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.
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
;Dates :	1856–1868 ;Capital :	Schwerin ;Currency :	48 schillings = 1 thaler
;Refer :	German States Mecklenburg-Strelitz
;Dates :	1864–1868 ;Capital :	Strelitz ;Currency :	30 silbergroschen = 1 thaler
;Refer :	German States Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Russian Zone)
;Dates :	1945–1946 ;Capital :	Schwerin ;Currency :	100 pfennige = 1 mark
;Refer :	Germany (Allied Occupation) MEF
;Refer :	Middle East Forces (MEF) Melaka
;Refer :	Malacca Memel (French Administration)
;Dates :	1920–1923 ;Currency :	100 pfennige = 1 mark
;Refer :	French Occupation Issues Memel (Lithuanian Occupation)
;Refer :	Klaipėda Mengkiang (Japanese Occupation)
;Dates :	1942–1945 ;Currency :	100 cents = 1 dollar
;Refer :	Japanese Occupation Issues Mengtse
;Refer :	Mong-Tseu (Indochinese Post Offices) Mesopotamia
;Refer :	Mosul (Indian Forces) Metelin
;Refer :	Mytilene (Russian Post Office) Mexico
;Dates :	1856 – ;Capital :	Mexico City ;Currency :	8 reales = 100 centavos = 1 peso Micronesia, Federated States of
;Dates :	1984 – ;Capital :      Palikir
;Currency :	100 cents = 1 dollar
;Main Article : Postage stamps and postal history of the Federated States of Micronesia Middle Congo
;Dates :	1907–1937 ;Capital :	Brazzaville ;Currency :	100 centimes = 1 franc
;Main Article Needed :
;See also :	Congo Republic;
French Congo;
French Equatorial Africa
Middle East Forces (MEF)
;Dates :	1942–1947 ;Currency : 	12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
;Main Article Needed :
;See also :	BA/BMA Issues;
British Occupation Issues;
Egypt (British Forces)
Midway Islands
;Refer :	United States of America (USA) Modena
;Dates :	1852–1860 ;Capital :	Modena ;Currency :	100 centesimi = 1 lira
;Refer :	Italian States Moheli
;Dates :	1906–1914 ;Capital :	 ;Currency :	100 centimes = 1 franc
;Refer :	Madagascar & Dependencies Moldavia
;Dates :	1858–1862 ;Capital :	Iași ;Currency :	40 parale = 1 piastre
;Refer :	Romania Moldo-Wallachia
;Dates :	1862–1865 ;Capital :	Bucharest ;Currency :	40 parale = 1 piastre
;Refer :	Romania Moldova
;Dates :	1991 – ;Capital :	Kishinev ;Currency :	(1991) 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
(1993) kupon (temporary currency)
(1993) 100 bani = 1 leu
;Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Moldova
;See also :	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) Moluccas
;Refer :	Japanese Naval Control Area Monaco
;Dates :	1885 – ;Capital :	Monte Carlo ;Currency :	(1885) 100 centimes = 1 franc
(2002) 100 cent = 1 euro
;Main Article Needed : Mongolia
;Dates :	1924 – ;Capital :	Ulan Bator ;Currency :	(1924) 100 cents = 1 Mongolian dollar
(1926) 100 möngö = 1 Mongolian tögrög
;Main Article Needed : Mong-Tseu (Indochinese Post Office)
;Dates :	1903–1922 ;Currency :	(1903) 100 centimes = 1 franc
(1919) 100 cents = 1 piastre
;Refer :	China (Indochinese Post Offices) Mongtze
;Refer :	Mong-Tseu (Indochinese Post Offices) Mont-Athos
;Refer :	Mount Athos (Russian Post Office) Montenegro
;Dates :	1874–1918; 2006 – ;Capital :	Podgorica ;Currency :	(1874) 100 novcic = 1 florin
(1902) 100 heller = 1 krone
(1907) 100 para = 1 krone (note: in 1910 only, krone were called perper)
(2006) 100 cent = 1 euro
;Main Article Needed :
;Includes :	Montenegro (Yugoslav Regional Issues)
;See also :	Yugoslavia Montenegro (Austrian Occupation)
;Dates :	1917 only ;Currency :	100 heller = 1 krone
;Refer :	Austro–Hungarian Military Post Montenegro (German Occupation)
;Dates :	1943–1945 ;Currency :	(1943) 100 centesimi = 1 lira
(1944) 100 pfennige = 1 mark
;Refer :	German Occupation Issues (WW2) Montenegro (Italian Occupation)
;Dates :	1941–1943 ;Currency :	(1941) 100 paras = 1 dinar
(1941) 100 centesimi = 1 lira
;Refer :	Italian Occupation Issues Montenegro (Yugoslav Regional Issues)
;Dates :	1945 only ;Capital :	Titograd (Podgorica) ;Currency :	100 centesimi = 1 lira
;Refer :	Montenegro Montserrat
;Dates :	1876 – ;Capital :	Plymouth ;Currency : 	(1876) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
(1951) 100 cents = 1 dollar
;Main Article Needed : Morocco
;Dates :	1956  – ;Capital :	Rabat ;Currency :	(1956) 100 centimos = 1 peseta (Northern Zone)
(1956) 100 centimes = 1 franc (Southern Zone)
(1958) 100 centimes = 1 franc (whole country)
(1962) 100 francs = 1 dirham
;Includes :	Northern Zone, Morocco;
Sherifian Post;
Southern Zone, Morocco
Morocco Agencies
;Dates :	1898–1957 ;Currency :	British, French and Spanish all used
;Main Article Needed :
;See also :	Tangier Morocco (British Post Offices)
;Refer :	Morocco Agencies Morocco (French Post Offices)
;Dates :	1862–1914 ;Currency : 	100 centimos = 1 peseta
;Refer :	French Post Offices Abroad Morocco (German Post Offices)
;Dates :	1899–1917 ;Currency : 	100 centimos = 1 peseta
;Refer :	German Post Offices Abroad Morocco (Spanish Post Offices)
;Dates :	1903–1914 ;Currency : 	100 centimos = 1 peseta
;Refer :	Spanish Post Offices Abroad Morvi
;Dates :	1931–1948 ;Currency :	12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
;Refer :	Indian Native States Mosul (Indian Forces)
;Dates :	1919 only ;Currency :	12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
;Refer :	Indian Overseas Forces Mount Athos (Russian Post Office)
;Dates :	1909–1914 ;Currency : 	40 paras = 1 piastre
;Refer :	Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire Moyen Congo
;Refer :	Middle Congo Mozambique
;Dates :	1876 – ;Capital :	Maputo (formerly Lourenço Marques) ;Currency :	(1876) 1000 reis = 1 milreis
(1913) 100 centavos = 1 escudo
(1980) 100 centavos = 1 metical
;Main Article Needed :
;See also :	Africa (Portuguese Colonies) Mozambique Company
;Dates :	1892–1942 ;Currency :	(1892) 1000 reis = 1 milreis
(1913) 100 centavos = 1 escudo
;Main Article Needed : Mozambique Territories
;Main Article Needed :
;Includes :	Inhambane;
Kionga;
Lourenço Marques;
Quelimane;
Tete;
Zambezia
Muscat
;Dates :	1944–1948 ;Capital :	Muscat ;Currency : 	12 pies = 1 anna, 16 annas = 1 rupee
;Refer :	Muscat & Oman
;See also :	British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia;
Oman
Muscat & Oman
;Dates :	1966–1970 ;Capital :	Muscat ;Currency : 	(1966) 64 baizas = 1 rupee;
(1970) 1000 baizas = 1 rial saidi
;Main Article Needed :
;Includes :	Muscat
;See also :	British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia;
Oman
Mustique
;Refer :	Grenadines of St Vincent Mutawakelite Kingdom
;Refer :	Yemen (Mutawakelite Kingdom) Myanmar
;Refer :	Burma Mytilene (Russian Post Office)
;Dates :	1909–1914 ;Currency :	40 paras = 1 piastre
;Refer :	Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire References
Bibliography
Stanley Gibbons Ltd, Europe and Colonies 1970, Stanley Gibbons Ltd, 1969
Stanley Gibbons Ltd, various catalogues
Stuart Rossiter & John Flower, The Stamp Atlas, W H Smith, 1989
XLCR Stamp Finder and Collector's Dictionary, Thomas Cliffe Ltd, c.1960
External links
AskPhil – Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms
Encyclopaedia of Postal History
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