From:
John Leach's Encyclopedia of Postal Authorities :

Ghadames - Gwalior

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Ghadames

Dates:		1949 - 1951
Capital:		Ghadames
Currency:	French (100 centimes = 1 franc)

Album:		Fezzan


* Ghana

Dates:		1957 -
Capital:		Accra
Currency:	(1957) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
		(1965) 100 pesewas = 1 cedi

See also:		Gold Coast


* Gibraltar

Dates:		1886 -
Capital:		Gibraltar
Currency:	(1886) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
		(1971) 100 pence = 1 pound


Gilbert Islands

Dates:		1976 - 1979
Capital:		Tarawa
Currency:	100 cents = 1 dollar

Album:		Kiribati


* Gilbert & Ellice Islands

Dates:		1911 - 1975
Capital:		Tarawa
Currency:	(1911) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
		(1966) 100 cents = 1 dollar

See also:		Kiribati;
		Tuvalu


Goa

Refer:		Portuguese India


* Gold Coast

Dates:		1875 - 1957
Capital:		Accra
Currency:	12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

See also:		Ghana


Gorizia

Refer:		Venezia Giulia & Istria


Graham Land (Falkland Island Dependencies)

Dates:		1944 - 1946
Currency:	12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Album:		Falkland Islands Dependencies


Granadine Confederation

Dates:		1859 - 1861
Capital:		Bogota
Currency:	100 centavos = 1 peso

Album:		Colombian Territories


Grand Liban

Refer:		Lebanon


Grande Comore

Refer:		Great Comoro


* Great Britain

Dates:		1840 -
Capital:		London
Currency:	(1840) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
		(1971) 100 pence = 1 pound


* Great Britain (Regional Issues)

Dates:		1958 -
Currency: 	(1958) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
		(1971) 100 pence = 1 pound

Includes:		Northern Ireland;
		Scotland;
		Wales

See also:		Channel Islands;
		Guernsey;
		Isle of Man;
		Jersey


Great Comoro

Dates:		1897 - 1914
Capital:		Moroni
Currency:	100 centimes = 1 franc

Album:		Madagascar & Dependencies

See also:		Comoro Islands


Greater Lebanon

Dates:		1924 - 1926
Capital:		Beirut
Currency:	100 centimes = 1 piastre

Album:		Lebanon


* Greece

Dates:		1861 -
Capital:		Athens
Currency:	100 lepta = 1 drachma
		(2002) 100 cents = 1 euro (€)

Includes:		Greek Post Offices in the Turkish Empire


* Greek Occupation Issues

Includes:		Albania (Greek Occupation);
		Dodecanese Islands (Greek Occupation);
		Kavalla (Greek Occupation);
		Khios;
		Lemnos;
		Lesbos

See also:		Adrianople;
		Aegean Islands (Dodecanese);
		Dedeagatz (Greek Occupation);
		Eastern Thrace;
		Epirus;
		Gumultsina;
		Ikaria;
		Thrace;
		Western Thrace;
		Western Thrace (Greek Occupation)


Greek Post Offices in the Turkish Empire

Dates:		1861 - 1881
Currency:	100 lepta = 1 drachma

Album:		Greece


* Greenland

Dates:		1938 -
Capital:		Godthab
Currency:	100 ore = 1 krone


* Grenada

Dates:		1861 -
Capital:		St George's
Currency:	(1861) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
		(1949) 100 cents = 1 dollar


* Grenadines of Grenada

Dates:		1973 -
Capital:		Hillsborough
Currency:	100 cents = 1 dollar


* Grenadines of St Vincent

Dates:		1973 -
Capital:		Port Elizabeth
Currency:	100 cents = 1 dollar


Griqualand West

Dates:		1874 - 1880
Capital:		Kimberley
Currency:	12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Album:		Cape of Good Hope


Grodno

Refer:		South Lithuania (Russian Occupation)


* Guadeloupe

Dates:		1884 - 1947
Capital:		Basse-Terre
Currency:	100 centimes = 1 franc
		(2002) 100 cents = 1 euro (€)


Guam

Dates:		1899 - 1901
Capital:		Agaña
Currency:	100 cents = 1 dollar

Album:		US Post Abroad


* Guanacaste

Dates:		1885 - 1889
Currency:	100 centavos = 1 peso

See also:		Costa Rica


* Guatemala

Dates:		1871 -
Capital:		Guatemala City
Currency:	(1871) 100 centacos = 8 reales = 1 peso
		(1927) 100 centavos = 1 quetzal


* Guernsey

Dates:		1941 -
Capital:		St Peter Port
Currency:	(1941) 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
		(1971) 100 pence = 1 pound

See also:		Alderney;
		Channel Islands;
		Great Britain (Regional Issues)


* Guinea

Dates:		1959 -
Capital:		Conakry
Currency:	(1959) 100 centimes = 1 franc
		(1973) 100 caury = 1 syli

See also:		French Guinea;
		French West Africa


* Guinea-Bissau

Dates:		1974 -
Capital:		Bissau
Currency:	(1974) 100 centavos = 1 escudo
		(1976) 100 cents = 1 peso

See also:		Portuguese Guinea


Gulf of Kotor

Refer:		Dalmatia (German Occupation)


Gumultsina

Dates:		1913 only
Currency:	100 lepta = 1 drachma

Album:		Thrace

See also:		Dedeagatz (Greek Occupation);
		Thrace (Allied Occupation);
		Western Thrace


* Guyana

Dates:		1966 -
Capital:		Georgetown
Currency:	100 cents = 1 dollar

See also:		British Guiana


Gwalior

Dates:		1885 - 1948
Capital:		Gwalior
Currency:	12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Album:		Indian Convention States

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