Postage stamps and postal history of Kenya
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
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
The first stamps of independent Kenya were issued on 12 December 1963.
See also
- List of people on stamps of Kenya
- 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
- Postage stamps and postal history of Tanzania
- Postage stamps and postal history of Uganda
- Revenue stamps of Kenya
- Kenya Posts and Telecommunications Corporation
- Postal Corporation of Kenya
References
- Rossiter, Stuart & John Flower. The Stamp Atlas. London: Macdonald, 1986, pp.282-290. ISBN 0-356-10862-7
- https://web.archive.org/web/20180303055309/http://www.stampworldhistory.com/country-profiles-2/africa/kenya-2/ Retrieved 12 August 2018.
Further reading
- 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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