title: Compendium of postage stamp issuers (L)
text: # Compendium of postage stamp issuers (L)
  
  Each "article" in this category is a collection of entries about several 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.
  
  ## 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
  
  ### 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
  
  ## 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 kopecks = 1 Latvian rouble
      (1993) 100 santimu = 1 lats
  
  ### Includes
  
      Latvia (pre–Soviet)
  
  ### See also
  
      Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
  
  ## Latvia (pre-Soviet)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1918–1940
  
  ### Capital
  
      Riga
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1918) 100 kopecks = 1 Latvian rouble
      (1923) 100 santimi (centimes) = 1 lats
  
  ### 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
  
  ### 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
  
  ## 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
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of Lesotho
  
  ### 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
  
  ## 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
  
  ## 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
  
  ## Lietuva
  
  ### Refer
  
      Lithuania
  
  ## Limnos
  
  ### Refer
  
      Lemnos
  
  ## Lipsos
  
  ### Dates
  
      1912–1932
  
  ### 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) talonas
      (1993) 100 centu = 1 Lithuanian litas
  
  ### Includes
  
      Lithuania (pre–Soviet)
  
  ### See also
  
      Klaipėda;
      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
  
      Klaipėda
  
  ## Litwa Srodkowa
  
  ### Refer
  
      Central Lithuania (Polish Occupation)
  
  ## Livonia
  
  ### Refer
  
      Wenden
  
  ## Lombardy & Venetia
  
  ### Dates
  
      1850–1866
  
  ### Capital
  
      Milan (to 1859); Venice (1859–66)
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1850) 100 centesimi = 1 lira
      (1858) 100 soldi = 1 florin
      (1858) 100 kreutzer = 1 florin
  
  ### 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)
  
  ## Lourenço Marques
  
  ### Dates
  
      1895–1921
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1895) 1000 reis = 1 milreis
      (1912) 100 centavos = 1 escudo
  
  ### Refer
  
      Mozambique Territories
  
  ## Lübeck
  
  ### 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
  
  ## 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
  