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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 ...
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).
A 1965 stamp of Uganda. This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Uganda.. Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa.It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania.
The first postage stamps of Tanganyika were stamps of the East Africa and Uganda Protectorates overprinted "G.E.A." (for German East Africa), used in 1921 and 1922.These are superficially identical to the last occupation issues of German East Africa, but the presence of the "Crown and Script CA" watermark shows they were issued after the civil administration took over from the military, and ...
The administration issued postage stamps with the profile of King Edward VII and inscribed "EAST AFRICA AND UGANDA PROTECTORATES" in 1903. The same basic design was used throughout the period, with new watermark and colours in 1904 and 1907, respectively, and the substitution of King George V in 1912. The 6c stamp was surcharged 4c in 1919.
Postage stamps and postal history of Kenya and Uganda. Add languages. Add links. Article; Talk; English. Read; ... Postage stamps and postal history of East Africa ...
A Kenyan Judicial stamp used at Mombasa in 1929. Kenya & Uganda stamps fiscally used on a 1933 passport page. Kenya, formerly known as British East Africa issued revenue stamps since 1891. There were numerous types of revenue stamps for a variety of taxes and fees. Also valid for fiscal use in Kenya were postage stamps issued by the following ...
A German postal agency was established on 27 February 1885 in Lamu using German stamps for mail. [1] Following the Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty in 1890 Germany created the colony of German East Africa. Initially German stamps were used. [2] The first postage stamps for German East Africa were German stamps surcharged in pesa values in 1893 ...