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2 visits. 1 visit. Presentation of a book of the Six Decades of H.M. The Queen's Commonwealth and State Visits, 18 December 2012. Queen Elizabeth II undertook a number of state and official visits over her 70-year reign (1952 to 2022), [1] as well as trips throughout the Commonwealth, making her the most widely travelled head of state in history.
Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika (KUT) is the name on British postage stamps made for use in the British colonies of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika.The stamps were circulated between 1935 and 1963 by the joint postal service of the three colonies, the East African Posts and Telecommunications Administration, reconstituted as part of the East African High Commission from 1948 to 1961, the East African ...
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. Postage stamps and postal history of British East Africa; Postage stamps and postal history of East Africa and Uganda Protectorates; Postage stamps and postal history of Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika
The King and Queen have arrived in Kenya for the start of a five-day state visit – their first to a Commonwealth country. Charles and Camilla’s royal tour comes as the East African nation ...
The Queen posing with the New Zealand Cabinet during her visit to New Zealand, 1981. The Queen surrounded by children in Queen Street Mall, Brisbane City, 1982. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh at the Closing Ceremony of the XII Commonwealth Games, Brisbane, 1982. The Queen opening World Expo 88 at Brisbane, 30 April 1988.
Abolition. 12 December 1964. Elizabeth II was Queen of Kenya from 1963 to 1964, when Kenya was an independent sovereign state with a constitutional monarchy. She was also the sovereign of the other Commonwealth realms, including the United Kingdom. Her roles as the Kenyan head of state were delegated to the governor-general of Kenya .
The first stamps issued, on 23 May 1890, were surcharges on British postage stamps with values of ½, 1 and 4 annas and 'BRITISH EAST AFRICA COMPANY' . During an acute shortage of stamps in August and September, 1890 stamps of India were used and are known postmarked 'MOMBASA' or 'LAMU'. It is alleged that an agent of stamp dealer Whitfield ...
Royal Philatelic Collection. The catalogue of the collection, published 1952, here shown in the deluxe leather bound edition out of the slip-case. The Royal Philatelic Collection is the postage stamp collection of the British royal family. It is the most comprehensive collection of items related to the philately of the United Kingdom and the ...