Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Gh – Gz)

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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.

[edit] Ghadames

Dates: 1949 – 1951
Capital: Ghadames
Currency: French (100 centimes = 1 franc)

Refer: Fezzan

[edit] Ghana

Dates: 1957 –
Capital: Accra
Currency: (1957) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound; (1965) 100 pesewas = 1 cedi

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Ghana

See also: Gold Coast

[edit] Gibraltar

Dates: 1886 –
Capital: Gibraltar
Currency: (1886) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound; (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Gibraltar

[edit] Gilbert Islands

Dates: 1976 – 1979
Capital: Tarawa
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

Refer: Kiribati

[edit] Gilbert & Ellice Islands

Dates: 1911 – 1975
Capital: Tarawa
Currency: (1911) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound; (1966) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands

See also: Kiribati;; Tuvalu

[edit] Goa

Refer: Portuguese India

[edit] Gold Coast

Dates: 1875 – 1957
Capital: Accra
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Main Article

See also: Ghana

[edit] Gorizia

Refer: Venezia Giulia & Istria

[edit] Graham Land (Falkland Island Dependencies)

Dates: 1944 – 1946
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer: Falkland Islands Dependencies

[edit] Granadine Confederation

Dates: 1859 – 1861
Capital: Bogotá
Currency: 100 centavos = 1 peso

Refer: Colombian Territories

[edit] Grand Liban

Refer: Lebanon

[edit] Grande Comore

Refer: Great Comoro

[edit] Great Britain

Dates: 1840 –
Capital: London
Currency: (1840) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound; (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound

[edit] Great Britain (Regional Issues)

Dates: 1958 –
Currency: (1958) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound; (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound

Includes: Northern Ireland;; Scotland;; Wales

See also: Channel Islands;; Guernsey;; Isle of Man;; Jersey

[edit] Great Comoro

Dates: 1897 – 1914
Capital: Moroni
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer: Madagascar & Dependencies

See also: Comoro Islands

[edit] Greater Lebanon

Dates: 1924 – 1926
Capital: Beirut
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 piastre

Refer: Lebanon

[edit] Greece

Dates: 1861 –
Capital: Athens
Currency: (1861) 100 lepta = 1 drachma; (2002) 100 cent = 1 euro

Includes: Greek Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

[edit] Greek Occupation Issues

Main Article

Includes: Albania (Greek Occupation);; Dodecanese Islands (Greek Occupation);; Kavalla (Greek Occupation);; Khios;; Lemnos;; Lesbos

See also: Adrianople;; Aegean Islands (Dodecanese);; Dedêagatz (Greek Occupation);; Eastern Thrace;; Epirus;; Gumultsina;; Ikaria;; Thrace;; Western Thrace;; Western Thrace (Greek Occupation)

[edit] Greek Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Dates: 1861 – 1881
Currency: 100 lepta = 1 drachma

Refer: Greece

[edit] Greenland

Dates: 1938 –
Capital: Godthab
Currency: 100 ore = 1 krone

Main Article

[edit] Grenada

Dates: 1861 –
Capital: St George's
Currency: (1861) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound; (1949) 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Grenada

[edit] Grenadines of Grenada

Dates: 1973 –
Capital: Hillsborough
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article

[edit] Grenadines of St Vincent

Dates: 1973 –
Capital: Port Elizabeth
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article

[edit] Griqualand West

Dates: 1874 – 1880
Capital: Kimberley
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer: Cape of Good Hope

[edit] Grodno

Refer: South Lithuania (Russian Occupation)

[edit] Guadeloupe

Dates: 1884 – 1947
Capital: Basse-Terre
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Main Article

[edit] Guam

Dates: 1899 – 1901
Capital: Agaña
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

Refer: US Post Abroad

[edit] Guanacaste

Dates: 1885 – 1889
Currency: 100 centavos = 1 peso

Main Article

See also: Costa Rica

[edit] Guatemala

Dates: 1871 –
Capital: Guatemala City
Currency: (1871) 100 centacos = 8 reales = 1 peso; (1927) 100 centavos = 1 quetzal

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Guatemala

[edit] Guernsey

Dates: 1941 –
Capital: St Peter Port
Currency: (1941) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound; (1971) 100 pence = 1 pound

Main Article

See also: Alderney;; Channel Islands;; Great Britain (Regional Issues)

[edit] Guinea

Dates: 1959 –
Capital: Conakry
Currency: (1959) 100 centimes = 1 franc; (1973) 100 caury = 1 syli

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Guinea

See also: French Guinea;; French West Africa

[edit] Guinea-Bissau

Dates: 1974 –
Capital: Bissau
Currency: (1974) 100 centavos = 1 escudo; (1976) 100 cents = 1 peso

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Guinea-Bissau

See also: Portuguese Guinea

[edit] Gulf of Kotor

Refer: Dalmatia (German Occupation)

[edit] Gumultsina

Dates: 1913 only
Currency: 100 lepta = 1 drachma

Refer: Thrace

See also: Dedêagatz (Greek Occupation);; Thrace (Allied Occupation);; Western Thrace

[edit] Guyana

Dates: 1966 –
Capital: Georgetown
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Guyana

See also: British Guiana

[edit] Gwalior

Dates: 1885 – 1948
Capital: Gwalior
Currency: 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer: Gwalior in Indian Convention states

[edit] References

[edit] 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

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