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.
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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
- Refer
- Straits Settlements
La Canea
- Refer
- Khania (Italian Post Office)
Lagos
- Dates
- 1874–1906
- Currency
- 12 pound
- Refer
- Nigerian Territories
Laibach (German Occupation)
- Refer
- German Occupation Issues (World War II)
- See also
- Lubiana (Italian Occupation)
LANSA
- Refer
- Colombian Territories
Laos
- Main Article Needed
Las Bela
- Refer
- Indian Native States
Latakia
- 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
- Main Article Needed
- 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)
- Refer
- International Organisations
Lebanon
- Main Article Needed
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Main Article Needed
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
- Main Article Needed
Libya (Italian Post Offices)
- Refer
- Benghazi (Italian Post Office);
- Tripoli (Italian Post Office)
Liechtenstein
- Main Article Needed
Lietuva
- Refer
- Lithuania
Limnos
- Refer
- Lemnos
Lipsos
- 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
- Main Article Needed
- Includes
- Lithuania (pre–Soviet)
- See also
- Klaipėda;
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
Lithuania (pre-Soviet)
- Dates
- 1918–1940
- Capital
- Vilnius
- Currency
- (1918) 100 auksinas
- (1922) 100 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 florin
- (1858) 100 florin
- Main Article Needed
- See also
- Austria
Long Island (British Occupation)
- Refer
- British Occupation Issues
Lorraine (German Occupation)
- Dates
- 1940–1941
- Currency
- 100 mark
- Refer
- German Occupation Issues (World War II)
Lothringen
- Refer
- Lorraine (German Occupation)
Lourenço Marques
- Refer
- Mozambique Territories
Lübeck
- Dates
- 1859–1868
- Currency
- 16 mark
- Refer
- German States
Lubiana (Italian Occupation)
- 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
- Main Article Needed
Luxembourg (German Occupation)
- Dates
- 1940–1944
- Currency
- 100 pfennige = 1 reichsmark
- Refer
- German Occupation Issues (WW2)
Lydenburg
- Refer
- Transvaal
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