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

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

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

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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

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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

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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