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.
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
Dates 1879–1906 Capital Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar
Refer Straits Settlements
La Canea
Refer Khania (Italian Post Office)
Lagos
Dates 1874–1906 Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Refer Nigerian Territories
Laibach (German Occupation)
Dates 1943–1945 Capital Ljubljana Currency 100 centesimi = 1 lira
Refer German Occupation Issues (World War II)
See also Lubiana (Italian Occupation)
LANSA
Dates 1950–1951 Currency 100 centavos = 1 peso
Refer Colombian Territories
Laos
Dates 1951 – Capital Vientiane Currency (1951) 100 cents = 1 piastre (1955) 100 cents = 1 kip
Main Article Needed
Las Bela
Dates 1897 only Capital Bela Currency 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee
Refer Indian Native States
Latakia
Dates 1931–1937 Capital Latakia Currency 100 centimes = 1 piastre
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)
Dates 1922–1944 Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc
Refer International Organisations
Lebanon
Dates 1924 – Capital Beirut Currency 100 centimes = 1 piastre
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
Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of the Leeward Islands
Leipzig
Refer North West Saxony (Russian Zone)
Lemnos
Dates 1912–1913 Capital Kastron Currency 100 lepta = 1 drachma
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
Dates 1966 – Capital Maseru Currency 100 cents = 1 rand
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
Dates 1860 – Capital Monrovia Currency 100 cents = 1 dollar
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
Dates 1912 – Capital Vaduz Currency (1912) 100 heller = 1 krone (1921) 100 rappen = 1 (Swiss) franc
Main Article Needed
Lietuva
Refer Lithuania
Limnos
Refer Lemnos
Lipsos
Dates 1912–1932 Capital Currency 100 centesimi = 1 lira
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 skatiku = 1 auksinas (1922) 100 centu = 1 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 soldi = 1 florin (1858) 100 kreutzer = 1 florin
Main Article Needed
See also Austria
Long Island (British Occupation)
Dates 1916 only Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
Refer British Occupation Issues
Lorraine (German Occupation)
Dates 1940–1941 Currency 100 pfennige = 1 mark
Refer German Occupation Issues (World War II)
Lothringen
Refer Lorraine (German Occupation)
Lourenço Marques
Dates 1895–1921 Currency (1895) 1000 reis = 1 milreis (1912) 100 centavos = 1 escudo
Refer Mozambique Territories
Lübeck
Dates 1859–1868 Currency 16 schillinge = 1 mark
Refer German States
Lubiana (Italian Occupation)
Dates 1941 only Currency 100 paras = 1 dinar
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
Dates 1900–1902 Currency 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound
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
External links
Encyclopaedia of Postal History