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. Arad (French Occupation) Hungarian stamps overprinted Occupation Française. Dates 1919 only Currency 100 filler = 1 korona Refer French Occupation Issues Arbe Stamps of Fiume overprinted Arbe during the last month (Nov-Dec 1920) of the Carnaro regency in Fiume. Arbe became the Yugoslav island of Rab. Fiume has been renamed Rijeka. Dates 1920 only Currency 100 centesimi = 1 lira Refer Fiume Archipel des Comores Refer Comoro Islands Argentina Dates 1858 – Capital Buenos Aires Currency 100 centavos = 1 peso Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Argentina Argentine Territories Main Article Includes Buenos Aires; Córdoba; Corrientes Tierra del Fuego Armenia Following the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, Armenia became an independent republic and started to issue its own stamps in 1992. Dates 1992 – Capital Yerevan Currency (1992) 100 kopecks = 1 Russian rouble (2002) 100 luma = 1 dram Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Armenia Includes Armenia (pre-Soviet) See also Transcaucasian Federation; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) Armenia (pre-Soviet) Formerly part of Transcaucasian Russia, Armenia gained temporary independence after the 1917 Russian Revolution. During 1922–1924, Armenia formed part of the Transcaucasian Federation with Azerbaijan and Georgia. Used stamps of the USSR 1924–1991. Dates 1919 – 1923 Capital Yerevan Currency 100 kopecks = 1 Armenian rouble Refer Armenia Army Post Refer Egypt (British Forces) Artsakh Refer Nagorno-Karabakh Aruba Aruba is a small, rocky and semiarid island in the Caribbean, about 165 miles north of Venezuela. It is one of the Leewards and is near the Dutch islands of Curaçao and Bonaire. Oil refining was its major industry until 1985 when the refinery was closed down. Attempts are now being made to promote tourism. The population is cosmopolitan with Dutch the official language. The island was occupied by Spain early in the 16th century. The Spaniards were driven out by the Dutch in 1634. Apart from a brief period of British rule during the Napoleonic Wars, it has remained a Dutch territory ever since, forming part of the Netherlands Antilles until 1986. The economic situation in the 1970s led to demands for separation. This was