| picture |
letters |
country |
since |
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A |
Austria |
1910-now |
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ADN |
Aden, now Yemen (YAR) |
1938-1990 |
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AFG |
Afghanistan |
1971-now |
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AL |
Albania |
1934-now |
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ÅL |
Åland (part of Finland) |
unofficially
should be FIN |
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AM |
Armenia |
19??-now |
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AND |
Andorra |
1957-now |
| |
AU |
Australia *) |
pre 1954? |
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AUS |
Australia *) |
1954-now |
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AZ |
Azerbaijan |
1993-now |
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B |
Belgium |
1910-now |
| |
BA |
Burma (later BUR), now Myanmar (MYA) |
1937-1956 |
| |
BD |
Bangladesh |
1978-now |
| |
BDS |
Barbados |
1956-now |
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BF |
Burkina Faso |
1990-now |
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BG |
Bulgaria |
1910-now |
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BH |
British Honduras, now Belize (BZ) |
1938-1980 |
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BIH |
Bosnia-Herzegovina (Bosna i Hercegovina) |
1993-now |
| |
BI |
British India, now India (IND) |
1912-1947 |
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BL |
Basutoland, now Lesotho (LS) |
1935-1967 |
| |
BOL |
Bolivia |
1967-now |
| m |
BP |
Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana (RB) |
1935-1967 |
| |
BR |
Brazil |
1930-now |
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BRG |
British Guiana, now Guyana (GUY) |
1954-1972 |
| |
BRN |
Bahrain |
1954-now |
| m |
BRU |
Brunei |
1956-now |
| |
BS |
British Somaliland, now Somalia (SO) |
1935-1960 |
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BS |
Bahamas |
1950-now |
| |
BUR |
Burma (former BA), now Myanmar (MYA) |
1956-1995 |
| |
BVI |
British Virgin Islands |
19??-now |
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BY |
Belarus (Byelorussia) |
1995-now |
| |
BZ |
Belize |
1990-now |
| |
C |
Cuba |
1930-now |
| |
CA |
Canada (later CDN) |
1955-1956 |
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CAM |
Cameroon, later RUC |
1960-1984 |
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CAT |
Catalonia, part of Spain |
unofficially |
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CB |
Belgian Congo (Congo Belgique) and Ruanda-Urundi |
1931-1961 |
| |
CC |
Consular Corps (in French: Corps Consular) |
1936? |
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CD |
Diplomatic Corps (in French: Corps Diplomatique) (1951 GB forces in
Germany?) |
1932? |
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CDN |
Canada |
1956-now |
| |
CFS |
French Somaliland (Côte Française des Somalis, now Djibouti |
? |
| |
CGO |
Congo (Kinshasa) |
1961-1972
1998? |
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CH |
Switzerland (Confoederatio Helvetica) |
1911-now |
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CI |
Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) |
1961-now |
| |
CL |
Sri Lanka (Ceylon until 1972) |
1932-now |
| |
CNB |
Colony of North Borneo, now Sabah, Malaysia (MAL) |
1955-1963 |
| |
CO |
Colombia |
1932-now |
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CR |
Costa Rica |
1956-now |
| |
CRO |
Croatia |
1991? |
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CS |
Czechoslovakia (now CZ and SK) |
1922-1992 |
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CU |
Curaçao (part of the Netherlands Antilles), now NA) |
1936-1957 |
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CY |
Cyprus |
1932-now |
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CYMRU |
Wales |
unofficially |
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CZ |
Czech Republic |
1993-now |
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D |
Germany (Deutschland) |
1910-now |
| |
DA |
Danzig, now part of Poland (PL) |
1922-1939 |
| |
DDR |
East Germany (Deutsche Demokratische Republik), now part of Germany
(D) |
1974-1990 |
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DG |
Belgium's German speaking community (Deutsche Gemeinschaft) |
unofficially |
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DK |
Denmark and Greenland (also Faeroe Islands (until 1976) and Iceland
(until 1936)) |
1914-now |
| |
DOM |
Dominican Republic |
1952-now |
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DY |
Benin (Dahomey, until 1976) |
1961-now |
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DZ |
Algeria (El Djezair) |
1963-now |
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E |
Spain (España) |
1910-now |
| |
EA |
British East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Zanzibar, Tanganyika, Nyasaland
and from 1936 Northern Rhodesia) |
1932-1938 |
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EAK |
Kenya (used to be East Africa Kenya) |
1938-now |
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EAT |
Tanzania (used to be East Africa Tanzania (Tanganyika until 1964) |
1938-now |
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EAU |
Uganda (used to be East Africa Uganda) |
1938-now |
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EAZ |
East Africa Zanzibar, now Tanzania (EAT) |
1938-1964 |
| |
EC |
Ecuador |
1962-now |
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EH |
Basque Region, part of Spain and France (Euskal Herria = where
Basque is spoken) |
unofficially |
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EIR |
Irish Republic (Éire), now IRL |
1938-1962 |
| |
EQ |
Ecuador (Equador), now EC |
1932-1962 |
| |
ES |
El Salvador |
1970-now |
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EST |
Estonia |
1993-now |
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ET |
Egypt |
1927-now |
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ETH |
Ethiopia |
1964-now |
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EW |
Estonia (E W), now EST |
1930-1940
1991-1993 |
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F |
France *) |
1910-now |
| |
FIF |
French India (F I F), now IND |
1925-1930 |
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FIN |
Finland |
1993-now |
| |
FJI |
Fiji |
1971-now |
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FL |
Liechtenstein (Fürstentum Liechtenstein) |
1923-now |
| |
FM |
Federated States of Malakka (Negri, Sembilan, Pahang, Parak and
Selangor), now MAL |
1932-1958 |
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FØ |
Faeroe Islands (Føroyar), officially DK, unofficially FØ (later FR, now
FO) |
1948-1976 |
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FO |
Faeroe Islands (Føroyar) |
1995-now |
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FR |
Faeroe Islands (Føroyar) (now FO) |
1976-1995 |
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FWI |
French West Indies (Caribbean)
(here Guadeloupe, St. Martin) |
unofficially
should be F |
| |
G |
Guatemala, now GCA |
1932-1956 |
| |
G |
Gabon |
1974-now |
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GB |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, incl. Ireland
(until 1924) ?Scotland 1936? |
1910-now |
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GBA |
Alderney |
1924-now |
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GBG |
Guernsey |
1924-now |
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GBJ |
Jersey |
1924-now |
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GBM |
Isle of Man (Ellan Vannin) |
1932-now |
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GBY |
Malta (now M) |
1924-1966 |
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GBZ |
Gibraltar |
1924-now |
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GCA |
Guatemala (Guatemala Central America?) |
1956-now |
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GE |
Georgia |
1993-now |
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GEO |
Georgia, now GE |
1993? |
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GH |
Ghana |
1959-now |
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GOZO |
Gozo, part of Malta |
unofficially |
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GR |
Greece |
1913-now |
| |
GUY |
Guyana |
1972-now |
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H |
Hungary |
1910-now |
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HK |
Hong Kong (1999?) |
1932-now |
| |
HKJ |
Jordan (Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan) |
1966-now |
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HR |
Croatia (Hrvatska) |
1991-now |
| |
HV |
Upper Volta (Haute Volta), now Burkina Faso (BF) |
1961-1970 |
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I |
Italy *) |
1910-now |
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IL |
Israel |
1952-now |
| |
IN |
Netherlands Indies
Indonesia (now RI) |
1930-1949
1949-1955 |
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IND |
India |
1947-now |
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IR |
Iran |
1936-now |
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IRL |
Ireland, (Republic of) |
1962-now |
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IRQ |
Iraq |
1936-now |
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IS |
Iceland |
1936-now |
| |
J |
Japan |
1964-now |
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JA |
Jamaica (incl. Turks and Caicos Isl., Cayman Isl. and Windward Islands,
being: Grenada, Grenadines, Martinique, St. Lucia and St. Vinent) |
1932-now |
| |
JO |
Johore (part of the non-Federated States of Malakka)(now MAL) |
1932-1948 |
| |
JOR |
Jordan, now HKJ |
1955-1966 |
| |
K |
Cambodia (Kampuchea until 1989) |
1956-now |
| m |
KAT |
Katanga, later ZR then ZRE now CGO |
1960-1963 |
| |
KD |
Kedah (part of the non-Federated States of Malakka)(now MAL) |
1932-1948 |
| |
KL |
Kelantan (part of the non-Federated States of Malakka)(now MAL) |
1932-1948 |
| |
KS |
Kyrgyzstan |
1995-now |
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KT |
Kuwait, now KWT |
? |
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KWT |
Kuwait |
1954-now |
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KZ |
Kazakhstan |
1995-now |
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L |
Luxembourg |
1911-now |
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LAO |
Laos |
1959-now |
| |
LAR |
Libya (Libyan Arab Republic) |
1972-now |
| |
LB |
Liberia |
1967-now |
| m |
LR |
Latvia (L R) (now LV) |
1927-1940
1991-1992 |
| |
LS |
Lesotho |
1967-now |
| |
LSA |
Lebanon, Syria and Alaouites (SL?) (now RL and SYR) |
1929-1931 |
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LT |
Lithuania |
1925-1940
1991-now |
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LV |
Latvia |
1991-now |
| |
M |
Palestine (Mandate of), now IL |
1930-1948 |
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M |
Malta |
1966-now |
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M |
Madeira, part of Portugal |
unofficially |
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MA |
Morocco (Maroc, El Maghreb) not in the 1936 list?, F in use? |
1924-now |
| |
MAL |
Malaysia |
1967-now |
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MC |
Monaco |
1910-now |
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MD |
Moldova |
1993-now |
| |
ME |
Spanish Morocco (Marruecos Español), now E |
1935-1952 |
| |
MEX |
Mexico |
1932-now |
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MGL |
Mongolia |
1997-now |
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MK |
Macedonia (Makedonija) |
1993-now |
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MLD |
Moldova, now MD |
1992-1993 |
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MN |
Montenegro |
1913-1918
2006? |
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MNG |
Mongolia |
unofficially
should be MGL |
| |
MO |
Monaco (by mistake listed?) |
1962? |
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MOC |
Mozambique (Moçambique) |
1932-1956
1975-now |
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MS |
Mauritius |
1938-now |
| |
MT |
Tangier (Morocco Tangier) |
1932-1956 |
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MW |
Malawi |
1965-now |
| |
MYA |
Myanmar, formerly Burma (BUR) |
1995-now |
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N |
Norway |
1922-now |
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NA |
Netherlands Antilles |
1957-now |
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NAM |
Namibia |
1993-now |
| |
NAU |
Nauru |
1968-now |
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NC |
New Caledonia |
unofficially |
| |
NEP |
Nepal |
1970-now |
| |
NF |
Newfoundland (later CA, now CDN) |
1938-1949 |
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NGN |
Netherlands New Guinea (Nouvelle Guinea Neerlandaise, now RI) |
1955-1962 |
| |
NGR |
Nigeria |
1992-now |
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NI |
Northern Ireland |
unofficially |
| |
NIC |
Nicaragua |
1952-now |
| |
NIG |
Niger |
1961-? |
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NL |
Netherlands |
1910-now |
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NP |
Nyasaland Protectorate, later RNY now MW |
1938-1960 |
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NR |
Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), later RNR, now Z |
1938-1960 |
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NZ |
New Zealand *) |
1958-now |
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P |
Portugal |
1912-now |
| |
PA |
Panama |
1932-now |
| |
PAN |
Angola (P A N) 1936? (now AN) |
1932-1956 |
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PAK |
Pakistan, now PK |
1947-1990 |
| |
PE |
Peru, in 1932 list |
1937-now |
| |
PI |
Philippines, now RP |
1952-1975 |
| |
PK |
Pakistan |
1986-now |
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PL |
Poland |
1921-1939
1945-now |
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PNG |
Papua New Guinea |
1981-now |
| |
PR |
Persia (from 1936 Iran), now IR |
1933-1936 |
| |
PS |
Perlis (part of the non-Federated States of Malakka), now MAL |
1933-1948 |
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PTM |
Malaysia (Perseketuan Tanah Melayu), now MAL |
1958-1967 |
| |
PY |
Paraguay |
1932-now |
| |
Q |
Qatar |
1972-now |
| |
R |
Russia (later SU, than RU and now RUS) |
1910-1926 |
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R |
Romania (now RO) |
1930-1981 |
| |
RA |
Andorra? |
? |
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RA |
Argentina (Republic of) |
1927-now |
| |
RB |
Bolivia, now BOL |
1963-1967 |
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RB |
Botswana (Republic of) |
1967-now |
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RB |
Benin (République du) |
unofficially
(used DY?) |
| |
RC |
Taiwan (Republic of China) |
1932-now |
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RCA |
Central African Republic (République Centrafricaine) |
1962-now |
| |
RCB |
Congo (République Congo Brazzaville) |
1962-now |
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RCH |
Chile (Republic of) |
1930-now |
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RCI |
Ivory Coast (République Côte d'Ivoire) |
unofficially
should be CI |
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RCL |
Congo (République Congo Leopoldville, later ZR then ZRE, now CGO |
1961-1970 |
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RFC |
Cameroon (République Federale du Cameroun) |
unofficially? |
| |
RG |
Guinea (Republic of) |
1970-now |
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RGB |
Guinea-Bissau (Republic) (no official oval) |
unofficially |
| |
RH |
Haiti (Republic of) |
1932-now |
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RHV |
Upper Volta (Haute Volta, République), (now Burkina Faso - BF) |
1960-1990 |
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RI |
Indonesia (Republic of) |
1955-now |
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RIM |
Mauritania (République Islamique de Mauretanie) |
1960?-now |
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RL |
Lebanon (Republic of) |
1952-now |
| |
RM |
Romania (later R, now RO) |
1912-1930 |
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RM |
Madagascar (Republic of) |
1962-now |
| |
RMM |
Mali (R M M) |
1962-now |
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RN |
Niger (Republic of) |
1980-now |
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RNR |
Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia
(now Zambia - Z) |
1960-1966 |
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RNY |
Rhodesia, Nyasaland (now Malawi - MW) |
1960-1965 |
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RO |
Romania |
1981-now |
| |
ROK |
South Korea (Republic of Korea) |
1971-now |
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ROU |
Uruguay (Republica Oriental del Uruguay) |
1970-now |
| |
RP |
Philippines (Republic of the) |
1975-now |
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RSM |
San Marino (Republic of) |
1932-now |
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RSR |
Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe - ZW) |
1960-1979 |
| |
RU |
Ruanda-Urundi, now RU and RWA (1964) |
1959-1960 |
| |
RU |
Burundi (part of Ruanda-Urundi until 1962) |
1960-now |
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RU |
Russia |
unofficially?
1991-1993? |
| |
RUC |
Cameroon (République Unie du Cameroun) |
1984-now |
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RUS |
Russia |
1993-now |
| |
RWA |
Rwanda |
1964-now |
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S |
Sweden |
1911-now |
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SA |
Saarland (now part of Germany) |
1925-1935
1945-1956 |
| |
SA |
Saudi Arabia |
1970-now |
| |
SAU |
South African Union, now ZA |
1933-1936 |
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SB |
Seborga, this town claims independence from Italy (near Monaco) |
unofficially |
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SCG |
Serbia and Montenegro (and Kosovo) (Srbija i Crna Gora) |
2003-now |
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SCO |
Scotland |
unofficially |
| |
SD |
SwazilandSCO - Scotland |
1935-now |
| |
SE |
Irish Free State (Saorstat Éireann), later EIR, now IRL |
1924-1938 |
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SE |
Spanish Sahara (Sahara Español) |
1966 |
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SE |
Savoie, part of France |
unofficially |
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SER |
Serbia |
unofficially |
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SF |
Finland (Suomi Finland), now FIN |
1921-1993 |
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SGP |
Singapore |
1952-now |
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SK |
Sarawak (now Malaysia), later FM then PTM, now MAL |
1955-1963 |
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SK |
Slovakia |
1993-now |
| |
SL |
Syria and Lebanon, now SYR and RL |
1931-1952 |
| |
SM |
Siam, now Thailand (T) |
1930-1955 |
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SME |
Suriname |
1936-now |
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SN |
Senegal |
1962-now |
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SLO |
Slovenia (Slovenija) |
1991-now |
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SO |
Slovakia, later CS, than SO and SQ, now SK |
1939-1945
unofficially
1992? |
| |
SO |
Somalia |
1970-now |
| |
SP |
Somalia (Somaliland Protectorate) |
1938-1960 |
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SQ |
Slovakia (Slovaquie), now SK |
1993 |
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SR |
Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) (later RSR, now ZW) |
1932-1960 |
| |
SS |
Straits Settlements, now Singapore (SGP) and part of Malaysia (MAL) |
1932-1952 |
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SU |
Soviet Union, now RUS |
1926-1991 |
| |
SUD |
Sudan |
1963-now |
| x seen in 1996 |
SWA |
South West Africa, now Namibia (NAM) |
1935-1966 |
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SXM |
St. Martin (also see FWI) |
unofficially |
| |
SY |
Seychelles |
1938-now |
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SYR |
Syria |
1952-now |
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T |
Thailand |
1955-now |
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TC |
Cameroon (French Trust of), now CAM |
1932-1952 |
| |
TCH |
Chad (Tchad) |
1970-now |
| |
TD |
Trinidad and Tobago, now TT |
1938-1964 |
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TG |
Togo |
1962-now |
| |
TJ |
Tajikistan |
1995-now |
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TM |
Turkmenistan |
1994-now |
| |
TMN |
Turkmenistan, now TM |
1993-1994 |
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TN |
Tunisia |
1957-now |
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TR |
Turkey |
1935-now |
| |
TT |
Togoland (French Trust of), now TG |
1932-1952 |
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TT |
Trinidad and Tobago |
1964-now |
| |
TU |
Trengganu (part of the non-Federated States of Malakka), now MAL |
1935-1948 |
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U |
Uruguay, now ROU |
1949-1970 |
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UA |
Ukraine |
1994-now |
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UAE |
United Arab Emirates |
19??-now |
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UN |
United Nations |
? |
| |
UR? |
Ukraine |
unofficially
1993? |
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US |
United States of America *) (now USA) |
1910-1950 |
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USA |
United States of America *) |
1950-now |
| |
UZ |
Uzbekistan |
1995-now |
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V |
Vatican City |
1931-now |
| |
VN |
Vietnam |
1953-now |
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WAC |
Ghana (West Africa Gold Coast, incl. Achanti (now part of Ghana) and
Togo) (now GH) |
1936-1959 |
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WAG |
Gambia (West Africa Gambia, incl. Gold Coast (later Ghana), Achanti
(now part of Ghana) and Togo) (last 3 until 1936) |
1932-now |
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WAL |
Sierra Leone (West Africa Leone) |
1932-now |
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WAN |
Nigeria (West Africa Nigeria), now NGR |
1937-1992 |
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WD |
Dominica (Windward Islands, Dominica) |
1954-now |
| |
WG |
Grenada (Windward Islands, Grenada) |
1932-now |
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WL |
St Lucia (Windward Islands, St Lucia) |
1932-now |
| |
WS |
Samoa (Western Samoa) |
1962-now |
| |
WV |
St Vincent (Windward Islands, St Vincent) |
1932-now |
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Y |
Yugoslavia (later YU) |
1936-1952 |
| |
YAR |
Yemen (Yemeni Arab Republic), now YAR |
1970s?-now |
| |
YMN |
Yemen (North), now YAR |
? |
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YU |
Serbia and Montenegro (and Kosovo) (former Yugoslavia), now SCG |
1952-2003 |
| |
YV |
Venezuela |
1955-now |
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Z |
Zambia |
1966-now |
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ZA |
South Africa (Zuid-Afrika) |
1936-now |
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ZR |
Zaire, then ZRE now CGO |
1973-1980 |
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ZRE |
Zaire, now CGO |
1980-1998 |
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ZW |
Zimbabwe |
1980-now |