Category:Stamps of British-occupied territories

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- overprints on stamps of the Chinese Empire in the 1890s/1900s: "B.R.A." = "British Railway Administration" of the "China Expeditionary Forces"
- overprints on stamps of British India 1900: "C.E.F." = "China Expeditionary Force"
- overprints on stamps of British India 1900: "I.E.F." = "India Expeditionary Force"
- overprints on stamps of the German colonies 1914-1921: "G.R.I." = "Georgius Rex Imperator"; "O.S." = "On Service"
- overprints on stamps of the German colonies 1914-1921: "G.E.A." or "G.E.F." = "German East Africa" or "German East Africa Forces"
- overprints on stamps of German Camerounn 1915: "C.E.F." = "Cameroun Expeditionary Force"
- overprints on British or former stamps of other states with overprint of the prevailing country name and "B.M.A" or "B.A." = "British Military Administration" or "British Administration"

(such overprints existed for British occupations in Eritrea 1948-49, in Malaysia. Indonesia and the there regions 1945, in Somalia 1948-49, in Tripolitania 1948-1951)

- overprints on British or former stamps of other states 1942-45: "E.A.F." = "East African Forces" (for Italian East Africa and Eritrea)
- overprints on British stamps, 1942: "M.E.F." = (British) "Middle-East-Forces" (At these stamps one is distinguishing a "London overprint" and a "Cairo overprint".)
- overprints as currency: "M.A.L." = "Military Authority Lire" on stamps for former Italian colonies in North Africa
- overprints on Italian stamps 1945-1947: "A.M.G. / V.G." = "Allied Military Goverment - Venezia Giulia"
- overprints on Italian stamps 1947-1954: "A.M.G.F.T.T." (single line or double line) = "Allied Military Government - Free Territory Trieste"

Media in category "Stamps of British-occupied territories"

The following 20 files are in this category, out of 20 total.