International Ovals, sorted by country S to Z
The information in italic has to be confirmed, the rest comes mainly from RPW3 or international organisations sources.
| Country | OVAL | Used between : |
or since : | ISO 2/3 |
| Saarland, now in Germany | SA | 25-35, 45-46 now in D | ||
| San Marino | RSM | 32- | SM/SMR | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | ST/STP | |||
| Sarawak, now in Malaysia | SK | 55-63 now in MAL | ||
| Saudi Arabia | SA | begin.70s- | SA/SAU | |
| Saudi Arabia (unofficial Oval seen (small black/orange)) | SAT | |||
| Saudi Arabia (unofficial Oval seen in France) | AS | |||
| Senegal | SN | 62- | SN/SEN | |
| Serbia (unofficial Oval seen in France, 90's) | SER | |||
| Serbia, now in Serbia Montenegro | SB | 11-18 now in SCG | ||
| Serbia Montenegro | SCG | 2003- | ||
| Seychelles | SY | 38- | SC/SYC | |
| Siam, now Thailand | SM | 30-55 now T | ||
| Sierra Leone | WAL | 37- | SL/SLE | |
| Singapore | SGP | 52- | SG/SGP | |
| Singapore (unofficial Oval list) | SG | |||
| Slovakia | SO | 39-45, 93 now SK | ||
| Slovakia | SQ | 93 now SK | ||
| Slovakia | SK | 93- | SK/SVK | |
| Slovenia | SLO | 91- | SI/SVN | |
| Solomon Islands | SB/SLB | |||
| Somali French Coast, now Djibouti (reported Oval) | CFS | now RDD ? | ||
| Somalia | SO | begin. 70s- | SO/SOM | |
| Somalia Protectorate, now in Somalia | SP | 38-60 now in SO | ||
| South Africa | SAU | 33-56 now ZA | ||
| South Africa | ZA | 36- | ZA/ZAF | |
| South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands | GS/SGS | |||
| South Korea | ROK | 71- | KR/KOR | |
| South Korea (unofficial Oval list) | KO | |||
| South West Africa, now Namibia | SWA | 35-66 now NAM | ||
| Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe | RSR | 60-79 now ZW | ||
| Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe | SR | 32-60 now ZW | ||
| Soviet Union, now split | SU | 26-91 now RUS+UA+BY,... | SU/SUN reserved | |
| Spain | E | 10- | ES/ESP | |
| Spanish Morocco, now in Morocco | ME | 35-52 now in MA | ||
| Spratly Islands - China sea | SI reserved | |||
| Sri Lanka, former Ceylon | CL | 32- | LK/LKA | |
| St Helena | SH/SHN | |||
| St Kitts and Nevis | KNKNA | |||
| St Lucia | WL | 32- | LC/LCA | |
| St Pierre and Miquelon | PM/SPM | |||
| St Vincent and The Grenadines | WV | 32- | VC/VCT | |
| State of North Borneo, now in Malaysia | SNB | 38-55 now MAL | ||
| Straits Settlements, now in Malaysia | SS | 32-52 now MAL+SGP | ||
| Sudan | SUD | 63- | SD/SDN | |
| Suriname | SME | 36- | SR/SUR | |
| Svalbard and Jan Mayen | SJ/SJM | |||
| Swaziland | SD | 35- | SZ/SWZ | |
| Swaziland (unofficial 1926 Oval list) | SID | |||
| Sweden | S | 11- | SE/SWE | |
| Switzerland | CH | 11- | CH/CHE | |
| Syria | SYR | 52- | SY/SYR | |
| Syria and Lebanon, now split | SL | 31-52 now SYR+RL | ||
| Taiwan | RC | 32- | TW/TWN | |
| Tajikistan | TJ | 96?- | TJ/TJK | |
| Tangier, now in Morocco | MT | 33-56 now in MA | ||
| Tanzania-Tanganyika (2 Ovals, 1 ISO) | EAT | 38- | TZ/TZA | |
| Tanzania-Zanzibar (2 Ovals, 1 ISO) | EAZ | 38- | TZ/TZA | |
| Thailand | T | 55- | TH/THA | |
| Thailand (unofficial Oval list) | TAI | |||
| Togo | TT | 32-52 now TG | ||
| Togo | TG | 62- | TG/TGO | |
| Tokelau Island - South Pacific | TK/TKL | |||
| Tonga | TO/TON | |||
| Trengganu, now in Malaysia | TU | 35-48 now in MAL | ||
| Trieste, now in Italy | TS | 45-54 now in I | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago | TT | 64- | TT/TTO | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TD | 38-64 now TT | ||
| Tristan da Cunha | TA | |||
| Trucial Oman, now Oman | TO | 60s now ? | ||
| Trust Territory Pacific Island, TTPI | now FM, FW, MH, MP | PC/PCI reserved | ||
| Tunisia | TN | 57- | TN/TUN | |
| Tunisia (unofficial Oval list) | TU | |||
| Turkey | TR | 35- | TR/TUR | |
| Turkey (reported RPW3 p577) | T | now TR | ||
| Turkmenistan | TMN | 93-96? Now TM | ||
| Turkmenistan | TM | 96?- | TM/TKM | |
| Turks and Caicos | TC/TCA | |||
| Tuvalu | TV/TUV | |||
| Uganda | EAU | 38- | UG/UGA | |
| Ukraine | UR | 91 now UA | ||
| Ukraine | UA | 92- | UA/UKR | |
| Ukraine (unofficial Oval seen in France (80s'), cyrillic ?) | YK | |||
| United Arab Emirates | AE/ARE | |||
| United Kingdom | GB | 10- | GB/GBR | |
| United Kingdom (unofficial Oval seen in France 2/98) | U,K, | UK see GB | ||
| United States of America | USA | 52- | US/USA | |
| United States of America (1912 Encyclopedia Oval list) | US | |||
| Upper Volta, now Burkina Faso | RHV | 70s-90s now BF | HV/HVO reserved | |
| Upper Volta, now Burkina Faso | HV | 61-70s now BF | ||
| Uruguay | U | 49-70s now ROU | ||
| Uruguay | ROU | end 70s- | UY/URY | |
| Uzbekistan | UZ | 96?- | UZ/UZB | |
| Vanuatu | VU/VUT | |||
| Vatican (unofficial Oval list) | SCV | |||
| Vatican City State | V | 31- | VA/VAT | |
| Venezuela | YV | 55- | VE/VEN | |
| Vietnam | VN | 53- | VN/VNM | |
| Wake Island | WK/WAK reserved | |||
| Wallis and Futuna Islands | WF/WLF | |||
| Western Sahara, now in Morocco | EH/ESH | |||
| Western Samoa | WS | 62- | WS/WSM | |
| Yemen | YAR | begin. 70s- | YE/YEM | |
| Yemen Democratic Republic, now in Yemen | ADN | 38-80 now in YAR | YD/YMD reserved | |
| Yugoslavia | YU | 52-2002 now SCG, SLO, HR, MK | YU/YUG | |
| Yugoslavia | Y | 36-52 now SCG, SLO, HR, MK | ||
| Zaire (unofficial Oval seen in France) | ZAIRE | |||
| Zaire, now Democratic Republic of Congo | ZRE | 81-99 now CGO | ZR/ZAR | |
| Zaire, now Democratic Republic of Congo | ZR | 73-80 now CGO | ||
| Zambia | Z | 66- | ZM/ZMB | |
| Zimbabwe | ZW | end 70s- | ZW/ZWE | |
| Zimbabwe | ZM | end 70s now ZW |