Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Io

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Ionian Islands

Dates 

1859 – 1864

Capital 

Argostolion (Cephalonia)

Currency 

12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Main Article Needed 

See also 

Cephalonia and Ithaca (Italian Occupation);

Corfu (Italian Occupation);

Corfu & Paxos (Italian Occupation);

Ionian Islands (Italian Occupation);

Zante (German Occupation)

Ionian Islands (German Occupation)

Refer 

Zante (German Occupation)

Ionian Islands (Italian Occupation)

Dates 

1941 – 1943

Refer 

Italian Occupation Issues

See also 

Cephalonia and Ithaca (Italian Occupation);

Corfu (Italian Occupation);

Corfu & Paxos (Italian Occupation);

Zante (German Occupation)

Iran

Dates 

1935 –

Capital 

Tehran

Currency 

(1868) 20 shahis = 1 kran; 10 krans = 1 toman

(1881) 100 centimes = 1 franc

(1885) 20 chahis = 1 kran; 10 krans = 1 toman

(1932) 100 dinars = 1 rial; 20 rials = 1 pahlavi

Main Article Needed 

Includes 

Persia

Iraq

Dates 

1923 –

Capital 

Baghdad

Currency 

(1923) 16 annas = 1 rupee

(1931) 1000 fils = 1 dinar

Iraq (British Occupation)

Dates 

1918 – 1923

Currency 

16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer 

British Occupation Issues

Ireland

Refer 

Northern Ireland;

Republic of Ireland

Irian Barat

Refer 

West Irian

Island

Refer 

Iceland

Isle of Man

Isle of Man Post

Dates 

1973 –

Capital 

Douglas

Currency 

100 pence = 1 pound

Main Article Needed 

See also 

Great Britain (Regional Issues)

Isole Italiane dell' Egeo

Refer 

Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)

Isole Jonie

Refer 

Ionian Islands (Italian Occupation)

Israel

Dates 

1948 –

Capital 

Jerusalem (claimed)

Currency 

(1948) 1000 prutot (mils) = 1 Israeli pound

(1960) 100 agorot = 1 pound

(1980) 100 agorot = 1 shekel

Main Article Needed 

Istria

Refer 

Venezia Giulia & Istria

Istria (Yugoslav Occupation)

Dates 

1945 only

Currency 

100 centesimi = 1 lira

Refer 

Venezia Giulia & Istria

ITA-Karjala

Refer 

Eastern Karelia (Finnish Occupation)

Italian Austria

Refer 

Dalmatia (Italian Occupation);

Trentino (Italian Occupation);

Venezia Giulia (Italian Occupation)

Italian Colonies (General Issues)

Dates 

1932 – 1934

Currency 

100 centesimi = 1 lira

Main Article Needed 

Italian Colonies (British Occupation)

Refer 

BA/BMA Issues;

Cyrenaica (British Occupation);

Dodecanese Islands (British Occupation);

East Africa Forces;

Eritrea (British Occupation);

Middle East Forces (MEF);

Somalia (British Occupation);

Tripolitania (British Occupation)

Italian East Africa

Dates 

1938 – 1941

Capital 

Addis Ababa

Currency 

100 centsimi = 1 lira

Main Article Needed 

Italian Levant

Refer 

Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Italian Occupation Issues

Main Article Needed 

Includes 

Albania (Italian Occupation);

Cephalonia and Ithaca (Italian Occupation);

Corfu (Italian Occupation);

Corfu & Paxos (Italian Occupation);

Dalmatia (Italian Occupation);

Ethiopia (Italian Occupation);

Fiume & Kupa Zone (Italian Occupation);

Ionian Islands (Italian Occupation);

Lubiana (Italian Occupation);

Montenegro (Italian Occupation);

Saseno (Italian Occupation);

Trentino (Italian Occupation);

Venezia Giulia (Italian Occupation)

See also 

Castelrosso (Kastellorizon)

Italian Post Offices Abroad

Main Article Needed 

Includes 

Alexandria (Italian Post Office);

Crete (Italian Post Offices);

Khania (Italian Post Office);

Pechino (Italian Post Office);

Tientsin (Italian Post Office)

See also 

Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Dates 

1873 – 1923

Currency 

(1873) 40 paras = 1 piastre

(1908) 100 centesimi = 1 lira

Main Article Needed 

Includes 

Benghazi (Italian Post Office);

Constantinople (Italian Post Office);

Durazzo (Italian Post Office);

Jannina (Italian Post Office);

Jerusalem (Italian Post Office);

Salonika (Italian Post Office);

Scutari (Italian Post Office);

Smirne (Italian Post Office);

Tripoli (Italian Post Office);

Valona (Italian Post Office)

Italian Social Republic

Dates 

1944 – 1945

Capital 

Salò (Lake Garda)

Currency 

100 centesimi = 1 lira

Refer 

Italy

Italian Somaliland

Dates 

1905 – 1936

Capital 

Mogadishu

Currency 

100 centesimi = 1 lira

Main Article Needed 

Includes 

Benadir

See also 

British Occupation Issues;

Italian East Africa;

Jubaland;

Somalia

Italian States

Main Article Needed 

Includes 

Modena;

Naples;

Neapolitan Provinces;

Papal States;

Parma;

Piedmont;

Romagna;

Sicily;

Tuscany

See also 

Sardinia

Italy

Dates 

1862 –

Capital 

Rome

Currency 

(1862) 100 centesimi = 1 lira

(2002) 100 cent = 1 euro

Includes 

Italian Social Republic

Italy (Austrian Occupation)

Dates 

1918 only

Currency 

100 centesimi = 1 lira

Refer 

Austro-Hungarian Military Post

Ithaca (Italian Occupation)

Refer 

Cephalonia and Ithaca (Italian Occupation)

Ivory Coast

Dates 

1959 –

Capital 

Abidjan

Currency 

100 centimes = 1 franc

Main Article Needed 

Includes 

Ivory Coast (French Colony)

See also 

French West Africa

Ivory Coast (French Colony)

Dates 

1892 – 1944

Capital 

Abidjan

Currency 

100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer 

Ivory Coast

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