# International Postage Meter Stamp Catalog
## Welcome!

ostage meters first appeared experimentally at the end of the 19th century and came into general use worldwide starting in the 1920s. By the 1960s more mail was being franked by postage meter than with traditional adhesive stamps. The trend continues today as mechanical postage meters are displaced by newer and more versatile digital franking machines and systems.
This is a catalogue of all the different types of postage meter stamps ever used to frank mail in the world. It organises and categorises the stamps by their appearance (design format) rather than by the meter model that printed them. It is thus a STAMP catalogue for use primarily by stamp collectors and is not a meter (machine) catalogue. It is an expansion of The International Postage Meter Stamp Catalog, written and published by Joel Hawkins and Rick Stambaugh in 2005, and its 2008 Supplement.
Comments, suggested changes, corrections, and additions to the catalogue are encouraged. Please e-mail Jim Ashby at tuvus80506@gmail.com
Recent changes
| 27 Oct: Argentina, Sub-type "DA1B" added. 27 Oct: Finland, Variety "PO1d" added. 20 Oct: Great Britain, Type "A2" updated. 21 Sep: France, "Annex: Guadeloupe" updated. 06 Sep: Macau, Type "C4" added. 01 Sep: Kenya, Type "AA5" added "N" prefix. 01 Sep: Liechtenstein, Type "PO2" added. 24 Aug: Venezuela, Type "ESY-UPF-MV-1" added. 24 Aug: Vietnam, Type "DA8" added. 20 Aug: India, Type "DA12" updated. 13 Aug: Russia, Type "PC1" added. 10 Aug: Uzbekistan, Type "A1" updated. 10 Aug: Uzbekistan, Types "A2" & "B1" added. 26 Jul: Angola, Type "A3.1" added. 25 Jul: Iceland, Type "PO1" updated. 25 Jul: Western Samoa, Type "1" M#s updated. 20 Jul: Canada, Type "B1" updated. 20 Jul: Japan, Type "FE1" added. 20 Jul: Japan, Type "G4" added. 14 Jul: Egypt, Type "B5.1" added. 13 Jul: Egypt, Type "A2.0" added. 13 Jul: Egypt, Type "A2.1" updated. 06 Jul: Armenia, Type "2" added. 06 Jul: Egypt, Variety "A2.2d" added. 02 Jul: Belgium, Type "A4" values updated. 01 Jul: Great Britain, Types "A1", "B7" & "D5" provisionals updated. 26 Jun: Nigeria, Types "A1" and "A4" updated. 21 Jun: Egypt, Types "A2.1" to "A2.3" updated. 10 Jun: Nigeria, Variety "B1b" image added. | 10 Jun: St. Lucia, Type "1" date changed. 10 Jun: Solomon Islands, Sub-type "A1C" image added. 10 Jun: Uruguay, Type "AB11" V/F "large fixed zero" added. 26 May: Monaco, Type "B11" "HU" prefix added. 26 May: Turkey, Sub-type "FB4C" added. 25 May: South Africa, Sub-type "BA4B" added. 18 May: India, Sub-type "DC2B" image added. 18 May: Singapore, Type "E2.2" "NC4" prefix added. 18 May: Singapore, Group "PV" updated. 28 Apr: Philippines, Type "PO-B1" variety note added. 24 Apr: Iran, Type "A1" image updated. 14 Apr: USSR, Sub-type "C1B" added. 12 Apr: Australia, Variety "A2e" added. 10 Apr: Canada, Type "B4" & "B6" models updated. 10 Apr: Great Britain, PB Model "M/C/MS/CS/CV" entries updated. 10 Apr: Indonesia, Type "B1" M#27 added. 06 Apr: China (PRC), Sub-type "HA1D" image updated. 06 Apr: Netherlands Antilles, introduction updated. 01 Apr: Algeria, Type "PO6.1" added. 01 Apr: Tanzania, Type "A6" added. 29 Mar: Algeria, Type "PO9" added. 29 Mar: Cook Islands, Type "1" machine model updated. 29 Mar: France, Type "PO-A2" sub-types "A" and "B" added. | 29 Mar: Netherlands, Variety "F3b" image added. 29 Mar: Portugal, Variety "PO-B12a" added. 23 Mar: Great Britain, Group "PO" re-written. 22 Mar: Paraguay, Type "ESY-UPF-MV-1" added. 18 Mar: Argentina, Type "PO-F8" added. 17 Mar: Belgium, Type "PO13" added. 17 Mar: French Polynesia, Engraving varieties added to header 16 Mar: Latvia, Types "ED3, EE1-EE4 & EF1" updated. 09 Mar: Greece, Type "PV1" added. 03 Mar: Korea, Republic (South), Sub-type "PO-B6E" added. 03 Mar: Liechtenstein, Type "PO1" added. 03 Mar: Malta, Type "PO1.5" added. 03 Mar: Norway, Type "OO10" added. 03 Mar: Oman, Type "6" added. 07 Feb: Guatemala, Type "PO1" TM: SC added. 04 Feb: Australia, Type "A1" TM: SC added. 04 Feb: Bulgaria, Type "A9" added. 04 Feb: New Caledonia, Type "PO1.2" added. 04 Feb: Zimbabwe, Sub-type "A3B2" added. 24 Dec: Germany, Type "J4" TM: DC added. 24 Dec: South Africa, Type "D12" added. 24 Dec: Sweden, Type "A7" image added. 24 Dec: Sweden, Type "F3" image added. 06 Nov: Australia, Type "B6" removed and Variety "B1a" reinstated. 04 Nov: Luxembourg, Value 0,04RM added to Type "AB2A". 26 Oct: Italy, Variety "EE5d" added. 26 Oct: Montenegro, completely re-written, Type "PO3" added. |

## Table of Contents

* Introduction (The basics of meter stamp collecting)
* Glossary, Abbreviations and Symbols (Understanding the stamp descriptions)
* Identifier (Find the country your stamp is from)
* Meter Manufacturers Worldwide
* Meter Stamp Collecting Societies
* Bibliography
| Abu Dhabi | Afghanistan | Aland | Albania | Algeria |
| American Samoa | Andorra | Angola | Anguilla | Antarctica |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Argentina | Armenia | Aruba | Ascension Island |
| Australia | Austria | Azerbaijan | Azores | Bahamas |
| Bahrain | Bangladesh | Barbados | Belarus | Belgium |
| Belize | Benin | Bermuda | Bhutan | Bolivia |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | Botswana | Brazil | British Indian Ocean Territory | British Virgin Islands |
| Brunei | Bulgaria | Burkina Faso | Burundi | Cambodia |
| Cameroon | Canada | Canal Zone | Cape Verde | Cayman Islands |
| Central African Republic | Chad | Chile | China (mainland, ROC & PRC) | China (Taiwan ROC) |
| Christmas Island | Cocos Island | Colombia | Comoros | Congo, Democratic Republic |
| Congo, Peoples Republic | Cook Islands | Costa Rica | Croatia | Cuba |
| Curacao | Cyprus | Czechoslovakia | Czech Republic | Danzig |
| Denmark | Djibouti | Dominica | Dominican Republic | Dubai |
| Dutch Caribbean | East African Community | Ecuador | Egypt | El Salvador |
| Equatorial Guinea | Eritrea | Estonia | Eswatini (Swaziland) | Ethiopia |
| Falkland Islands | Faroe Islands | Fiji | Finland | France |
| French Equatorial Africa | French Guiana | French Indochina | French Polynesia | French West Africa |
| Gabon | The Gambia | Georgia | Germany, Part 1 | Germany, Part 2 |
| Germany, Part 3 | Ghana | Gibraltar | Great Britain | Greece |
| Greenland | Grenada | Guadaloupe | Guatemala | Guernsey |
| Guinea | Guinea Bissau | Guyana | Haiti | Honduras |
| Hong Kong | Hungary | Iceland | India | Indonesia |
| Iran | Iraq | Ireland | Isle Of Man | Israel |
| Italy | Ivory Coast | Jamaica | Japan | Jersey |
| Jordan | Kazakhstan | Kenya | Kiribati | Korea, Dem. Rep. (North) |
| Korea, Republic (South) | Kuwait | Kyrgyzstan | Laos | Latvia |
| Lebanon | Lesotho | Liberia | Libya | Liechtenstein |
| Lithuania | Luxembourg | Macau | Macedonia | Madagascar |
| Madeira Islands | Malawi | Malaysia | Maldives | Mali Federation |
| Mali | Malta | Marshall Islands | Martinique | Mauritania |
| Mauritius | Mayotte | Mexico | Micronesia | Moldova |
| Monaco | Mongolia | Montenegro | Montserrat | Morocco |
| Mozambique | Myanmar | Namibia | Nauru | Nepal |
| Netherlands | Netherlands Antilles | New Caledonia | Newfoundland | New Zealand |
| Nicaragua | Niger | Nigeria | Niue | Norfolk Island |
| Norway | Oman | Pakistan | Palau | Palestine |
| Palestinian Authority | Panama | Papua New Guinea | Paraguay | Peru |
| Philippines | Poland | Portugal | Portuguese India (Goa) | Qatar |
| Reunion | /Rhodesia & Nyasaland/ | Romania | Ruanda-Urundi | Russia |
| Rwanda | Saint Helena | Saint Kitts And Nevis | Saint Lucia | Saint Pierre & Miquelon |
| Saint Vincent | San Marino | Sao Tome E Principe | Saudi Arabia | Senegal |
| Serbia | Seychelles | Sierra Leone | Singapore | Sint Maarten |
| Slovakia | Slovenia | Solomon Islands | Somalia | South Africa |
| South Georgia | Spain | Sri Lanka | Sudan | Sudanese Republic |
| Suriname | Sweden | Switzerland | Syria | Tajikistan |
| Tanzania | Thailand | Timor-Leste (East Timor) | Togo | Tokelau Islands |
| Tonga | Trinidad & Tobago | Tristan Da Cunha | Tunisia | Turkey |
| Turkmenistan | Turks & Caicos | Tuvalu | Uganda | Ukraine |
| Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics | United Arab Emirates | United Nations | United States of America | Uruguay |
| Uzbekistan | Vanuatu | Vatican City | Venezuela | Vietnam |
| Wallis & Futuna | Western Sahara | Western Samoa | Yemen | Yugoslavia |
| Zambia | Zanzibar | Zimbabwe |