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 centsimi = 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 Main Article Needed 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 Main Article Needed 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 Main Article Needed 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 Main Article Needed Includes Benadir See also British Occupation Issues; Italian East Africa; Jubaland; Somalia Italian States Main Article Needed 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 References Bibliography Stanley Gibbons Ltd, Europe and Colonies 1970, Stanley Gibbons Ltd, 1969 Stanley Gibbons