Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Ga–Ge) explained

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.

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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
    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
    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

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