title: Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Io–Iz)
text: # Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Io–Iz)
  
  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.
  
  ## Ionian Islands
  
  ### Dates
  
      1859 – 1864
  
  ### Capital
  
      Argostolion (Cephalonia)
  
  ### Currency
  
      12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
  
  ### 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
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of Iran
  
  ### 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
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of the Isle of Man
  
  ### 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
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of Israel
  
  ## 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
  
  ## 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
  
      1936 – 1941
  
  ### Capital
  
      Addis Ababa
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centesimi= 1 lira
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of Italian East Africa
  
  ## Italian Levant
  
  ### Refer
  
      Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
  
  ## Italian Occupation Issues
  
  ### 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
  
  ### 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
  
  ### 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
  
  ### Includes
  
      Benadir
  
  ### See also
  
      British Occupation Issues;
      Italian East Africa;
      Jubaland;
      Somalia
  
  ## Italian States
  
  ### 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
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of Ivory Coast
  
  ### 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
  