Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Io - Iz)

Each "article" in this category is in fact a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries themselves are formulated on the micro model and so provide summary information about all known issuers.

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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 Needed :

;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 : Douglas;Currency : 100 pence = 1 pound

;Main Article Needed :

;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 Needed :

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

;Main Article Needed :

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

;Main Article Needed :

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

;Main Article Needed :

;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

;Main Article Needed :

;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 Needed :

;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

Sources

* Stanley Gibbons Ltd: various catalogues
* [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/home.html Encyclopaedia of Postal History]
* Stuart Rossiter & John Flower: "The Stamp Atlas"