From:
John Leach's Encyclopedia of Postal Authorities :

Ionian Islands - Ivory Coast

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* Ionian Islands

Dates:		1859 - 1864
Capital:		Argostolion (Cephalonia)
Currency:	12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

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

Album:		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

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

Album:		British Occupation Issues


Ireland

Refer:		Northern Ireland;
		Republic of Ireland


Irian Barat

Refer:		West Irian


Island

Refer:		Iceland


* Isle of Man

Dates:		1973 -
Capital:		Douglas
Currency:	100 pence = 1 pound

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
Currency:	(1948) 1000 prutot (mils) = 1 Israeli pound
		(1960) 100 agorot = 1 pound
		(1980) 100 agorot = 1 shekel


Istria

Refer:		Venezia Giulia & Istria


Istria (Yugoslav Occupation)

Dates:		1945 only
Currency:	100 centsimi = 1 lira

Album:		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 centsimi = 1 lira


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:		1938 - 1941
Capital:		Addis Ababa
Currency:	100 centsimi = 1 lira


Italian Levant

Refer:		Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire


* Italian Occupation Issues

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

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

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:		Salo (Lake Garda)
Currency:	100 centesimi = 1 lira

Album:		Italy


* Italian Somaliland

Dates:		1905 - 1936
Capital:		Mogadishu
Currency:	100 centesimi = 1 lira

Includes:		Benadir

See also:		British Occupation Issues;
		Italian East Africa;
		Jubaland;
		Somalia


* Italian States

Includes:		Modena;
		Naples;
		Neapolitan Provinces;
		Papal States;
		Parma;
		Piedmont;
		Romagna;
		Sicily;
		Tuscany

See also:		Sardinia


* Italy

Dates:		1862 -
Capital:		Rome
Currency:	100 centesimi = 1 lira
		(2002) 100 cents = 1 euro (€)

Includes:		Italian Social Republic


Italy (Austrian Occupation)

Dates:		1918 only
Currency:	100 centesimi = 1 lira

Album:		Austro-Hungarian Military Post


Ithaca (Italian Occupation)

Refer:		Cephalonia and Ithaca (Italian Occupation)


* Ivory Coast

Dates:		1959 -
Capital:		Abidjan
Currency:	100 centimes = 1 franc

Includes:		Ivory Coast (French Colony)

See also:		French West Africa


Ivory Coast (French Colony)

Dates:		1892 - 1944
Capital:		Abidjan
Currency:	100 centimes = 1 franc

Album:		Ivory Coast

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