prominence of Piedmont, this work follows the accepted practice of most historians. The relative insignificance of the island of Sardinia is perhaps best illustrated by the fact that Cavour, although a noted traveller, never actually visited it!

### Dates

    1851 – 1862

### Capital

    Turin

### Currency

    100 centesimi = 1 lira

### Refer

    Italian States

### See also

    Sardinia

## Pietersburg
### Dates

    1901 only

### Currency

    12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

### Refer

    Transvaal

## Pirate Coast
### Refer

    Trucial States

## Piscopi
### Refer

    Telos

## Pitcairn Islands
### Dates

    1940 –

### Capital

    Adamstown

### Currency

    (1940) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
    (1968) 100 cents = 1 dollar

### Main Article Needed
## Plebiscite Issues
### Includes

    Allenstein;
    Carinthia;
    East Silesia;
    Marienwerder;
    Slesvig, 1920, issued by Commission Interalliée Slesvig;
    Upper Silesia