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.
Gabon
Dates 1959 – Capital Libreville Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc
Includes Gabon (French Colony)
See also French Equatorial Africa
Gabon (French Colony)
Dates 1886 – 1937 Capital Libreville Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc
Refer Gabon
Galápagos Islands
Dates 1957 – 1959 Capital San Cristóbal (Puerto Baquerizo) Currency 100 centavos = 1 sucre
Main Article
See also Ecuador
Galata
Refer Constantinople (Russian Post Office)
Galicia
Refer West Ukraine
Gambia
Dates 1869 – Capital Banjul (formerly Bathurst) Currency (1869) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound (1971) 100 bututs = 1 dalasy
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of the Gambia
Gaspé
Refer New Carlisle (Gaspé)
Gaza (Egyptian Occupation)
Dates 1948 – 1967 Currency 1000 milliemes = 100 piastres = 1 Egyptian pound
Refer Egyptian Occupation Issues
Gaza (Indian UN Force)
Dates 1965 only Currency 100 paisa = 1 rupee
Refer Indian Overseas Forces
Gdansk
Refer Danzig (Polish Post Office)
GEA
Refer German East Africa
General Gouvernement
Refer Poland (German Occupation World War II)
General Postal Union
Refer Universal Postal Union (UPU)
Geneva
Dates 1843 – 1850 Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc
Refer Swiss Cantonal Issues
See also League of Nations (Geneva); United Nations (UN)
Georgia
Dates 1993 – Capital Tbilisi Currency (1993) 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble (1993) 100 tetri = 1 lari
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Georgia
Includes Georgia (pre – Soviet)
See also Transcaucasian Federation; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
Georgia (pre-Soviet)
Dates 1919 – 1923 Capital Tbilisi Currency 100 kopecks = 1 Georgian rouble
Refer Georgia
See also Transcaucasian Federation; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
German Cameroun
Refer Kamerun
German Colonies Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of the German colonies
Includes Caroline Islands; German East Africa; German New Guinea; German Samoa; German South West Africa; German Togo; Kamerun; Kiautschou; Mariana Islands (Marianen); Marshall Islands (German Colony)
German Commands
Refer Eastern Command Area; Western Command Area
German East Africa
Dates 1893 – 1916 Capital Dar-es-Salaam Currency (1893) 64 pesa = 100 heller = 1 rupee (1905) 100 heller = 1 rupee
Refer German Colonies
See also German East Africa (Belgian Occupation); German East Africa (British Occupation); Tanganyika
German East Africa (Belgian Occupation)
Dates 1916 – 1918 Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc
Refer Belgian Occupation Issues
German East Africa (British Occupation)
Dates 1917 only Currency 100 cents = 1 rupee
Refer British Occupation Issues
German East Africa (Portuguese Occupation)
Refer Kionga
German Levant
Refer German Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
German New Guinea
Dates 1898 – 1914 Capital Rabaul Currency 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Refer German Colonies
See also Papua New Guinea
German Ninth Army Post
Dates 1918 only Currency 100 bani = 1 leu
Refer German Occupation Issues (World War I)
See also Rumania (German Occupation)
German Occupation Issues (World War I)
Dates 1914 – 1918
Main Article
Includes Belgium (German Occupation); Dorpat (German Occupation); Eastern Command Area; German Ninth Army Post; Poland (German Occupation World War I); Rumania (German Occupation); Western Command Area
German Occupation Issues (World War II)
Dates 1939 – 1945
Main Article
Includes Albania (German Occupation); Alsace (German Occupation); Dalmatia (German Occupation); Estonia (German Occupation); Laibach (German Occupation); Latvia (German Occupation); Lithuania (German Occupation); Lorraine (German Occupation); Luxembourg (German Occupation); Macedonia (German Occupation); Montenegro (German Occupation); Ostland; Poland (German Occupation World War II); Serbia (German Occupation); Ukraine (German Occupation); Zante (German Occupation)
German Post Offices Abroad Main Article German post offices abroad
Includes China (German Post Offices); German Post Offices in the Turkish Empire; Morocco (German Post Offices); Zanzibar (German Postal Agency)
German Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
Dates 1884 – 1914 Currency (1884) 40 paras = 1 piastre (1908) 100 centimes = 1 franc
Refer German Post Offices Abroad
German Samoa
Dates 1900 – 1914 Capital Apia Currency 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Refer German Colonies
German South West Africa
Dates 1888 – 1915 Capital Windhoek Currency 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Refer German Colonies
See also Namibia; South West Africa
German States
Main Article
Includes Bergedorf; Bremen; Brunswick; Hamburg; Hanover; Holstein; Lübeck; Mecklenburg-Schwerin; Mecklenburg-Strelitz; Oldenburg; Saxony; Schleswig; Schleswig-Holstein; Thurn & Taxis
See also Baden; Bavaria; Germany (Imperial); North German Confederation; Prussia; Württemberg
German Togo
Dates 1897 – 1914 Capital Lomé Currency 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Refer German Colonies
Germany
Dates 1991 – Capital Berlin Currency (1991) 100 pfennige = 1 mark (DM) (2002) 100 cent = 1 euro
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Germany
See also Germany (Allied Occupation); Germany (Imperial); Germany (Third Reich); Germany (Weimar Republic); East Germany; West Berlin; West Germany
Germany (Allied Occupation)
Dates 1945 – 1949
Main Article
Includes American, British & Russian Zones (General Issues); Anglo-American Zones (Civil Government); Anglo-American Zones (Military Government); Baden (French Zone); Berlin – Brandenburg (Russian Zone); French Zone (General Issues); Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Russian Zone); North West Saxony (Russian Zone); Rhineland-Palatinate (French Zone); Russian Zone (General Issues); Saar (French Zone); Saxony (Russian Zone); South East Saxony (Russian Zone); Thuringia (Russian Zone); Württemberg (French Zone)
See also East Germany; Germany; West Berlin; West Germany
Germany (Belgian Occupation)
Dates 1919 – 1920 Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc
Refer Belgian Occupation Issues
See also Eupen & Malmedy (Belgian Occupation)
Germany (Imperial)
Dates 1872 – 1919 Capital Berlin Currency 100 pfennige = 1 Reichsmark
Main Article
See also Germany; Germany (Allied Occupation); Germany (Third Reich); Germany (Weimar Republic); East Germany; West Berlin; West Germany
Germany (Third Reich)
Dates 1933 – 1945 Capital Berlin Currency 100 pfennige = 1 Reichsmark
Main Article
See also Germany; Germany (Allied Occupation); Germany (Imperial); Germany (Weimar Republic); East Germany; West Berlin; West Germany
Germany (Weimar Republic)
Dates 1919 – 1932 Capital Berlin Currency 100 pfennige = 1 Reichsmark
Main Article
See also Germany; Germany (Allied Occupation); Germany (Imperial); Germany (Third Reich); East Germany; West Berlin; West Germany
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
Encyclopaedia of Postal History