Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Ga–Ge)

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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.

See the Category:Compendium of postage stamp issuers page for details of the project.

Gabon

Dates: 1959 –
Capital: Libreville
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Includes: Gabon (French Colony)

See also: French Equatorial Africa

Gabon (French Colony)

Dates: 1886 – 1937
Capital: Libreville
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer: Gabon

Galápagos Islands

Dates: 1957 – 1959
Capital: San Cristóbal (Puerto Baquerizo)
Currency: 100 centavos = 1 sucre

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See also: Ecuador

Galata

Refer: Constantinople (Russian Post Office)

Galicia

Refer: West Ukraine

Gambia

Dates: 1869 –
Capital: Banjul (formerly Bathurst)
Currency: (1869) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound; (1971) 100 bututs = 1 dalasy

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of the Gambia

Gaspé

Refer: New Carlisle (Gaspé)

Gaza (Egyptian Occupation)

Dates: 1948 – 1967
Currency: 1000 milliemes = 100 piastres = 1 Egyptian pound

Refer: Egyptian Occupation Issues

Gaza (Indian UN Force)

Dates: 1965 only
Currency: 100 paisa = 1 rupee

Refer: Indian Overseas Forces

Gdansk

Refer: Danzig (Polish Post Office)

GEA

Refer: German East Africa

General Gouvernement

Refer: Poland (German Occupation World War II)

General Postal Union

Refer: Universal Postal Union (UPU)

Geneva

Dates: 1843 – 1850
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer: Swiss Cantonal Issues

See also: League of Nations (Geneva);; United Nations (UN)

Georgia

Dates: 1993 –
Capital: Tbilisi
Currency: (1993) 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble; (1993) 100 tetri = 1 lari

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Georgia

Includes: Georgia (pre – Soviet)

See also: Transcaucasian Federation;; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Georgia (pre-Soviet)

Dates: 1919 – 1923
Capital: Tbilisi
Currency: 100 kopecks = 1 Georgian rouble

Refer: Georgia

See also: Transcaucasian Federation;; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

German Cameroun

Refer: Kamerun

German Colonies

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of the German colonies

Includes: Caroline Islands;; German East Africa;; German New Guinea;; German Samoa;; German South West Africa;; German Togo;; Kamerun;; Kiautschou;; Mariana Islands (Marianen);; Marshall Islands (German Colony)

German Commands

Refer: Eastern Command Area;; Western Command Area

German East Africa

Dates: 1893 – 1916
Capital: Dar-es-Salaam
Currency: (1893) 64 pesa = 100 heller = 1 rupee; (1905) 100 heller = 1 rupee

Refer: German Colonies

See also: German East Africa (Belgian Occupation);; German East Africa (British Occupation);; Tanganyika

German East Africa (Belgian Occupation)

Dates: 1916 – 1918
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer: Belgian Occupation Issues

German East Africa (British Occupation)

Dates: 1917 only
Currency: 100 cents = 1 rupee

Refer: British Occupation Issues

German East Africa (Portuguese Occupation)

Refer: Kionga

German Levant

Refer: German Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

German New Guinea

Dates: 1898 – 1914
Capital: Rabaul
Currency: 100 pfennige = 1 mark

Refer: German Colonies

See also: Papua New Guinea

German Ninth Army Post

Dates: 1918 only
Currency: 100 bani = 1 leu

Refer: German Occupation Issues (World War I)

See also: Rumania (German Occupation)

German Occupation Issues (World War I)

Dates: 1914 – 1918

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Includes: Belgium (German Occupation);; Dorpat (German Occupation);; Eastern Command Area;; German Ninth Army Post;; Poland (German Occupation World War I);; Rumania (German Occupation);; Western Command Area

German Occupation Issues (World War II)

Dates: 1939 – 1945

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Includes: Albania (German Occupation);; Alsace (German Occupation);; Dalmatia (German Occupation);; Estonia (German Occupation);; Laibach (German Occupation);; Latvia (German Occupation);; Lithuania (German Occupation);; Lorraine (German Occupation);; Luxembourg (German Occupation);; Macedonia (German Occupation);; Montenegro (German Occupation);; Ostland;; Poland (German Occupation World War II);; Serbia (German Occupation);; Ukraine (German Occupation);; Zante (German Occupation)

German Post Offices Abroad

Main Article: German post offices abroad

Includes: China (German Post Offices);; German Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;; Morocco (German Post Offices);; Zanzibar (German Postal Agency)

German Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Dates: 1884 – 1914
Currency: (1884) 40 paras = 1 piastre; (1908) 100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer: German Post Offices Abroad

German Samoa

Dates: 1900 – 1914
Capital: Apia
Currency: 100 pfennige = 1 mark

Refer: German Colonies

German South West Africa

Dates: 1888 – 1915
Capital: Windhoek
Currency: 100 pfennige = 1 mark

Refer: German Colonies

See also: Namibia;; South West Africa

German States

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Includes: Bergedorf;; Bremen;; Brunswick;; Hamburg;; Hanover;; Holstein;; Lübeck;; Mecklenburg-Schwerin;; Mecklenburg-Strelitz;; Oldenburg;; Saxony;; Schleswig;; Schleswig-Holstein;; Thurn & Taxis

See also: Baden;; Bavaria;; Germany (Imperial);; North German Confederation;; Prussia;; Württemberg

German Togo

Dates: 1897 – 1914
Capital: Lomé
Currency: 100 pfennige = 1 mark

Refer: German Colonies

Germany

Dates: 1991 –
Capital: Berlin
Currency: (1991) 100 pfennige = 1 mark (DM); (2002) 100 cent = 1 euro

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Germany

See also: Germany (Allied Occupation);; Germany (Imperial);; Germany (Third Reich);; Germany (Weimar Republic);; East Germany;; West Berlin;; West Germany

Germany (Allied Occupation)

Dates: 1945 – 1949

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Includes: American, British & Russian Zones (General Issues);; Anglo-American Zones (Civil Government);; Anglo-American Zones (Military Government);; Baden (French Zone);; Berlin – Brandenburg (Russian Zone);; French Zone (General Issues);; Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Russian Zone);; North West Saxony (Russian Zone);; Rhineland-Palatinate (French Zone);; Russian Zone (General Issues);; Saar (French Zone);; Saxony (Russian Zone);; South East Saxony (Russian Zone);; Thuringia (Russian Zone);; Württemberg (French Zone)

See also: East Germany;; Germany;; West Berlin;; West Germany

Germany (Belgian Occupation)

Dates: 1919 – 1920
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer: Belgian Occupation Issues

See also: Eupen & Malmedy (Belgian Occupation)

Germany (Imperial)

Dates: 1872 – 1919
Capital: Berlin
Currency: 100 pfennige = 1 Reichsmark

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See also: Germany;; Germany (Allied Occupation);; Germany (Third Reich);; Germany (Weimar Republic);; East Germany;; West Berlin;; West Germany

Germany (Third Reich)

Dates: 1933 – 1945
Capital: Berlin
Currency: 100 pfennige = 1 Reichsmark

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See also: Germany;; Germany (Allied Occupation);; Germany (Imperial);; Germany (Weimar Republic);; East Germany;; West Berlin;; West Germany

Germany (Weimar Republic)

Dates: 1919 – 1932
Capital: Berlin
Currency: 100 pfennige = 1 Reichsmark

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See also: Germany;; Germany (Allied Occupation);; Germany (Imperial);; Germany (Third Reich);; East Germany;; West Berlin;; West Germany

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

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