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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 Centime s = 1 Franc
: ( 1885 ) 20 chahis = 1 kran; 10 krans = 1 toman
: ( 1932 ) 100 Dinar s = 1 Rial ; 20 rials = 1 pahlavi

;Includes : Persia

IRAQ

;Dates : 1923 -
;Capital : Baghdad
;Currency : ( 1923 ) 16 Anna s = 1 Rupee
: ( 1931 ) 1000 Fils = 1 Dinar

IRAQ (BRITISH OCCUPATION)

;Dates : 1918 - 1923
;Currency : 16 Anna s = 1 Rupee

;Refer : British Occupation Issues

IRELAND

;Refer : Northern Ireland ;
Republic Of Ireland

IRIAN BARAT

;Refer : West Irian

ISLAND

;Refer : Iceland

ISLE OF MAN

;Dates : 1973 -
;Capital : Douglas
;Currency : 100 Pence = 1 Pound

;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 : Tel Aviv
;Currency : (1948) 1000 prutot (mils) = 1 Israeli Pound
: ( 1960 ) 100 agorot = 1 pound
: ( 1980 ) 100 agorot = 1 shekel

ISTRIA

;Refer : Venezia Giulia & Istria

ISTRIA (YUGOSLAV OCCUPATION)

;Dates : 1945 only
;Currency : 100 Cent esimi = 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 Cent esimi = 1 Lira

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 Cent simi = 1 Lira

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 Para s = 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 : Salo ( 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 : 100 Centesimi = 1 Lira

;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 Centime s = 1 Franc

;Includes : Ivory Coast (French Colony)

;See also : French West Africa

IVORY COAST (FRENCH COLONY)

;Dates : 1892 - 1944
;Capital : Abidjan
;Currency : 100 Centime s = 1 Franc

;Refer : Ivory Coast

SOURCES

Stanley Gibbons Ltd: various catalogues

Encyclopaedia of Postal History

Stuart Rossiter & John Flower: ''The Stamp Atlas''