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British East Africa Company

The first stamps used in Uganda were the 1890 issues of the
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Uganda Cowries

The Uganda Cowries were mission stamps typewritten by E. Millar in 1895; these stamps are among the most rarest and valuable postage stamps of the world.


Uganda Protectorate

In 1898 a set of seven stamps portraying Queen Victoria and inscribed ''Uganda Protectorate'' was issued.


Joint postal administrations (1902-1962)

Uganda then used stamps of ''East Africa & Uganda'' (1903-1922), ''Kenya & Uganda'' (1922-1927) and ''Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika/Tanzania'' (1935-1976). Although Uganda had its own postal administration from 1962, commemoratives inscribed ''Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania'' remained in use until 1976.


Self-government (1962)

Uganda issued a set of four stamps on 28 July 1962 commemorating the centenary of Speke's discovery of the source of the Nile. This was the only set issued by Uganda as a self-governing state.


Independent (1962-)

The first stamps of independent Uganda were issued on 9 October 1962. Rossiter, Stuart & John Flower. ''The Stamp Atlas''. London: Macdonald, 1986, pp.282-290. Uganda regularly issues both commemorative and definitive stamps. The stamps of Uganda were also valid in Kenya and Tanzania until 1976.


See also

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Postage stamps and postal history of British East Africa This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of British East Africa. Britain had interests in this area as early as 1824. Missionaries are known to have settled in the area in 1844. The Imperial British East Africa Company obtained a c ...
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Postage stamps and postal history of East Africa and Uganda Protectorates East Africa and Uganda Protectorates was the name used by the combined postal service of the British protectorates, British East Africa and Uganda, between 1 April 1903 and 22 July 1920. East Africa and Uganda Protectorates The administration is ...
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Postage stamps and postal history of Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika 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 ...
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Postage stamps and postal history of Kenya This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history 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'' (1903-19 ...
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Postage stamps and postal history of Tanzania 1964 Founding of the union issue. framed, 10-cent flag, 1965 1-shilling stamp of 1965, used at Shinyanga probably in 1968. Note that the postmark still gives "Tanganyika" as country name. 5-shilling stamp of 1980 depicting lion and cubs. The ...
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Uganda Cowries The Uganda Cowries, also known as the Uganda Missionaries, were the first adhesive postage stamps of Uganda. Because there was no printing press in Uganda, the stamps were made on a typewriter by the Rev. E. Millar of the Church Missionary Societ ...
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Posta Uganda Posta Uganda ( Luganda for Uganda Post) originally named Uganda Post Limited, is the company solely responsible for postal service in Uganda.


References


Further reading

* Goldberg, Larry. ''Identifying the Cancellations of Uganda: A Post Office Identification Handbook''. Buffalo Grove, IL.: LMG Communications, Inc., 2001 66p. * Lowe, Robson. ''The Uganda Missionaries''. London: Robson Lowe Ltd., 1974 7p. Supplement to ''The Philatelist'' August 1974. * 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. * Proud, Ted. ''The Postal History of Uganda and Zanzibar''. Heathfield, Sussex: Postal History Publications Co., 1993. 433p. * Trapnell, Dr. David H. ''The Early Postal History of Uganda: with Particular Reference to the Rev. Robert H. Walker, Acting CMS Postmaster (May 1897-May 1898) & the First Archdeacon of Uganda''. s.l.: David H. Trapnell with support by the Stuart Rossiter Trust, 2002 154p. {{PostalhistoryAfrica Communications in Uganda
Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...