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Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Gh–Gz)

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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.

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

Ghadames

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Dates
1949 – 1951
Capital
Ghadames
Currency
French (100 centimes = 1 franc)
Refer
Fezzan

Ghana

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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

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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

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Dates
1976 – 1979
Capital
Tarawa
Currency
100 cents = 1 dollar
Refer
Kiribati

Gilbert & Ellice Islands

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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

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Refer
Portuguese India

Gold Coast

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Dates
1875 – 1957
Capital
Accra
Currency
12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Main Article
See also
Ghana

Gorizia

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Refer
Venezia Giulia & Istria

Graham Land (Falkland Island Dependencies)

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Dates
1944 – 1946
Currency
12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Refer
Falkland Islands Dependencies

Granadine Confederation

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Dates
1859 – 1861
Capital
Bogotá
Currency
100 centavos = 1 peso
Refer
Colombian Territories

Grand Liban

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Refer
Lebanon

Grande Comore

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Refer
Great Comoro
Dates
1840 –
Capital
London
Currency
(1840) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
(1971) 100 pence = 1 pound
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

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Dates
1897 – 1914
Capital
Moroni
Currency
100 centimes = 1 franc
Refer
Madagascar & Dependencies
See also
Comoro Islands
Dates
1924 – 1926
Capital
Beirut
Currency
100 centimes = 1 piastre
Refer
Lebanon
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

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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

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Dates
1861 – 1881
Currency
100 lepta = 1 drachma
Refer
Greece

Greenland

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Dates
1938 –
Capital
Nuuk
Currency
100 ore = 1 krone
Main Article
Postage stamps and postal history of Greenland

Grenada

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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

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Dates
1973 –
Capital
Hillsborough
Currency
100 cents = 1 dollar
Main Article

Grenadines of St Vincent

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Dates
1973 –
Capital
Port Elizabeth
Currency
100 cents = 1 dollar
Main Article

Griqualand West

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Dates
1874 – 1880
Capital
Kimberley
Currency
12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Refer
Cape of Good Hope

Grodno

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Refer
South Lithuania (Russian Occupation)

Guadeloupe

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Dates
1884 – 1947
Capital
Basse-Terre
Currency
100 centimes = 1 franc
Main Article
Postage stamps and postal history of Guadeloupe

Guam

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Dates
1899 – 1901
Capital
Agaña
Currency
100 cents = 1 dollar
Refer
US Post Abroad

Guanacaste

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Dates
1885 – 1889
Currency
100 centavos = 1 peso
Main Article
See also
Costa Rica

Guatemala

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Refer
Dalmatia (German Occupation)

Gumultsina

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Dates
1913 only
Currency
100 lepta = 1 drachma
Refer
Thrace
See also
Dedêagatz (Greek Occupation);
Thrace (Allied Occupation);
Western Thrace

Guyana

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Dates
1966 –
Capital
Georgetown
Currency
100 cents = 1 dollar
Main Article
Postage stamps and postal history of Guyana
See also
British Guiana

Gwalior

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Dates
1885 – 1948
Capital
Gwalior
Currency
12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Refer
Gwalior in Indian Convention states

References

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Bibliography

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  • 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
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