title: Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Gh–Gz)
text: # Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Gh–Gz)
  
  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
  
  ### 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
  
  ### 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
  
  ### 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
  
      Nuuk
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 ore = 1 krone
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of Greenland
  
  ## Grenada
  
  ### Dates
  
      1861 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      St George's
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1861) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
      (1949) 100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ## Grenadines of Grenada
  
  ### Dates
  
      1973 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Hillsborough
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ## Grenadines of St Vincent
  
  ### Dates
  
      1973 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Port Elizabeth
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ## 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
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of Guadeloupe
  
  ## Guam
  
  ### Dates
  
      1899 – 1901
  
  ### Capital
  
      Agaña
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 dollar
  
  ### Refer
  
      US Post Abroad
  
  ## Guanacaste
  
  ### Dates
  
      1885 – 1889
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centavos = 1 peso
  
  ### See also
  
      Costa Rica
  
  ## Guatemala
  
  ### 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
  
  ### 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
  
  ### 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
  