title: Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Ga–Ge)
text: # Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Ga–Ge)
  
  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.
  
  ## Gabon
  
  ### Dates
  
      1959 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Libreville
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### Includes
  
      Gabon (French Colony)
  
  ### See also
  
      French Equatorial Africa
  
  ## Gabon (French Colony)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1886 – 1937
  
  ### Capital
  
      Libreville
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### Refer
  
      Gabon
  
  ## Galápagos Islands
  
  ### Dates
  
      1957 – 1959
  
  ### Capital
  
      San Cristóbal (Puerto Baquerizo)
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centavos = 1 sucre
  
  ### See also
  
      Ecuador
  
  ## Galata
  
  ### Refer
  
      Constantinople (Russian Post Office)
  
  ## Galicia
  
  ### Refer
  
      West Ukraine
  
  ## Gambia
  
  ### Dates
  
      1869 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Banjul (formerly Bathurst)
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1869) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
      (1971) 100 bututs = 1 dalasy
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of the Gambia
  
  ## Gaspé
  
  ### Refer
  
      New Carlisle (Gaspé)
  
  ## Gaza (Egyptian Occupation)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1948 – 1967
  
  ### Currency
  
      1000 milliemes = 100 piastres = 1 Egyptian pound
  
  ### Refer
  
      Egyptian Occupation Issues
  
  ## Gaza (Indian UN Force)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1965 only
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 paisa = 1 rupee
  
  ### Refer
  
      Indian Overseas Forces
  
  ## Gdansk
  
  ### Refer
  
      Danzig (Polish Post Office)
  
  ## GEA
  
  ### Refer
  
      German East Africa
  
  ## General Gouvernement
  
  ### Refer
  
      Poland (German Occupation World War II)
  
  ## General Postal Union
  
  ### Refer
  
      Universal Postal Union (UPU)
  
  ## Geneva
  
  ### Dates
  
      1843 – 1850
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### Refer
  
      Swiss Cantonal Issues
  
  ### See also
  
      League of Nations (Geneva);
      United Nations (UN)
  
  ## Georgia
  
  ### Dates
  
      1993 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Tbilisi
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1993) 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble
      (1993) 100 tetri = 1 lari
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of Georgia
  
  ### Includes
  
      Georgia (pre – Soviet)
  
  ### See also
  
      Transcaucasian Federation;
      Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
  
  ## Georgia (pre-Soviet)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1919 – 1923
  
  ### Capital
  
      Tbilisi
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 kopecks = 1 Georgian rouble
  
  ### Refer
  
      Georgia
  
  ### See also
  
      Transcaucasian Federation;
      Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
  
  ## German Cameroun
  
  ### Refer
  
      Kamerun
  
  ## German Colonies
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of the German colonies
  
  ### Includes
  
      Caroline Islands;
      German East Africa;
      German New Guinea;
      German Samoa;
      German South West Africa;
      German Togo;
      Kamerun;
      Kiautschou;
      Mariana Islands (Marianen);
      Marshall Islands (German Colony)
  
  ## German Commands
  
  ### Refer
  
      Eastern Command Area;
      Western Command Area
  
  ## German East Africa
  
  ### Dates
  
      1893 – 1916
  
  ### Capital
  
      Dar-es-Salaam
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1893) 64 pesa = 100 heller = 1 rupee
      (1905) 100 heller = 1 rupee
  
  ### Refer
  
      German Colonies
  
  ### See also
  
      German East Africa (Belgian Occupation);
      German East Africa (British Occupation);
      Tanganyika
  
  ## German East Africa (Belgian Occupation)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1916 – 1918
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### Refer
  
      Belgian Occupation Issues
  
  ## German East Africa (British Occupation)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1917 only
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 cents = 1 rupee
  
  ### Refer
  
      British Occupation Issues
  
  ## German East Africa (Portuguese Occupation)
  
  ### Refer
  
      Kionga
  
  ## German Levant
  
  ### Refer
  
      German Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
  
  ## German New Guinea
  
  ### Dates
  
      1898 – 1914
  
  ### Capital
  
      Rabaul
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 pfennige = 1 mark
  
  ### Refer
  
      German Colonies
  
  ### See also
  
      Papua New Guinea
  
  ## German Ninth Army Post
  
  ### Dates
  
      1918 only
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 bani = 1 leu
  
  ### Refer
  
      German Occupation Issues (World War I)
  
  ### See also
  
      Rumania (German Occupation)
  
  ## German Occupation Issues (World War I)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1914 – 1918
  
  ### Includes
  
      Belgium (German Occupation);
      Dorpat (German Occupation);
      Eastern Command Area;
      German Ninth Army Post;
      Poland (German Occupation World War I);
      Rumania (German Occupation);
      Western Command Area
  
  ## German Occupation Issues (World War II)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1939 – 1945
  
  ### Includes
  
      Albania (German Occupation);
      Alsace (German Occupation);
      Dalmatia (German Occupation);
      Estonia (German Occupation);
      Laibach (German Occupation);
      Latvia (German Occupation);
      Lithuania (German Occupation);
      Lorraine (German Occupation);
      Luxembourg (German Occupation);
      Macedonia (German Occupation);
      Montenegro (German Occupation);
      Ostland;
      Poland (German Occupation World War II);
      Serbia (German Occupation);
      Ukraine (German Occupation);
      Zante (German Occupation)
  
  ## German Post Offices Abroad
  
  ### Main Article
  
      German post offices abroad
  
  ### Includes
  
      China (German Post Offices);
      German Post Offices in the Turkish Empire;
      Morocco (German Post Offices);
      Zanzibar (German Postal Agency)
  
  ## German Post Offices in the Turkish Empire
  
  ### Dates
  
      1884 – 1914
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1884) 40 paras = 1 piastre
      (1908) 100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### Refer
  
      German Post Offices Abroad
  
  ## German Samoa
  
  ### Dates
  
      1900 – 1914
  
  ### Capital
  
      Apia
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 pfennige = 1 mark
  
  ### Refer
  
      German Colonies
  
  ## German South West Africa
  
  ### Dates
  
      1888 – 1915
  
  ### Capital
  
      Windhoek
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 pfennige = 1 mark
  
  ### Refer
  
      German Colonies
  
  ### See also
  
      Namibia;
      South West Africa
  
  ## German States
  
  ### Includes
  
      Bergedorf;
      Bremen;
      Brunswick;
      Hamburg;
      Hanover;
      Holstein;
      Lübeck;
      Mecklenburg-Schwerin;
      Mecklenburg-Strelitz;
      Oldenburg;
      Saxony;
      Schleswig;
      Schleswig-Holstein;
      Thurn & Taxis
  
  ### See also
  
      Baden;
      Bavaria;
      Germany (Imperial);
      North German Confederation;
      Prussia;
      Württemberg
  
  ## German Togo
  
  ### Dates
  
      1897 – 1914
  
  ### Capital
  
      Lomé
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 pfennige = 1 mark
  
  ### Refer
  
      German Colonies
  
  ## Germany
  
  ### Dates
  
      1991 –
  
  ### Capital
  
      Berlin
  
  ### Currency
  
      (1991) 100 pfennige = 1 mark (DM)
      (2002) 100 cent = 1 euro
  
  ### Main Article
  
      Postage stamps and postal history of Germany
  
  ### See also
  
      Germany (Allied Occupation);
      Germany (Imperial);
      Germany (Third Reich);
      Germany (Weimar Republic);
      East Germany;
      West Berlin;
      West Germany
  
  ## Germany (Allied Occupation)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1945 – 1949
  
  ### Includes
  
      American, British & Russian Zones (General Issues);
      Anglo-American Zones (Civil Government);
      Anglo-American Zones (Military Government);
      Baden (French Zone);
      Berlin – Brandenburg (Russian Zone);
      French Zone (General Issues);
      Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Russian Zone);
      North West Saxony (Russian Zone);
      Rhineland-Palatinate (French Zone);
      Russian Zone (General Issues);
      Saar (French Zone);
      Saxony (Russian Zone);
      South East Saxony (Russian Zone);
      Thuringia (Russian Zone);
      Württemberg (French Zone)
  
  ### See also
  
      East Germany;
      Germany;
      West Berlin;
      West Germany
  
  ## Germany (Belgian Occupation)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1919 – 1920
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 centimes = 1 franc
  
  ### Refer
  
      Belgian Occupation Issues
  
  ### See also
  
      Eupen & Malmedy (Belgian Occupation)
  
  ## Germany (Imperial)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1872 – 1919
  
  ### Capital
  
      Berlin
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 pfennige = 1 Reichsmark
  
  ### See also
  
      Germany;
      Germany (Allied Occupation);
      Germany (Third Reich);
      Germany (Weimar Republic);
      East Germany;
      West Berlin;
      West Germany
  
  ## Germany (Third Reich)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1933 – 1945
  
  ### Capital
  
      Berlin
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 pfennige = 1 Reichsmark
  
  ### See also
  
      Germany;
      Germany (Allied Occupation);
      Germany (Imperial);
      Germany (Weimar Republic);
      East Germany;
      West Berlin;
      West Germany
  
  ## Germany (Weimar Republic)
  
  ### Dates
  
      1919 – 1932
  
  ### Capital
  
      Berlin
  
  ### Currency
  
      100 pfennige = 1 Reichsmark
  
  ### See also
  
      Germany;
      Germany (Allied Occupation);
      Germany (Imperial);
      Germany (Third Reich);
      East Germany;
      West Berlin;
      West Germany
  