C O U N T R Y C O D E S by Internet or my codes "NT" are standard Internet Codes (-e.g. .au) or my ID codes (e.g. .ab) ; see below for a better? explanation. (a list ordered by country names is in filename http://wardaj.tripod.com/i/ref/1-apcode.txt http://ajward.tripod.com/i/ref/1-apcode.txt ; orig. site ; in this directory.) ============================================================================================== NT |Country | # |TN|RP|RG|Comment ============================================================================================== aa |Aland |17720aln|FI| |en|EuroScandinavia, 'Autonomous County' ab |Abkhazia |40360abk|GE|is|4c|CIS ;exmpl (central Asia?/4c?) AC |Ascension |11450 |SH|UK|5s|dependent of Saint Helena AD |Andorra |11010 |ES| |ew|Europe, West - A French & Spanish co-principality AE |United Arab Emirates |36260 | | |4o|aka: UAE AF |Afghanistan |10320 | |is|4s|AsiaSouth AG |Antigua & Barbuda |11180 |bc| |2m| AG |Barbuda |12170 |UK| |2m|Antigua & AI |Anguilla |11060 |UK| |2m|Mid Americas; Caribbean, UK Dependency ak |Aitutaki |10390 |CK|NZ|po|South Pacific;-Oceania AL |Albania |10570 | | |es| AM |Armenia |40100 | |is|4o|??RF-Russian Federation, CIS; SW Asia AN |Netherlands Antilles |28020 |NL| |2m| AO |Angola |11030 | | |1s|Southern Africa ap |Azores |11970 |PT| |5_|A Territory of Portugal AR |Argentina |11290 | | |2s|So. America AS |American Samoa |32210 |US| |ps|see also: Western Samoa AT |Austria |11650 | | |ew| AU |Australia |11490 | |UK|AU|RG: po? AW |Aruba |28030 |NL| |2m|Caribbean - External Territory ay |Alderney |14390ald|GG|UK|ew|EN|or: RG=en?, RP=GG?; see Guernsey AZ |Azerbaijan |40140 | |is|4c|CIS, Cen. Asia BA |Bosnia and Herzegovina |40180 | | |es| BB |Barbados |12160 |UK| |2m|UK? CIA not clear ?bc |British Antarctic Terrritory |12780 |UK|bc|AQ|via Falklands (bc also used are a region (RG) code BD |Bangladesh |12130 | | |4s| BE |Belgium |12380 | | |ew| BF |Burkina Faso |40200 | | |1w| BG |Bulgaria |13440 | | |es| BH |Bahrain |12060 | | |4o|(orig.'BR'-error;SAME AS BRAZIL! BI |Burundi |13580 | | |1c| BJ |Benin |12460 | | |1w|formerly: Dahomey/Upper Volta BM |Bermuda |12500 | | |2m| BN |Brunei |13340 | | |4x|aka: Brunei Darussalam BO |Bolivia |12660 | | |2s| bq |Bequia |32130biq|VC| | |part of St. Vincent BR |Brazil |12730 | | |2s| BS |Bahamas, The |12040 | | |2m| BT |Bhutan |12560 | | |4s| BV |Bouvet Island | |NO| |ne|Dependent of Norway (non philatelic) BW |Botswana |12710 | | |1s| BY |Belarus |40160 | | |ee|or 'Byelorussia' BZ |Belize |12420 | | |2m| BY |Byelorussia |40160 | |is|ee|aka: 'Belarus' CA |Canada |13800 | |UK|2n| CC |Cocos (Keeling) Islands |15230 |AU|bc|io|External Territory CD |Congo, Democratic Republic |38720 | | |1c|was/aka: Zaire (was .ZR; now .CD) ce |Chechnya |40700che|RU|is|4c|?: autonomous region of Russia, CIS CF |Central African Republic |14170 | | |1c| CG |Congo, Rep. of the|40220 | | |1w|fomer Congo People's Republic; APRL number appears to be wrong. CH |Switzerland |34150 | | |ew| CI |Cote d'Ivorie |23330 | | |1w|aka: Ivory Coast CI |Ivory Coast |23330 | | |1n|aka: Cote d'Ivorie CK |Cook Islands |16110 |NZ|UK|po|Associated Territory CL |Chile |14490 | | |2s| CM |Cameroon |13740 | | |1w| CN |China PR |15050 | | |4e|Peoples Republic of CO |Colombia |15250 | | |2s| CR |Costa Rica |16180 | | |2m| CU |Cuba |16320 | | |2m| CV |Cape Verde |13980 | | |5n|West of Senegal, W. Africa CX |Christmas Island |15100 |AU|bc|io|(Indian Ocean), External Territory CY |Cyprus |16390 | | |4o|see also Turkish North Cyprus CZ |Czech Republic |40260 | | |ew| DE |Germany |19260 | | |ew|East & West united DK |Denmark |16810 | | |en| DJ |Djibouti |16860 | | |1e| DM |Dominica |16920 | | |2m| DO |Dominican Republic|16930 | | |2m| DZ |Algeria |10670 | | |1n|No. Africa EC |Ecuador |17180 | | |2s| EE |Estonia |40300 | | |ee| EG |Egypt |17200 | | |1n| ER |Eritrea |17385 | | |1e|(was autonomous region of Ethiopia) ES |Spain |33580 | | |ew| ET |Ethiopia |17430 | | |1e| FI |Finland |17720 | | |en| FJ |Fiji |17710 | | |po| FK |Falkland Islands |17480 |UK| |5s|Dependency & Administers UK Dependency So. Georgia FM |Micronesia, Federated States of|40620 |US| |po| FO |Faroe lslands |17590 |DK| |en|Autonomous Dependency FR |France |17890 | | |ew| GA |Gabon |18930 | | |1w| GB |Great Britain |20080 |UK|bc|ew|aka: England and Scotland & forms part of the UK GD |Grenada & The Grenedines |20730 | | |2m|see also St. Vincent & The Grenedines GE |Georgia |40380 | |is|4c|CIS (was 'GG') GF |French Guiana |18600 |FR| |2s|Overseas Département GG |Guernsey, Baliwick of |14390 |GB|bc|ew|Crown Dependency, ('not part of UK'). incl.: Alderney (ay): used 'gu' awhile GH |Ghana |19960 | | |1w| GI |Gibraltar |19970 |UK|bc|ew|UK Dependency GL |Greenland |20700 |DK| |5n|Autonomous Dependency GM |Gambia, The |18950 | | |1w| GN |Guinea |20860 | | |1w|former French GP |Guadeloupe |20770 |FR| |2m|(St. Martin) Overseas Département GQ |Equatorial Guinea |17370 | | |1w| GR |Greece |20490 | | |ew| GS |South Georgia & South Sandwich Isls |17530 |UK| |5s|GS (used 'ss') UK dependency; admin at Falkland Isls GT |Guatemala |20810 | | |2s| GW |Guinea-Bissau |40400 | | |1w| GY |Guyana |20910 | | |2s| HN |Honduras |21200 | | |2m| HK |Hong Kong |21230 | |CN|4e|part of PR China a/o 12/99 HR |Croatia |40240 | | |es| HT |Haiti |20950 | | |2m| HU |Hungary |21340 | | |ee| ID |Indonesia |22280 | | |4x| IE |Ireland |22550 | | |ew| IL |Israel |22600 | | |4o|08 Dec 94 report indicated that postage stamps had been issued by Palestine for Gaza and Jericho but no agreement reached with Israel on int'l use. IM |Isle of Man |22570 | | |5n| IN |India |21540 | | |4s| IO |British Indian Ocean Territory |12980 |UK|bc|io|Brit. Indian Ocean Ter. [Chagos], UK Dependency IQ |Iraq |22520 | | |4o| IR |Iran |22490 | | |4o| IS |Iceland |21470 | | |5n| IT |Italy |22820 | | |ew| JE |Jersey, Bailiwick of |14400 |GB|bc|5n|Crown Dependency, ('not part of UK'). JM |Jamaica |23370 | | |2m| JP |Japan |23410 | | |4e|East Asia JO |Jordan |23970 | | |4o| KE |Kenya |24330 | | |1e| KG |Kyrgystan |40480 | | |4c| KH |Khmer Republic |13700 | | |4x|was: Cambodia KH |Cambodia |13700 | | |4x|now: Khmer Republic KN |Saint Kitts |32060 |UK| |2m|'and Nevis'; see also: 'Nevis' KP |Korea, DPR |24650 | | |4e|aka: North Korea, (DPRK) KR |Korea, Rep. |24670 | | |4e|aka: South Korea, (ROK) KI |Kiribati |40460 | | |po| kv |Kosovo |41120 | | |es|new 1999/2000 KW |Kuwait |24780 | | |4o| KM |Comoros |15540 | | |1s|aka: Comoro Islands KY |Cayman Islands |14150 |UK|bc|2m|UK Dependency KZ |Kazakhstan |40440 | | |4c|(was listed as 'KK', now is 'KZ') LA |Laos |24920 | | |4x| LB |Lebanon |25060 | | |4o| LC |Saint Lucia |32080 | | |2m| LI |Liechtenstein |25550 | | |ec| LK |Sri Lanka |33930 | | |io| LR |Liberia |25350 | | |1w| LS |Lesotho |25210 | | |1s|enclave in So. Africa (.ZA) LT |Lithuania |25630 | | |ee| LU |Luxembourg |25850 | | |ew| LV |Latvia |40500 | | |ee| LY |Libya |25520 | | |1n| MA |Morocco |27610 | | |1n| mb |Mountainous Karabakh |40100mou|AZ|is|4c|autonomous region of Armenia (& Azerbaijan), CIS MC |Monaco |27390 | | |ew| MD |Moldova |40640 | |is|ee| MG |Madagascar |26150 | | |1e|Was:Malagasy Republic til 1993; CIA describes region as 'io' MH |Marshall Islands |40560 | | |po| MK |Macedonia, |40540 | | |es|The Former Yugoslav Rep. of ML |Mali |26430 | | |1w| MM |Myanmar |13550 | | |4x|aka/see: Burma MM |Burma |13550 | | |4x|aka: Myanmar MN |Mongolia |27430 | | |4n| MO |Macau |25880 |CN| |4e|aka: Macao (returned to PR China Dec, 1999 from Portugal) MP |Northern Mariana Isls|26540 |US| |po|US Commonwealth Territory: Rota, Tinian, Saipan & No. to ~21 deg. No. ?;dupe mp |Maderia |30390 |PT| | |autonomous region of Portugal MQ |Martinique |26610 |FR| |2m|Overseas Département (Uses .fr domain) MR |Mauritania |26720 | | |1n| MS |Montserrat |27570 | | |2m|UK? MT |Malta |26460 | | |es|Mediterrainian; So. of Italy MU |Mauritius |26730 | | |io|East of Madagascar in Indian Ocean MV |Maldives |26420 | | |io|Republic of MW |Malawi |26160 | | |1s| MX |Mexico |26890 | | |2m| MY |Malaysia |26400 | | |4x| MZ |Mozambique |27760 | | |1s| NA |Namibia |40660 | | |1s| NC |New Caledonia |28290 |FR| |po|Overseas Territory NE |Niger |28570 | | |1w| NF |Norfolk Island |28700 |AU|bc|po|External Territory NG |Nigeria |28620 | | |1w| nk |Nakhichevan |40140nak| |is|4c|region of Azerbaijan, CIS; issues NL |Netherlands |28010 | | |ew| NO |Norway |29040 | | |en| NP |Nepal |28000 | | |4s| NR |Nauru |27900 | | |po| NI |Nicaragua |28540 | | |2m| NU |Niue |28690 |NZ|UK|po|Associated Territory nv |Nevis |28250 |KN|UK|2m|see also: St. Kitts nx |Niuafo'ou |35180niu|TO|NZ|po|aka: Tin Can Island NZ |New Zealand |28500 | | |po| OM |Oman |29280 | | |4o| PA |Panama |29590 | | |2m| PE |Peru |29850 | | |2s| PF |French Polynesia |18750 |FR| |po|(Tahiti) Overseas Département PG |Papua New Guinea |29640 | | |4x| PH |Philippines |30040 | | |4x| PK |Pakistan |29480 | | |4s| PL |Poland |30130 | | |ee| PM |Saint Pierre & Miquelon |32100 |FR| |5n|Collectivité Territoriale; near Canada PN |Pitcairn Islands |30100 |NZ|UK|po| pr |Penhryn |16110pen|CK|NZ|po|my#; one of the Cook Islands PS |West Bank (Palestine) |29530 | | | |contiguous with Israel * WB |Palestine |29530 | | |4o|aka West Bank (Muslem Israel area) PT |Portugal |30370 | | |ew| PW |Palau |40680 | | |po| PY |Paraguay |29650 | | |2s| QA |Qatar |30590 | | |4o| ra |Redonda |11180red|AG|UK|2m|dependent of Antigua & Barbuda rd |Ross Dependency |28520 |NZ|UK|AQ|NZ's Antarctic Ter. RE |Reunion |30790 |FR| |1s|Overseas Département (uses fr domain) RO |Romania |31000 | | |es| RU |Russia |40700 | |is|4n|No. Asia; CIS RW |Rwanda |31870 | | |1c| |Scotland ?|||||; part of the UK but issues stamps? SA |Saudi Arabia |32460 | | |4o| SB |Solomon Islands |13250 | | |po|was: British Solomon Islands SC |Seychelles |32740 | | |1e|Zil Elwannyen Sesel SD |Sudan |34010 | | |1n| SE |Sweden |34130 | | |en| SG |Singapore |32980 | | |4x| SH |Saint Helena |32030 |UK| |5s|S/A: Tristian.. and ... SK |Slovakia |40720 | | |ee|aka: Slovak Republic SL |Sierra Leone |32940 | | |1w| SM |San Marino |32270 | | |ew|enclave in Italy SN |Senegal |32630 | | |1w| SO |Somalia |33120 | | |1e| SR |Suriname |34100 | | |2s| ST |Saint Thomas & Prince Islands |32110 | | |1w|aka: Sao Tome and Principe ST |Sao Tome & Principe |32110 | | |1w|aka: Saint Thomas and Prince Islands SI |Slovenia |40740 | | |es| SV |El Salvador |17290 | | |2m| sx |South Ossetia |40360soo|GE|is|4c|4c? a region of Georgia, CIS SY |Syria |34370 | | |4o| SZ |Swaziland |34120 | | |1s| ta |Tristan da Cunha |35610 |SH|UK|5s|Dependency of St. Helena TC |Turks and Caicos |36070 |UK| |2m| TD |Chad |14320 | | |1c|aka: Tchad TF |French Southern & Antarctic Ter. |18810 |FR| |AQ|Overseas Territory TG |Togo |35090 | | |1w| TH |Thailand |34830 | | |4x| TJ |Tajikistan |40760 | |is|4c| TK |Tokelau |35160 |NZ|bc|po|Autonomous Territory TM |Turkmenistan |36050 | |is|4c| TN |Tunisia |35760 | | |1n| TO |Tonga |35180 |NZ|bc|po|& Niuafo'ou TP |Timor |35020 | | |4x|incl: Okusi-Ambeno, East Timor TP |East Timor |35020 | | |4x|aka: Timor TR |Turkey |35780 | | |4o| ts |Transnistria |40640tra|MD|is|ee|region of Moldova, CIS TT |Trinidad & Tobago |35510 | | |2n| tu |Tuva |40700tuv|RU|is|4n|region of Russia, CIS; No. of Mongolia TV |Tuvalu |36110 |UK| |po|UK?; CIA not clear TW |China, Rep. of |15040 | | |4e|aka: Taiwan; Formosa (ROC) TW |Taiwan |15040 | | |4e|aka: China, Republic of, Formosa or ROC TZ |Tanzania |34550 | | |1e| UA |Ukraine |40800 | | |ee| UG |Uganda |36170 | | |1e|E. Africa UK |United Kingdom | | |bc|ew|=Great Britain (GB) (England), Wales, Scotland and N. Ireland ... UM |Wake Island (EnenKio Atoll) | |US| | |US External Territory (used 'en'); Cinderellas UM |EnenKio Atoll | |US| |po|(Wake Island; USA; Cinderellas - used 'em') UN |United Nations |36290 | | | |A non-territorial state US |United States |36320 | | |2n| (bjqxyz no used as state names) UY |Uruguay |37620 | | |2s| UZ |Uzbekistan |40820 | | |4c| VA |Vatican City |37700 | | |ew|aka: Holy See VC |Saint Vincent & The Grenedines |32130 | | |2m| see also: Grenada & The Grenedines VE |Venezuela |37730 | | |2s| VG |British Virgin Islandss |37960 |UK|bc|2m|Caribbean, UK Dependency VN |Vietnam |37890 | | |4x| VI |Virgin Islands, US|36420 |US| |2m|see also: British Virgin Islands VU |Vanuatu |40840 | | |po| WB |Palestine |29530 | | |4o|aka West Bank (Muslem Israel area) * PS|West Bank (Palestine) |29530 | | | |contiguous with Israel WF |Wallis & Futuna |38160 |FR| |po|Overseas Territory WS |Samoa, Indep. State of |32210 |NZ|UK|po|aka/see: Western Samoa, cf.: American Samoa) WS |Western Samoa |38310 | | |po|aka: Independent State of Samoa YE |Yemen, Republic of|38520 | | |4o| YT |Mayotte |26750 |FR| |1s|Collectivité Territoriale YU |Yugoslavia |38540 | | |es|see: Serbia who now claims this name.; was: .BA, SI, .HR, .MK, Serbia, Kosovo ... YU |Serbia & Montenegro |38540 | | |es|CIA notes USA disagrees on use of 'Yugoslavia' ... ZA |South Africa |33180 | | |1s| ZM |Zambia |38740 | | |1s| ZW |Zimbabwe |40880 | | |1_|former Southern Rhodesia ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ unassigned: |Turkish North Cyprus |35760 | | |4o| use: xy? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Category Abbreviations and hopeful explanations: ============================================================================================== NT|Country | # |TN|RP|RG|Comment ============================================================================================== |NT| - 'net (internet) codes. As used IN THIS LIST standard codes are in the UPPER CASE and my ID codes are in 'lower case'. (Note:) as used they are all 'lower case'; eg. .ab, .af if used in the Dealers indexes or as cross references in the various Directories to a commercial entity. UPPER CASE (e.g. '.DE', .US) is starting to be used for individuals with essentially non-commercial endeavors. This UPPER CASE usage is sporadic and may not succeed. |Country | - 'Country or Philatelic Territory Name' The name of all countries today and several political sub units that have/do issue postage or cinderella stamps. | # | - area/era codes ; consider using as map co-ord's. (see 'Reference Materials' "Numerical" for more extensive list; filename 'referenc.htm' in this directory) ; see more below. |TN| - 'Territory (of Country) Name' : the internet (or my ID) code (see 'NT" above) of a governing nation. (e.g. the 'NT' (internet code) 'AS' (.as/American Samoa) is governed by the 'NT' (internet code) 'US" (.us/USA) - (though the actual '.us' is seldom used it is useful to tell the story) |RP| - 'Political Region' (if any) of a governing unit belonged to. (an code ; unfortunately already in use) : bc = British Commonwealth, gb/GB = Great Britain (England) is = CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) (how this differs, if it does from the Russian Federation still needs work) |RG| - 'Regional Code' denoting physical location ; experimental AU=Australia (only one to get her own? or s/b IO or..? e=Europe; n=north (en). s-south (es); c=Central (ec) p=Pacific; o=Oceania (South Seas?) 1=Africa; n,e,w,s,c=central 2=Americas; n & s as above but: m=mid (2m) Caribbean, Mexico.. 4=Asia; as above but: , o=Orient (Mid, Near East) 5=Alantic ================= The 5 number (#) system is based on documents found 1999 at: ftp://ftp.cviog.uga.edu/pub/exchange/jackson/miscel/aprlcode.txt/ and available via my 'Reference Materials' page: http://ajward.tripod.com/i/ref/referenc.htm "These are listings of the APRL Country Codes as originally published by the American Philatelic Research Library in the "Manual of Philatelic Headings Used by the American Philatelic Research Library," by Smith, Evans, Mast, et al., (c) APRL 1979 (ISBN 0-934610-02-9) and as augmented by the American Philatelic Society Computers in Philately Committee, Lois M. Evans-de Violini, Chairman, July 1994." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 'standard' internet dotted addresses (i.e. _ZA_ etc; in ALL CAPS) have been confirmed as noted below and the APRL location/era reference numbers, for which I have no other current use have been appended for cross referencing to their list. I do consider them potentially useful as map co-ordinate cross references and/or filenames. Added codes use alpha/numeric or all lower case letters and are NOT standard. Changes made when confirming internet codes are based on the 'Global Web Explorer' list (see 'Postal Authorities Biblography' page: http://ajward.tripod.com/i/posts/pa-bib.htm ). Primairly used to develope 'anchors' for HTML developement of Postal Authorties listings, the 'Stamp Issuing Entities' menu, The World Dealers Directory and to form a database. Changes to original: Georgia GG to GE, PDR Congo (Zaire) ZR to CD, Kazakhstam KK to KZ. Several additions: see "Reference Material" in Postal Authorities Bibliography. Note: If she doesn't currently (circa 2000) issue stamps I didn't add her. If she was/is on here and doesn't/didn't issue stamps I may have left here there... - aj. Oct. 2000 updateed 11/2001 (some reformating) last update 5/28/2002 : totally reorganized: reordered by NT (internet codes) original list by country copied to 1-apcode.txt in this directory