Compendium of postage stamp issuers (L)

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

Capital 

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

Main Article Needed 

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 kapeiku = 1 Latvian rublis (1993) 100 santimu = 1 lats

Main Article Needed 

Includes 

Latvia (pre–Soviet)

See also 

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Latvia (pre-Soviet)

Dates 

1918–1940

Capital 

Riga

Currency 

(1918) 100 kapeiku = 1 Latvian rublis (1923) 100 santimi (centimes) = 1 lat

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

Main Article Needed 

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

Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of the Leeward Islands

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 Needed 

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

Main Article Needed 

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

Main Article Needed 

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

Main Article Needed 

Lietuva

Refer 

Lithuania

Limnos

Refer 

Lemnos

Lipsos

Dates 

1912–1932

Capital 

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

Main Article Needed 

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 kreuzer = 1 gulden

Main Article Needed 

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

Main Article Needed 

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