Compendium of postage stamp issuers (L) 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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La Agüera

Lagouira aka La Gouera is a city on the Atlantic coast of Africa at the southern tip of Western Sahara, on the western side of the Ras Nouadhibou peninsula. It was called La Agüera when it came into existence in 1920 as a short-lived Spanish colonial possession. It was originally a Spanish air base. The stamps were other Spanish types overprinted with "La Agüera".

Dates : 1920–1924
  • Currency : 100 centimos = 1 peseta
    • Refer : Spanish West Africa

    Labuan

    Dates : 1879–1906
  • Capital :
  • Currency : 100 cents = 1 dollar
    • Refer : Straits Settlements

    La Canea

    Refer : Khania (Italian Post Office)

    Lagos

    Dates : 1874–1906
  • Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
    • Refer : Nigerian Territories

    Laibach (German Occupation)

    Dates : 1943–1945
  • Capital : Ljubljana
  • Currency : 100 centesimi = 1 lira
    • Refer : German Occupation Issues (World War II)
    See also : Lubiana (Italian Occupation)

    LANSA

    Dates : 1950–1951
  • Currency : 100 centavos = 1 peso
    • Refer : Colombian Territories

    Laos

    Dates : 1951 –
  • Capital : Vientiane
  • Currency : (1951) 100 cents = 1 piastre
  • (1955) 100 cents = 1 kip
    Main Article Needed :

    Las Bela

    Dates : 1897 only
  • Capital : Bela
  • Currency : 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
    • Refer : Indian Native States

    Latakia

    Dates : 1931–1937
  • Capital : Latakia
  • Currency : 100 centimes = 1 piastre
    • Refer : Alaouites
    See also : Syria

    Lattaquie

    Refer : Latakia

    Latvia

    Dates : 1991 –
  • Capital : Riga
  • Currency : (1991) 100 kopecks = 1 Latvian rouble
  • (1993) 100 santimu = 1 lats
    Main Article Needed :
    Includes : Latvia (pre–Soviet)
    See also : Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

    Latvia (pre-Soviet)

    Dates : 1918–1940
  • Capital : Riga
  • Currency : (1918) 100 kopecks = 1 Latvian rouble
  • (1923) 100 santimi (centimes) = 1 lats
    Refer : Latvia

    Latvia (German Occupation)

    Dates : 1941 only
  • Currency : 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
    • Refer : German Occupation Issues (World War II)

    Latvija

    Refer : Latvia

    League of Nations (Geneva)

    Dates : 1922–1944
  • Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc
    • Refer : International Organisations

    Lebanon

    Dates : 1924 –
  • Capital : Beirut
  • Currency : 100 centimes = 1 piastre
    • Main Article Needed :
    Includes : Greater Lebanon

    Leeward Islands

    Dates : 1890–1956
  • Capital : St John's (Antigua)
  • Currency : (1890) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
  • (1951) 100 cents = 1 dollar
    Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of the Leeward Islands

    Leipzig

    Refer : North West Saxony (Russian Zone)

    Lemnos

    Dates : 1912–1913
  • Capital : Kastron
  • Currency : 100 lepta = 1 drachma
    • Refer : Greek Occupation Issues

    Lero

    Refer : Leros

    Leros

    Dates : 1912–1932
  • Capital : Ayia Marina
  • Currency : 100 centesimi = 1 lira
    • Refer : Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)

    Lesbos

    Dates : 1912–1913
  • Capital : Mytilene
  • Currency : Greek and Turkish both used
    • Refer : Greek Occupation Issues

    Lesotho

    Dates : 1966 –
  • Capital : Maseru
  • Currency : 100 cents = 1 rand
    • Main Article : Postage stamps and postal history of Lesotho
    See also : Basutoland

    Lesser Sunda Islands

    Refer : Japanese Naval Control Area

    Levant

    Refer : Free French Forces in the Levant

    Liban

    Refer : Lebanon

    Liberia

    Dates : 1860 –
  • Capital : Monrovia
  • Currency : 100 cents = 1 dollar
    • Main Article Needed :

    Libia

    Refer : Libya

    Libya

    Dates : 1912 –
  • Capital : Tripoli
  • Currency : (1912) 100 centesimi = 1 lira
  • (1950) 1000 milliemes = 1 Libyan pound
  • (1972) 1000 dirhams = 1 dinar
    Main Article Needed :

    Libya (Italian Post Offices)

    Refer : Benghazi (Italian Post Office);
  • Tripoli (Italian Post Office)

    Liechtenstein

    Dates : 1912 –
  • Capital : Vaduz
  • Currency : (1912) 100 heller = 1 krone
  • (1921) 100 rappen = 1 (Swiss) franc
    Main Article Needed :

    Lietuva

    Refer : Lithuania

    Limnos

    Refer : Lemnos

    Lipsos

    Dates : 1912–1932
  • Capital :
  • Currency : 100 centesimi = 1 lira
    • Refer : Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)

    Lisso

    Refer : Lipsos

    Lithuania

    Dates : 1990 –
  • Capital : Vilnius
  • Currency : (1990) 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
  • (1992) talonas
  • (1993) 100 centu = 1 Lithuanian litas
    Main Article Needed :
    Includes : Lithuania (pre–Soviet)
    See also : Klaipėda;
  • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

    Lithuania (pre-Soviet)

    Dates : 1918–1940
  • Capital : Vilnius
  • Currency : (1918) 100 skatiku = 1 auksinas
  • (1922) 100 centu = 1 litas
    Refer : Lithuania

    Lithuania (German Occupation)

    Dates : 1941 only
  • Currency : 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
    • Refer : German Occupation Issues (World War II)
    See also : Ostland

    Lithuanian Occupation of Memel

    Refer : Klaipėda

    Litwa Srodkowa

    Refer : Central Lithuania (Polish Occupation)

    Livonia

    Refer : Wenden

    Lombardy & Venetia

    Dates : 1850–1866
  • Capital : Milan (to 1859); Venice (1859–66)
  • Currency : (1850) 100 centesimi = 1 lira
  • (1858) 100 soldi = 1 florin
  • (1858) 100 kreutzer = 1 florin
    Main Article Needed :
    See also : Austria

    Long Island (British Occupation)

    Dates : 1916 only
  • Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
    • Refer : British Occupation Issues

    Lorraine (German Occupation)

    Dates : 1940–1941
  • Currency : 100 pfennige = 1 mark
    • Refer : German Occupation Issues (World War II)

    Lothringen

    Refer : Lorraine (German Occupation)

    Lourenço Marques

    Dates : 1895–1921
  • Currency : (1895) 1000 reis = 1 milreis
  • (1912) 100 centavos = 1 escudo
    Refer : Mozambique Territories

    Lübeck

    Dates : 1859–1868
  • Currency : 16 schillinge = 1 mark
    • Refer : German States

    Lubiana (Italian Occupation)

    Dates : 1941 only
  • Currency : 100 paras = 1 dinar
    • Refer : Italian Occupation Issues
    See also : Laibach (German Occupation)

    Lucca

    Refer : Tuscany

    Luxembourg

    Dates : 1852 –
  • Capital : Luxembourg
  • Currency : (1852) 121/2 centimes = 1 silver groschen; 100 centimes = 1 franc
  • (1940) 100 pfennige = 1 reichsmark
  • (1944) 100 centimes = 1 franc
  • (2002) 100 cent = 1 euro
    Main Article Needed :

    Luxembourg (German Occupation)

    Dates : 1940–1944
  • Currency : 100 pfennige = 1 reichsmark
    • Refer : German Occupation Issues (WW2)

    Lydenburg

    Dates : 1900–1902
  • Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
    • Refer : Transvaal

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