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British Somaliland
Originally mail from Somaliland used postage stamps of Egypt, then India. In 1903, about 30 types of stamps of India were overprinted "BRITISH / SOMALILAND". A British pillar box. ...
Motto: Justice, Peace, Freedom, Democracy and Success for All Anthem: Saamo ku waar Capital Hargeisa Somali, Arabic (second) Government Republic - President Dahir Riyale Kahin Independence From Somalia and United kingdom - Declared May 18, 1991 . ...
This 1974 stamp from Japan depicts a Class 8620 steam locomotive. ...
1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...
An overprint is the addition of text (and sometimes graphics) to the face of a postage stamp after it has been printed. ...
In 1904 the protectorate issued its own stamps, featuring a profile of King Edward VII, and inscribed "SOMALILAND PROTECTORATE". Issues of George V used the same design with George's profile. 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King of the Commonwealth Realms, and the Emperor of India. ...
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 - 20 January 1936) was the first British monarch belonging to the House of Windsor, as a result of his creating it from the British branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. ...
After George VI ascended the throne, the new series of 12 values used three pictorial designs; a Berbera blackhead sheep, Greater Kudu antelope, and a map. The 1938 series included a 3/4 portrait of the king; in 1942, with the restoration of civil postal service, new stamps used a full-face portrait, and the sheep design was re-engraved. George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George Windsor) (14 December 1895 - 6 February 1952) became the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Emperor of India, upon the unexpected abdication of his brother, Edward VIII. He reigned from 11 December 1936 until his death. ...
Binomial name Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Pallas, 1766) The Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) is a woodland antelope found throughout East and Southern Africa. ...
A map is a simplified depiction of a space which highlights relations between components (objects, regions) of that space. ...
1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ...
Around 1950 the currency changed from annas and rupees to cents and shillings, and the 1942 stamps were appropriately surcharged. Ironically, the UPU 75th anniversary issue was printed in cents and shillings, but its issue date was 10 October 1949, before the changeover, so those stamps had to be surcharged in the old currency. 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Anna can refer to a variety of people, objects, and ideas. ...
It has been suggested that History of the rupee be merged into this article or section. ...
Look up centi- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary For the numerical prefix centi- see Wiktionary. ...
The shilling (or informally: bob) was an English coin first issued in 1548 for Henry VIII, although arguably the testoon issued about 1487 for Henry VII was the first English shilling. ...
An overprint is the addition of text (and sometimes graphics) to the face of a postage stamp after it has been printed. ...
October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ...
1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ...
Queen Elizabeth II ushered in a new series featuring a variety of local wildlife and scenes. Some values of these stamps were overprinted 21 May 1957 with "OPENING / OF THE / LEGISLATIVE / COUNCIL / 1957", and on 5 April 1960 with "LEGISLATIVE / COUNCIL / UNOFFICIAL / MAJORITY, / 1960" to mark the events as named by the overprints. Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ...
May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ...
1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ...
Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...
All the stamps of British Somaliland were withdrawn from sale on 25 June 1960; for the week prior to formal unification on 1 July, stamps of Italian Somaliland and Somalia were used. The British Somaliland was a British protectorate in the north part of the Horn of Africa, and later part of Somalia and presently the unrecognized Republic of Somaliland. ...
June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ...
Italian Somaliland was an Italian colony that lasted, apart from a brief interlude of British rule, from the late 19th century until 1960 in the territory of the modern-day East African nation of Somalia. ...
See also Hargeisa (Somali: Hargeysa, Arabic: هرجيسا) is a city in Northwestern Somalia and the second largest city in the country. ...
This is a list of postage stamps issued by the United Kingdom (normally referred to as Great Britain in phitatelic usage). ...
Sources - Stanley Gibbons Ltd: various catalogues
- Encyclopaedia of Postal History
- Stuart Rossiter & John Flower: The Stamp Atlas
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