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.

See the Category:Compendium of postage stamp issuers page for details of the project.

La Agüera[edit]

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[edit]

Dates: 1879–1906
Capital
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

Refer: Straits Settlements

La Canea[edit]

Refer: Khania (Italian Post Office)

Lagos[edit]

Dates: 1874–1906
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer: Nigerian Territories

Laibach (German Occupation)[edit]

Dates: 1943–1945
Capital: Ljubljana
Currency: 100 centesimi = 1 lira

Refer: German Occupation Issues (World War II)

See also: Lubiana (Italian Occupation)

LANSA[edit]

Dates: 1950–1951
Currency: 100 centavos = 1 peso

Refer: Colombian Territories

Laos[edit]

Dates: 1951 –
Capital: Vientiane
Currency: (1951) 100 cents = 1 piastre; (1955) 100 cents = 1 kip

Main Article Needed

Las Bela[edit]

Dates: 1897 only
Capital: Bela
Currency: 12 pies = 1 anna; 16 annas = 1 rupee

Refer: Indian Native States

Latakia[edit]

Dates: 1931–1937
Capital: Latakia
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 piastre

Refer: Alaouites

See also: Syria

Lattaquie[edit]

Refer: Latakia

Latvia[edit]

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)[edit]

Dates: 1918–1940
Capital: Riga
Currency: (1918) 100 kopecks = 1 Latvian rouble; (1923) 100 santimi (centimes) = 1 lats

Refer: Latvia

Latvia (German Occupation)[edit]

Dates: 1941 only
Currency: 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble

Refer: German Occupation Issues (World War II)

Latvija[edit]

Refer: Latvia

League of Nations (Geneva)[edit]

Dates: 1922–1944
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 franc

Refer: International Organisations

Lebanon[edit]

Dates: 1924 –
Capital: Beirut
Currency: 100 centimes = 1 piastre

Main Article Needed

Includes: Greater Lebanon

Leeward Islands[edit]

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[edit]

Refer: North West Saxony (Russian Zone)

Lemnos[edit]

Dates: 1912–1913
Capital: Kastron
Currency: 100 lepta = 1 drachma

Refer: Greek Occupation Issues

Lero[edit]

Refer: Leros

Leros[edit]

Dates: 1912–1932
Capital: Ayia Marina
Currency: 100 centesimi = 1 lira

Refer: Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)

Lesbos[edit]

Dates: 1912–1913
Capital: Mytilene
Currency: Greek and Turkish both used

Refer: Greek Occupation Issues

Lesotho[edit]

Dates: 1966 –
Capital: Maseru
Currency: 100 cents = 1 rand

Main Article: Postage stamps and postal history of Lesotho

See also: Basutoland

Lesser Sunda Islands[edit]

Refer: Japanese Naval Control Area

Levant[edit]

Refer: Free French Forces in the Levant

Liban[edit]

Refer: Lebanon

Liberia[edit]

Dates: 1860 –
Capital: Monrovia
Currency: 100 cents = 1 dollar

Main Article Needed

Libia[edit]

Refer: Libya

Libya[edit]

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)[edit]

Refer: Benghazi (Italian Post Office);; Tripoli (Italian Post Office)

Liechtenstein[edit]

Dates: 1912 –
Capital: Vaduz
Currency: (1912) 100 heller = 1 krone; (1921) 100 rappen = 1 (Swiss) franc

Main Article Needed

Lietuva[edit]

Refer: Lithuania

Limnos[edit]

Refer: Lemnos

Lipsos[edit]

Dates: 1912–1932
Capital
Currency: 100 centesimi = 1 lira

Refer: Aegean Islands (Dodecanese)

Lisso[edit]

Refer: Lipsos

Lithuania[edit]

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)[edit]

Dates: 1918–1940
Capital: Vilnius
Currency: (1918) 100 skatiku = 1 auksinas; (1922) 100 centu = 1 litas

Refer: Lithuania

Lithuania (German Occupation)[edit]

Dates: 1941 only
Currency: 100 kopecks = 1 Russian ruble

Refer: German Occupation Issues (World War II)

See also: Ostland

Lithuanian Occupation of Memel[edit]

Refer: Klaipėda

Litwa Srodkowa[edit]

Refer: Central Lithuania (Polish Occupation)

Livonia[edit]

Refer: Wenden

Lombardy & Venetia[edit]

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)[edit]

Dates: 1916 only
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer: British Occupation Issues

Lorraine (German Occupation)[edit]

Dates: 1940–1941
Currency: 100 pfennige = 1 mark

Refer: German Occupation Issues (World War II)

Lothringen[edit]

Refer: Lorraine (German Occupation)

Lourenço Marques[edit]

Dates: 1895–1921
Currency: (1895) 1000 reis = 1 milreis; (1912) 100 centavos = 1 escudo

Refer: Mozambique Territories

Lübeck[edit]

Dates: 1859–1868
Currency: 16 schillinge = 1 mark

Refer: German States

Lubiana (Italian Occupation)[edit]

Dates: 1941 only
Currency: 100 paras = 1 dinar

Refer: Italian Occupation Issues

See also: Laibach (German Occupation)

Lucca[edit]

Refer: Tuscany

Luxembourg[edit]

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)[edit]

Dates: 1940–1944
Currency: 100 pfennige = 1 reichsmark

Refer: German Occupation Issues (WW2)

Lydenburg[edit]

Dates: 1900–1902
Currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling; 20 shillings = 1 pound

Refer: Transvaal

References[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

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

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