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

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

Great Britain

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

Great Britain (Regional Issues)

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

Greater Lebanon

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

Refer: Lebanon

Greece

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 caury = 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

References

Bibliography

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

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