Compendium of postage stamp issuers (R)

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.
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Rab

;Refer : Arbe

Rajasthan

;Dates : 1948 – 1950
;Currency : 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
;Refer : Indian Native States

Rajnandgaon

;Refer : Nandgaon

Rajpipla

;Dates : 1880 – 1886
;Currency : 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
;Refer : Indian Native States

Rarotonga

;Dates : 1919 – 1932, 2011-
;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
;Refer : Cook Islands

Ras Al Khaima

Stamps issued 1967–72 were non-postal and are unrecognised.
;Dates : 1964 – 1966
;Currency : 100 naye paise = 1 rupee
;Refer : Trucial States

Redonda

;Refer : Antigua

Republic of China

;Refer : Chinese Nationalist Republic (Taiwan);

Republic of Ireland

;Dates : 1922 –
;Capital : Dublin
;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
;Main Article Needed :

Republic of Maldives

;Refer : Maldive Islands

Republika Srpska

;Refer : Bosnian Serb Republic

Republique Libanaise

;Refer : Lebanon

Rethymnon (Russian Post Office)

Russia was one of the powers which occupied Crete in 1898. It had a post office at Rethymnon within its
own sphere of administration. Four types were issued, overprinted RETHYMNO, and a total of 37 stamps.
;Refer : Crete (Russian Post Offices)

Reunion

;Dates : 1885 – 1974
;Capital : Saint-Denis
;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc
;Main Article Needed :

Rheinland-Pfalz

;Refer : Rhineland-Palatinate (French Zone)

Rhineland-Palatinate (French Zone)

;Dates : 1947 – 1949
;Capital : Mainz
;Currency : 100 pfennige = 1 mark
;Refer : Germany (Allied Occupation)

Rhodes

Italian colony in the Dodecanese which used the general EGEO issues and had its own stamps inscribed RODI, the Italian name of the island.
;Dates : 1912 – 1935
;Capital : Rodhos
;Currency : 100 centesimi = 1 lira
;Refer : Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)

Rhodesia

;Dates : 1965 – 1980
;Capital : Salisbury
;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
;Main Article Needed :
;Includes : Rhodesia (British Colonial Issues);
;See also : Zimbabwe

Rhodesia (British Colonial Issues)

;Dates : 1909 – 1924
;Capital : Salisbury
;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
;Refer : Rhodesia

Rhodesia & Nyasaland

;Dates : 1954 – 1964
;Capital : Salisbury
;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
;Main Article Needed :

Riau-Lingga Archipelago

;Dates : 1954 – 1965
;Capital : Tandjungpinang
;Currency : 100 sen = 1 rupiah
;Main Article Needed :
;See also : Indonesia

Rijeka

;Refer : Fiume (Yugoslav Occupation)

Rio de Oro

;Dates : 1905 – 1924
;Capital : Villa Cisneros
;Currency : 100 centimos = 1 peseta
;Refer : Spanish West Africa

Rio Muni

;Dates : 1960 – 1968
;Capital : Bata
;Currency : 100 centimos = 1 peseta
;Refer : Spanish Guinea

Rizeh (Russian Post Office)

;Dates : 1909 – 1910
;Currency : 40 paras = 1 piastre
;Refer : Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Rodi

;Refer : Rhodes

Romagna

;Dates : 1859 – 1860
;Capital : Bologna
;Currency : 100 bajocchi = 1 scudo
;Refer : Italian States

Roman States

;Refer : Papal States

Romania">Postage stamps and postal history of Romania">Romania

;Dates : 1865 –
;Capital : Bucharest
;Currency : 40 parale = 1 piastre
;Includes : Moldavia;

Romania (Austrian Occupation)

;Dates : 1917 – 1918
;Currency : 100 bani = 1 leu
;Refer : Austro–Hungarian Military Post

Romania (Bulgarian Occupation)

;Refer : Dobruja (Bulgarian Occupation)

Romania (German Occupation)

;Dates : 1917 – 1918
;Currency : 100 bani = 1 leu
;Refer : German Occupation Issues (WW1)

Romanian Post Abroad

;Main Article Needed :
;Includes : Banat Bacska (Romanian Occupation);

Romanian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

;Dates : 1896 – 1919
;Currency : 40 paras = 1 piastre
;Refer : Romanian Post Abroad

ROPiT

Abbreviation of Russkoe Obshchestvo Parokhudstva i Torgovl, meaning Russian Steam Navigation and Trading Company. The Russian post offices in the Turkish Empire were run by R.O.P.i.T. General issues were in use throughout the period but several local overprints were introduced in 1909. This included the offices at Mytilene, Salonika and Mount Athos. Other Russian POs in Greece were at Kandia, Volos, Port Lagos, Khios and Rhodes.
;Refer : Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
;Dates : 1863 – 1914
;Currency : 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble, 40 paras = 1 piastre

Ross Dependency">Postage stamps and postal history of the Ross Dependency">Ross Dependency

;Dates : 1957 –
;Capital : Scott Base
;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Rouad Island

;Refer : Ile Rouad

Ruanda-Urundi

;Dates : 1924 – 1962
;Capital : Usumbura
;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc
;Main Article Needed :
;See also : Belgian Congo;

Rumania

;Refer : Romania

Russia">Postage stamps and postal history of Russia">Russia

Stamps issued are cat. nos 63–11 onwards of Russia.
;Dates : 1992 –
;Capital : Moscow
;Currency : 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
;Main Article Needed :
;Includes : Russia (pre–Soviet)
;See also : Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Russia (pre-Soviet)

Stamps issued were cat. nos 1–324 of Russia.
;Dates : 1858 – 1923
;Capital : Moscow
;Currency : 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
;Refer : Russia

Russia (German Occupation)

;Refer : Ostland;

Russian Army Issues

;Refer : North Western Army;

Russian Civil War Issues

The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war in the former Russian Empire fought between the Bolshevik Red Army and the White Army, the loosely allied anti-Bolshevik forces. Many foreign armies warred against the Red Army, notably the Allied Forces and the pro-German armies. The Red Army defeated the White Armed Forces of South Russia in Ukraine and the army led by Aleksandr Kolchak in Siberia in 1919. The remains of the White forces commanded by Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel were beaten in the Crimea and were evacuated in the autumn of 1920.
Stamps were issued by various Russian armies and other parties.
;Includes : Amur Province;
;See also : USSR Issues for the Far East

Russian Occupation Issues

;Main Article Needed :
;Includes : North Korea (Russian Occupation);

Russian Post Offices Abroad

;Main Article Needed :
;Includes : China (Russian Post Offices);

Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Russia had many post offices in the Turkish Empire which were run by ROPiT. General issues were in use
throughout the period but several local overprints were introduced in 1909. This included the offices at
Mytilene, Salonika and Mount Athos. Other Russian POs in Greece were at Kandia, Volos,
Port Lagos, Khios and Rhodes.
;Dates : 1863 – 1914
;Currency : 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
;Main Article Needed :
;Includes : Beirut (Russian Post Office);

Russian Zone (General Issues)

;Dates : 1948 – 1949
;Capital : East Berlin
;Currency : 100 pfennige = 1 mark
;Refer : Germany (Allied Occupation)

Russkoe Obshchestvo Parokhudstva i Torgovll

;Refer : ROPiT

Rustenburg

;Dates : 1900 – 1902
;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
;Refer : Transvaal

Rwanda

;Dates : 1962 –
;Capital : Kigali
;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc
;Main Article Needed :
;See also : Ruanda-Urundi

Ryukyu Islands

;Dates : 1948 – 1972
;Capital : Naha
;Currency : 100 sen = 1 yen
;Main Article Needed :