Revenue stamps of Kenya
- Imperial British East Africa Company (1890–1895)
- British East Africa Protectorate (1895–1903)
- East Africa and Uganda Protectorates (1903–1922)
- Kenya and Uganda (1922–1935)
- Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika (1935–1959)
British East Africa
In 1891 and 1892, postage stamps of the Imperial British East Africa Company were handstamped locally INLAND REVENUE for use as general purpose duty stamps. In 1895 and 1896, similar overprints were applied to postage stamps of British East Africa, which were already overprints on stamps of the British East Africa Company or India. Around 1898, stamps portraying Queen Victoria were also issued with this overprint.
In 1897, the Queen Victoria issue was also overprinted CONSULAR SERVICE, and between that year and 1901, various stamps were also overprinted or handstamped JUDICIAL FEE for use in law courts.[2]
Proofs exist for British East Africa impressed duty stamps, but these were probably never issued.
East Africa and Uganda
On 1 April 1903, the postal service of British East Africa joined with that of
In the 1940s and 1950s, proofs were also prepared for cigarette excise stamps inscribed Kenya, Uganda & Tanganyika Excise Duty. However no issued strips are known and they are only known to exist at the Crown Agents archives in the British Library and from the printers' archives.[3]
Kenya
Kenya's first revenues were
Around 1954, KUT postage stamps portraying
Between 1963 and the early 1970s stamps were issued to pay the Graduated Personal Tax, and from 1966 to 2001 stamps were issued annually to pay the Hospital Tax, later known as the National Hospital Insurance Fund. Between 1972 and the 1990s, Kenya issued stamps to pay for airport passenger service fees. These are denominated either in Kenyan shillings for local or in US dollars for international flights, and around 1995, stamps showing Mount Kenya were issued to pay the Services Charge, known locally as Huduma.[5]
Kenya also issues excise stamps for use on wine or spirits, but these are currently being phased out due to the discovery of forgeries to defraud the KRA.[6]
Kenya had impressed duty stamps from 1927 to 1973 and meter stamps from 1973 to 1999.
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
References
- ISBN 0906845726
- ^ British East Africa. Revenue Reverend, 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ East Africa and Uganda - Kenya and Uganda - KUT. Revenue Reverend, 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ Fake Revenue Stamps In Circulation . Republic of Kenya Ministry of Lands, 11 March 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ Kenya. Revenue Reverend, 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ KRA phases out excise stamps in war on fakes. Business Daily, 22 April 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2014.