Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Gh–Gz)

Each "article" in this category is a collection of entries about many 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.

Ghadames edit

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

Refer: Fezzan

Ghana edit

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

Gibraltar edit

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

Gilbert Islands edit

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

Refer: Kiribati

Gilbert & Ellice Islands edit

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

Goa edit

Refer: Portuguese India

Gold Coast edit

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

Main Article

See also: Ghana

Gorizia edit

Refer: Venezia Giulia & Istria

Graham Land (Falkland Island Dependencies) edit

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

Refer: Falkland Islands Dependencies

Granadine Confederation edit

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

Refer: Colombian Territories

Grand Liban edit

Refer: Lebanon

Grande Comore edit

Refer: Great Comoro

Great Britain edit

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

Great Britain (Regional Issues) edit

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

Great Comoro edit

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

Refer: Madagascar & Dependencies

See also: Comoro Islands

Greater Lebanon edit

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

Refer: Lebanon

Greece edit

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

Includes: Greek Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Greek Occupation Issues edit

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)

Greek Post Offices in the Turkish Empire edit

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

Refer: Greece

Greenland edit

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

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Greenland

Grenada edit

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

Grenadines of Grenada edit

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

Main Article

Grenadines of St Vincent edit

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

Main Article

Griqualand West edit

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

Refer: Cape of Good Hope

Grodno edit

Refer: South Lithuania (Russian Occupation)

Guadeloupe edit

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

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Guadeloupe

Guam edit

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

Refer: US Post Abroad

Guanacaste edit

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

Main Article

See also: Costa Rica

Guatemala edit

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

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Guatemala

Guernsey edit

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

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Guernsey

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

Guinea edit

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

Guinea-Bissau edit

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

Gulf of Kotor edit

Refer: Dalmatia (German Occupation)

Gumultsina edit

Dates: 1913 only
Currency: 100 lepta = 1 drachma

Refer: Thrace

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

Guyana edit

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

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Guyana

See also: British Guiana

Gwalior edit

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

Refer: Gwalior in Indian Convention states

References edit

Bibliography edit

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