Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Gh

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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 

Godthab

Currency 

100 ore = 1 krone

Main Article 

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 

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 centacos = 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 

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

External links

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