Each "article" in this category is in fact a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries themselves 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. Alexandropoulos Now called Alexandroupoli, a city in Thrace, north-eastern Greece, formerly known as Dedêagatz aka Dédéagh. A French post office issued French stamps there from 1893 to 1913 when it was part of the Ottoman Empire. These were overprinted Dédéagh. When Greek forces invaded Thrace in 1913 during the Second Balkan War, Bulgarian stamps in use there were overprinted with a Greek inscription and currency value. Refer Dedêagatz (French Post Offices); Dedêagatz (Greek Occupation) Algeria Former French colony which used stamps of France 1849–1924 and 1958–62. Dates 1962 – Capital Algiers Currency 100 centimes = 1 dinar Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Algeria Includes Algeria (French Colony) Algeria (French Colony) Used French stamps 1849–1924 and 1958–62. Independent republic with own issues from 1962. Dates 1924 – 1958 Capital Algiers Currency 100 centimes = 1 franc Refer Algeria Allemagne Duitschland Overprint on Belgian stamps issued by forces occupying part of western Germany in the aftermath of the First World War. Refer Germany (Belgian Occupation) Allenstein A region of East Prussia (German territory) that was disputed at the end of the First World War. A plebiscite was held to decide if it should be in Germany or Poland. German stamps were issued during the period of the plebiscite with an overprint of PLEBISCITE OLSZTYN ALLENSTEIN. The vote was in favour of Germany but the region was incorporated within Poland after the Second World War and is now called Olsztyn. Dates 1920 only Currency 100 pfennige = 1 mark Refer Plebiscite Issues Allied Military Government for Trieste (AMG-FTT) Allied Military Government issues for the Free Territory of Trieste following the Second World War. Refer Trieste Allied Military Government for Venezia Giulia (AMG-VG) Allied Military Government issues for Venezia Giulia following the Second World War. Refer Venezia Giulia & Istria Allied Occupation Issues Various issues by allied occupation forces. Refer Germany (Allied Occupation); Thrace (Allied Occupation); Togo (Anglo-French Occupation) Alsace (German Occupation) During the German occupation in the Second World War, the authorities issued German stamps overprinted ELSASS. Dates 1940 – 1941 Currency 100 pfennige = 1 mark Refer German