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.

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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

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

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

External links

• AskPhil – Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms
• Encyclopaedia of Postal History