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 = 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

External links

Encyclopaedia of Postal History