# Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Io–Iz)

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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## 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

### 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

    Postage stamps and postal history of Iran

### 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

    Postage stamps and postal history of the Isle of Man

### 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

    Postage stamps and postal history of Israel

## 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

    1936 – 1941

### Capital

    Addis Ababa

### Currency

    100 centesimi= 1 lira

### Main Article

    Postage stamps and postal history of Italian East Africa

## 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

    Salò (Lake Garda)

### Currency

    100 centesimi = 1 lira

### Refer

    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

    (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

    Postage stamps and postal history of Ivory Coast

### 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