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
Main Article Needed
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
Main Article Needed
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
Main Article Needed
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
Main Article Needed
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
Main Article Needed
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
Main Article Needed
Includes Benadir
See also British Occupation Issues; Italian East Africa; Jubaland; Somalia
Italian States
Main Article Needed
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
References
Bibliography 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
External links
Encyclopaedia of Postal History