Kenya Uganda Tanganyika KUT QEII Cover Mombasa to Schiedam Holland LION ELEPHANT

Description: Kenya Uganda Tanganyika KUTQEII Cover Mombasa to Schiedam Holland LION AND ELEPHANT STAMPSNicePostage stamps and postal history ofKenya, Uganda, TanganyikaKenya, Uganda, Tanganyika (KUT) is the nameon British postage stamps made for use in the British colonies of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika. The stamps werecirculated between 1935 and 1963 by the joint postal service of the threecolonies, the East African Posts and Telecommunications Administration,reconstituted as part of the EastAfrican High Commission from 1948 to 1961, the East African Common Services Organization from 1961 to 1967,and the EastAfrican Community from 1967 to 1977.[1] Even after independence, the newseparate nations continued to use the KUT stamps, and they remained valid forpostage until 1977. First K.U.T. stampsThe first stamps marked Kenya, Uganda andTanganyika were issued in 1935, in the form of commondesign commemoratives for the Silver Jubilee of King GeorgeV aswell as a definitiveseries featuringa profile of the king and local scenes. They replaced stamps marked "EastAfrica and Uganda Protectorates" and "Kenya and Uganda".The definitives included a dramatic departure from the usual engraved stamps of the period; the 10c and £1stamp were typographed and had a silhouette of a lion, with color combinations of black/yellowand black/red, respectively.George VIThe same designs were reissued in 1938 witha profile of GeorgeVI.Wartime exigencies forced the use of surcharges on four South African stamps in 1941 and 1942, but afterthe war the usual common types (PeaceIssue, Silver Wedding Issue, etc.) resumed.Queen Elizabeth IIA definitive series, with new designs, wasissued in 1954 for Queen Elizabeth, and in 1958 a pair ofcommemoratives marked the 100th anniversary of the discovery (from a Europeanperspective) of the Great Lakes ofAfrica by Burton and Speke.A new definitive series in 1960 usedsimpler and more symbolic designs, and was followed in 1963 by three sets ofcommemoratives. At this point postal service was taken over by the East AfricanCommon Services Organization, which issued commemoratives for the 1964 SummerOlympics inscribed"Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar", even though they were neveractually used in Zanzibar. After Tanganyika mergedwith Zanzibar to form Tanzania, subsequent stamps were inscribed"Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania", with the three names being listed inrandomly varying orders.[4]These stamps were issued in parallel with stampsfrom each of the newly independent nations. The Common Services Organizationcontinued to issue various commemoratives, at the rate of about 10-12 per year,until early in 1976.

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