Compendium of postage stamp issuers (La - Lz)

Each "article" in this category is in fact a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries themselves are formulated on the micro model and so provide summary information about all known issuers.

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= La Agüera =

Lagouira "aka" La Gouera is a city on the Atlantic coast of Africa at the southern tip of Western Sahara, on the western side of the Ras Nouadhibou peninsula. It was called La Agüera when it came into existence in 1920 as a short-lived Spanish colonial possession. It was originally a Spanish air base. The stamps were other Spanish types overprinted with "La Agüera".

;Dates : 1920 - 1924;Currency : 100 centimos = 1 peseta

;Refer : Spanish West Africa

Labuan

;Dates : 1879 - 1906;Capital : ;Currency : 100 cents = 1 dollar

;Refer : Straits Settlements

La Canea

;Refer : Khania (Italian Post Office)

Lagos

;Dates : 1874 - 1906;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

;Refer : Nigerian Territories

Laibach (German Occupation)

;Dates : 1943 - 1945;Capital : Ljubljana;Currency : 100 centesimi = 1 lira

;Refer : German Occupation Issues (World War II)

;See also : Lubiana (Italian Occupation)

LANSA

;Dates : 1950 - 1951;Currency : 100 centavos = 1 peso

;Refer : Colombian Territories

Laos

;Dates : 1951 -;Capital : Vientiane;Currency : (1951) 100 cents = 1 piastre: (1955) 100 cents = 1 kip

;Main Article Needed :

Las Bela

;Dates : 1897 only;Capital : Bela;Currency : 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

;Refer : Indian Native States

Latakia

;Dates : 1931 - 1937;Capital : Latakia;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 piastre

;Refer : Alaouites

;See also : Syria

Lattaquie

;Refer : Latakia

Latvia

;Dates : 1991 -;Capital : Riga;Currency : (1991) 100 kapeiku = 1 Latvian rublis: (1993) 100 santimu = 1 lats

;Main Article Needed :

;Includes : Latvia (pre-Soviet)

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

Latvia (pre - Soviet)

;Dates : 1918 - 1940;Capital : Riga;Currency : (1918) 100 kapeiku = 1 Latvian rubļis: (1923) 100 santimi (centimes) = 1 lat

;Refer : Latvia

Latvia (German Occupation)

;Dates : 1941 only;Currency : 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble

;Refer : German Occupation Issues (World War II)

Latvija

;Refer : Latvia

League of Nations (Geneva)

;Dates : 1922 - 1944;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 franc

;Refer : International Organisations

Lebanon

;Dates : 1924 -;Capital : Beirut;Currency : 100 centimes = 1 piastre

;Main Article Needed :

;Includes : Greater Lebanon

Leeward Islands

;Dates : 1890 - 1956;Capital : St John's (Antigua);Currency : (1890) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound: (1951) 100 cents = 1 dollar

;Main Article Needed :

Leipzig

;Refer : North West Saxony (Russian Zone)

Lemnos

;Dates : 1912 - 1913;Capital : Kastron;Currency : 100 lepta = 1 drachma

;Refer : Greek Occupation Issues

Lero

;Refer : Leros

Leros

;Dates : 1912 - 1932;Capital : Ayia Marina;Currency : 100 centesimi = 1 lira

;Refer : Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)

Lesbos

;Dates : 1912 - 1913;Capital : Mytilene;Currency : Greek and Turkish both used

;Refer : Greek Occupation Issues

Lesotho

;Dates : 1966 -;Capital : Maseru;Currency : 100 cents = 1 rand

;Main Article Needed :

;See also : Basutoland

Lesser Sunda Islands

;Refer : Japanese Naval Control Area

Levant

;Refer : Free French Forces in the Levant

Liban

;Refer : Lebanon

Liberia

;Dates : 1860 -;Capital : Monrovia;Currency : 100 cents = 1 dollar

;Main Article Needed :

Libia

;Refer : Libya

Libya

;Dates : 1912 -;Capital : Tripoli;Currency : (1912) 100 centesimi = 1 lira: (1950) 1000 milliemes = 1 Libyan pound: (1972) 1000 dirhams = 1 dinar

;Main Article Needed :

Libya (Italian Post Offices)

;Refer : Benghazi (Italian Post Office);: Tripoli (Italian Post Office)

Liechtenstein

;Dates : 1912 -;Capital : Vaduz;Currency : (1912) 100 heller = 1 krone: (1921) 100 rappen = 1 (Swiss) franc

;Main Article Needed :

Lietuva

;Refer : Lithuania

Limnos

;Refer : Lemnos

Lipsos

;Dates : 1912 - 1932;Capital : ;Currency : 100 centesimi = 1 lira

;Refer : Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)

Lisso

;Refer : Lipsos

Lithuania

;Dates : 1990 -;Capital : Vilnius;Currency : (1990) 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble: (1992) talons: (1993) 100 centu = 1 Lithuanian litas

;Main Article Needed :

;Includes : Lithuania (pre-Soviet)

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

Lithuania (pre - Soviet)

;Dates : 1918 - 1940;Capital : Vilnius;Currency : (1918) 100 skatiku = 1 auksinas: (1922) 100 centu = 1 litas

;Refer : Lithuania

Lithuania (German Occupation)

;Dates : 1941 only;Currency : 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble

;Refer : German Occupation Issues (World War II)

;See also : Ostland

Lithuanian Occupation of Memel

;Refer : Klaipeda

Litwa Srodkowa

;Refer : Central Lithuania (Polish Occupation)

Livonia

;Refer : Wenden

Lombardy & Venetia

;Dates : 1850 - 1866;Capital : Milan (to 1859); Venice (1859-1866);Currency : (1850) 100 centesimi = 1 lira: (1858) 100 soldi = 1 florin: (1858) 100 kreuzer = 1 gulden

;Main Article Needed :

;See also : Austria

Long Island (British Occupation)

;Dates : 1916 only;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

;Refer : British Occupation Issues

Lorraine (German Occupation)

;Dates : 1940 - 1941;Currency : 100 pfennige = 1 mark

;Refer : German Occupation Issues (World War II)

Lothringen

;Refer : Lorraine (German Occupation)

Lourenco Marques

;Dates : 1895 - 1921;Currency : (1895) 1000 reis = 1 milreis: (1912) 100 centavos = 1 escudo

;Refer : Mozambique Territories

Lubeck

;Dates : 1859 - 1868;Currency : 16 schillinge = 1 mark

;Refer : German States

Lubiana (Italian Occupation)

;Dates : 1941 only;Currency : 100 paras = 1 dinar

;Refer : Italian Occupation Issues

;See also : Laibach (German Occupation)

Lucca

;Refer : Tuscany

Luxembourg

;Dates : 1852 -;Capital : Luxembourg;Currency : (1852) 121/2 centimes = 1 silver groschen; 100 centimes = 1 franc: (1940) 100 pfennige = 1 reichsmark: (1944) 100 centimes = 1 franc: (2002) 100 cent = 1 euro

;Main Article Needed :

Luxembourg (German Occupation)

;Dates : 1940 - 1944;Currency : 100 pfennige = 1 reichsmark

;Refer : German Occupation Issues (WW2)

Lydenburg

;Dates : 1900 - 1902;Currency : 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

;Refer : Transvaal

Sources

* Stanley Gibbons Ltd: various catalogues
* [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/home.html Encyclopaedia of Postal History]
* Stuart Rossiter & John Flower: "The Stamp Atlas"