Postage stamps and postal history of German East Africa
This is a survey of the
German East Africa was a German colony in East Africa, including what is now
German postal agency
A German postal agency was established on 27 February 1885 in Lamu using German stamps for mail.
Occupation
After the colony was occupied by Belgian and British troops, each issued its own provisional stamps. In 1916, the Belgians overprinted stamps of Belgian Congo in several ways, first with "RUANDA" and "URUNDI," although these were never actually used. A second series was overprinted with the dual-language "EST AFRICAIN ALLEMAND / OCCUPATION BELGE / DUITSCH OOST AFRIKA / BELGISCHE BEZETTING." In 1922 these stamps received surcharges ranging from 5c to 50c.
In 1916, at the request of Brigadier General Edward Northey, to the Governor of Nyasaland, Nyasaland stamps were overprinted "N.F.". The overprint was intended to be "N.F.F.", for "Nyasaland Field Force", but the telegraph operator omitted one “F.” when sending the request to the Governor. The stamps could only be used by troops of the Nyasaland Rhodesian Field Force. Although they were primarily intended for use in German East Africa, they were also used from field post offices in Nyasaland and Mozambique. They were not issued to any civilian post office nor could they be used by any civilians.[3]
The civilian population were able to send mail through the Indian Army postal service field post offices using
Mafia Island
On January 12, 1915, Mafia was taken by British troops as a base for the air and sea assault on the light cruiser Königsberg. Stamps were issued by the British occupation forces on the island of Mafia in 1915 and 1916.
See also
- Postage stamps and postal history of the German colonies
- Postage stamps and postal history of Ruanda-Urundi
- Postage stamps and postal history of Rwanda
- Postage stamps and postal history of Burundi
- Postage stamps and postal history of Tanganyika
- Postage stamps and postal history of Tanzania
- Postage stamps and postal history of Kionga
References
- ^ Michel Deutschland-Spezial-Katalog 1996, p. 388
- ^ Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue
- ^ a b Gibbons Stamp Monthly, August 1991, p.30
- ^ "German East Africa | Stamps and postal history | StampWorldHistory". Archived from the original on 2018-03-03. Retrieved 12 August 2018.[title missing]