Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Gh–Gz) explained

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.

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Ghadames

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

    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

    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

    Gilbert Islands

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

    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

    Goa

    Refer : Portuguese India

    Gold Coast

    Dates : 1875 – 1957
  • Capital : Accra
  • Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
    • Main Article :
    See also : Ghana

    Gorizia

    Refer : Venezia Giulia & Istria

    Graham Land (Falkland Island Dependencies)

    Dates : 1944 – 1946
  • Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
    • Refer : Falkland Islands Dependencies

    Granadine Confederation

    Dates : 1859 – 1861
  • Capital : Bogotá
  • Currency : 100 centavos = 1 peso
    • Refer : Colombian Territories

    Grand Liban

    Refer : Lebanon

    Grande Comore

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

    Dates : 1897 – 1914
  • Capital : Moroni
  • Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc
    • Refer : Madagascar & Dependencies
    See also : Comoro Islands
    Dates : 1924 – 1926
  • Capital : Beirut
  • Currency : 100 centimes = 1 piastre
    • Refer : Lebanon
    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

    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

    Dates : 1861 – 1881
  • Currency : 100 lepta = 1 drachma
    • Refer : Greece

    Greenland

    Dates : 1938 –
  • Capital : Nuuk
  • Currency : 100 ore = 1 krone
    • Main Article : Postage stamps and postal history of Greenland

    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

    Grenadines of Grenada

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

    Grenadines of St Vincent

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

    Griqualand West

    Dates : 1874 – 1880
  • Capital : Kimberley
  • Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
    • Refer : Cape of Good Hope

    Grodno

    Refer : South Lithuania (Russian Occupation)

    Guadeloupe

    Dates : 1884 – 1947
  • Capital : Basse-Terre
  • Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc
    • Main Article : Postage stamps and postal history of Guadeloupe

    Guam

    Dates : 1899 – 1901
  • Capital : Agaña
  • Currency : 100 cents = 1 dollar
    • Refer : US Post Abroad

    Guanacaste

    Dates : 1885 – 1889
  • Currency : 100 centavos = 1 peso
    • Main Article :
    See also : Costa Rica

    Guatemala

    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

    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

    Dates : 1959 –
  • Capital : Conakry
  • Currency : (1959) 100 centimes = 1 franc
  • (1973) 100 = 1 syli
    Main Article : Postage stamps and postal history of Guinea
    See also : French Guinea;
  • French West Africa

    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

    Gulf of Kotor

    Refer : Dalmatia (German Occupation)

    Gumultsina

    Dates : 1913 only
  • Currency : 100 lepta = 1 drachma
    • Refer : Thrace
    See also : Dedêagatz (Greek Occupation);
  • Thrace (Allied Occupation);
  • Western Thrace

    Guyana

    Dates : 1966 –
  • Capital : Georgetown
  • Currency : 100 cents = 1 dollar
    • Main Article : Postage stamps and postal history of Guyana
    See also : British Guiana

    Gwalior

    Dates : 1885 – 1948
  • Capital : Gwalior
  • Currency : 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
    • Refer : Gwalior in Indian Convention states

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