Compendium of postage stamp issuers (L)
# 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.

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## 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

### 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

## 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

### 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

### 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

## 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

## 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

## 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

## Lietuva

### Refer

    Lithuania

## Limnos

### Refer

    Lemnos

## Lipsos

### Dates

    1912–1932

### 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

### 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

### 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

## 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
