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Postage stamps and postal history of Kenya

Summary

This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Kenya.

Stamp of Kenya depicting the national flag and ensignia.
Stamp commemorating the founding of the Republic of Kenya.

British colonial issues edit

Kenya used stamps of British East Africa Company (1890-1895), British East Africa (1895-1903), East Africa and Uganda Protectorates (1903-1922), Kenya and Uganda (1922-1935) and Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika/Tanzania (1935-1976).[1][2]

Independence edit

The first stamps of independent Kenya were issued on 12 December 1963. The stamps of Kenya were also valid in Uganda and Tanzania until 1976.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Rossiter, Stuart & John Flower. The Stamp Atlas. London: Macdonald, 1986, pp.282-290. ISBN 0-356-10862-7
  2. ^ "Kenya | Stamps and postal history | StampWorldHistory". Archived from the original on 2018-03-03. Retrieved 12 August 2018.[title missing]

Further reading edit

  • Goldberg, Larry. Identifying the Cancellations of Kenya: A Post Office Identification Handbook. Buffalo Grove, IL.: LMG Communications, Inc., 2001 ISBN 0967388619 89p.
  • Mackay, James A. East Africa: The Story of East Africa and its Stamps. London: Philatelic Publishers, Ltd., 1970 192p. Series Title: Collecta handbook ; no. 5.
  • Mackay, James A. Kenya: The Story of Kenya and its Stamps. London: Kenya Posts and Telecommunications Corporation, 1981 192p. A reprint of the earlier title.
  • Minns, John and Stuart Rossiter. The Cancellations of Kenya, 1890-1963; including British East Africa, the East Africa Protectorate, Kenya. s.l.: East Africa Study Circle, 1991 ISBN 0951586505 177p.
  • Proud, Edward B. The Postal History of Kenya. Heathfield, East Sussex: Proud-Bailey Co. Ltd., 1992 ISBN 1872465072 368p.
 
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