Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Io–Iz) 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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Ionian Islands

Dates : 1859 – 1864
  • Capital : Argostolion (Cephalonia)
  • Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
    • Main Article Needed :
    See also : Cephalonia and Ithaca (Italian Occupation);
  • Corfu (Italian Occupation);
  • Corfu & Paxos (Italian Occupation);
  • Ionian Islands (Italian Occupation);
  • Zante (German Occupation)

    Ionian Islands (German Occupation)

    Refer : Zante (German Occupation)

    Ionian Islands (Italian Occupation)

    Dates : 1941 – 1943
    Refer : Italian Occupation Issues
    See also : Cephalonia and Ithaca (Italian Occupation);
  • Corfu (Italian Occupation);
  • Corfu & Paxos (Italian Occupation);
  • Zante (German Occupation)

    Iran

    Dates : 1935 –
  • Capital : Tehran
  • Currency : (1868) 20 shahis = 1 kran; 10 krans = 1 toman
  • (1881) 100 centimes = 1 franc
  • (1885) 20 chahis = 1 kran; 10 krans = 1 toman
  • (1932) 100 dinars = 1 rial; 20 rials = 1 pahlavi
    Main Article : Postage stamps and postal history of Iran
    Includes : Persia
    Dates : 1923 –
  • Capital : Baghdad
  • Currency : (1923) 16 annas = 1 rupee
  • (1931) 1000 fils = 1 dinar

    Iraq (British Occupation)

    Dates : 1918 – 1923
  • Currency : 16 annas = 1 rupee
    • Refer : British Occupation Issues

    Ireland

    Refer : Northern Ireland;
  • Republic of Ireland

    Irian Barat

    Refer : West Irian

    Island

    Refer : Iceland

    Isle of Man

    Isle of Man Post

    Dates : 1973 –
  • Capital : Douglas
  • Currency : 100 pence = 1 pound
    • Main Article : Postage stamps and postal history of the Isle of Man
    See also : Great Britain (Regional Issues)

    Isole Italiane dell' Egeo

    Refer : Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)

    Isole Jonie

    Refer : Ionian Islands (Italian Occupation)

    Israel

    Dates : 1948 –
  • Capital : Jerusalem (claimed)
  • Currency : (1948) 1000 prutot (mils) = 1 Israeli pound
  • (1960) 100 agorot = 1 pound
  • (1980) 100 agorot = 1 shekel
    Main Article : Postage stamps and postal history of Israel

    Istria

    Refer : Venezia Giulia & Istria

    Istria (Yugoslav Occupation)

    Dates : 1945 only
  • Currency : 100 centesimi = 1 lira
    • Refer : Venezia Giulia & Istria

    ITA-Karjala

    Refer : Eastern Karelia (Finnish Occupation)

    Italian Austria

    Refer : Dalmatia (Italian Occupation);
  • Trentino (Italian Occupation);
  • Venezia Giulia (Italian Occupation)

    Italian Colonies (General Issues)

    Dates : 1932 – 1934
  • Currency : 100 centesimi = 1 lira
    • Main Article Needed :

    Italian Colonies (British Occupation)

    Refer : BA/BMA Issues;
  • Cyrenaica (British Occupation);
  • Dodecanese Islands (British Occupation);
  • East Africa Forces;
  • Eritrea (British Occupation);
  • Middle East Forces (MEF);
  • Somalia (British Occupation);
  • Tripolitania (British Occupation)

    Italian East Africa

    Dates : 1936 – 1941
  • Capital : Addis Ababa
  • Currency : 100 centesimi= 1 lira
    • Main Article : Postage stamps and postal history of Italian East Africa

    Italian Levant

    Refer : Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

    Italian Occupation Issues

    Main Article Needed :
    Includes : Albania (Italian Occupation);
  • Cephalonia and Ithaca (Italian Occupation);
  • Corfu (Italian Occupation);
  • Corfu & Paxos (Italian Occupation);
  • Dalmatia (Italian Occupation);
  • Ethiopia (Italian Occupation);
  • Fiume & Kupa Zone (Italian Occupation);
  • Ionian Islands (Italian Occupation);
  • Lubiana (Italian Occupation);
  • Montenegro (Italian Occupation);
  • Saseno (Italian Occupation);
  • Trentino (Italian Occupation);
  • Venezia Giulia (Italian Occupation)
    See also : Castelrosso (Kastellorizon)

    Italian Post Offices Abroad

    Main Article Needed :
    Includes : Alexandria (Italian Post Office);
  • Crete (Italian Post Offices);
  • Khania (Italian Post Office);
  • Pechino (Italian Post Office);
  • Tientsin (Italian Post Office)
    See also : Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

    Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

    Dates : 1873 – 1923
  • Currency : (1873) 40 paras = 1 piastre
  • (1908) 100 centesimi = 1 lira
    Main Article Needed :
    Includes : Benghazi (Italian Post Office);
  • Constantinople (Italian Post Office);
  • Durazzo (Italian Post Office);
  • Jannina (Italian Post Office);
  • Jerusalem (Italian Post Office);
  • Salonika (Italian Post Office);
  • Scutari (Italian Post Office);
  • Smirne (Italian Post Office);
  • Tripoli (Italian Post Office);
  • Valona (Italian Post Office)

    Italian Social Republic

    Dates : 1944 – 1945
  • Capital : Salò (Lake Garda)
  • Currency : 100 centesimi = 1 lira
    • Refer : Italy

    Italian Somaliland

    Dates : 1905 – 1936
  • Capital : Mogadishu
  • Currency : 100 centesimi = 1 lira
    • Main Article Needed :
    Includes : Benadir
    See also : British Occupation Issues;
  • Italian East Africa;
  • Jubaland;
  • Somalia

    Italian States

    Main Article Needed :
    Includes : Modena;
  • Naples;
  • Neapolitan Provinces;
  • Papal States;
  • Parma;
  • Piedmont;
  • Romagna;
  • Sicily;
  • Tuscany
    See also : Sardinia
    Dates : 1862 –
  • Capital : Rome
  • Currency : (1862) 100 centesimi = 1 lira
  • (2002) 100 cent = 1 euro
    Includes : Italian Social Republic

    Italy (Austrian Occupation)

    Dates : 1918 only
  • Currency : 100 centesimi = 1 lira
    • Refer : Austro-Hungarian Military Post

    Ithaca (Italian Occupation)

    Refer : Cephalonia and Ithaca (Italian Occupation)

    Ivory Coast

    Dates : 1959 –
  • Capital : Abidjan
  • Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc
    • Main Article : Postage stamps and postal history of Ivory Coast
    Includes : Ivory Coast (French Colony)
    See also : French West Africa

    Ivory Coast (French Colony)

    Dates : 1892 – 1944
  • Capital : Abidjan
  • Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc
    • Refer : Ivory Coast

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