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Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Ga–Ge)

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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.

Dates
1959 –
Capital
Libreville
Currency
100 centimes = 1 franc
Includes
Gabon (French Colony)
See also
French Equatorial Africa

Gabon (French Colony)

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Dates
1886 – 1937
Capital
Libreville
Currency
100 centimes = 1 franc
Refer
Gabon

Galápagos Islands

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Dates
1957 – 1959
Capital
San Cristóbal (Puerto Baquerizo)
Currency
100 centavos = 1 sucre
Main Article
See also
Ecuador

Galata

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Refer
Constantinople (Russian Post Office)

Galicia

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Refer
West Ukraine

Gambia

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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

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Refer
New Carlisle (Gaspé)

Gaza (Egyptian Occupation)

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Dates
1948 – 1967
Currency
1000 milliemes = 100 piastres = 1 Egyptian pound
Refer
Egyptian Occupation Issues

Gaza (Indian UN Force)

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Dates
1965 only
Currency
100 paisa = 1 rupee
Refer
Indian Overseas Forces

Gdansk

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Refer
Danzig (Polish Post Office)

GEA

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Refer
German East Africa

General Gouvernement

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Refer
Poland (German Occupation World War II)

General Postal Union

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Refer
Universal Postal Union (UPU)

Geneva

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Dates
1843 – 1850
Currency
100 centimes = 1 franc
Refer
Swiss Cantonal Issues
See also
League of Nations (Geneva);
United Nations (UN)

Georgia

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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)

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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

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Refer
Kamerun

German Colonies

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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

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Refer
Eastern Command Area;
Western Command Area
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)

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Dates
1916 – 1918
Currency
100 centimes = 1 franc
Refer
Belgian Occupation Issues

German East Africa (British Occupation)

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Dates
1917 only
Currency
100 cents = 1 rupee
Refer
British Occupation Issues

German East Africa (Portuguese Occupation)

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Refer
Kionga

German Levant

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Refer
German Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

German New Guinea

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Dates
1898 – 1914
Capital
Rabaul
Currency
100 pfennige = 1 mark
Refer
German Colonies
See also
Papua New Guinea

German Ninth Army Post

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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)

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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)

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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

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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

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Dates
1884 – 1914
Currency
(1884) 40 paras = 1 piastre
(1908) 100 centimes = 1 franc
Refer
German Post Offices Abroad

German Samoa

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Dates
1900 – 1914
Capital
Apia
Currency
100 pfennige = 1 mark
Refer
German Colonies
Dates
1888 – 1915
Capital
Windhoek
Currency
100 pfennige = 1 mark
Refer
German Colonies
See also
Namibia;
South West Africa

German States

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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

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Dates
1897 – 1914
Capital
Lomé
Currency
100 pfennige = 1 mark
Refer
German Colonies

Germany

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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)

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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)

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Dates
1919 – 1920
Currency
100 centimes = 1 franc
Refer
Belgian Occupation Issues
See also
Eupen & Malmedy (Belgian Occupation)

Germany (Imperial)

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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)

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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)

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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

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Bibliography

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  • 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
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