Postage stamps and postal history of Nigeria
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This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history
of Nigeria
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attempted to secede from Nigeria and issued their own postage stamps. Eventually, after a bloody civil war
they rejoined Nigeria.
Postal history
Postal history is the study of postal systems and how they operate and, or, the study of postage stamps and covers and associated material illustrating historical episodes of postal systems...
of Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
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First stamps
The first stamps for the modern state of Nigeria were issued on 1 June 1914 following the amalgamation of all of the British colonies in the area (Northern Nigeria and Southern Nigeria). The first stamps were the standard King George V Empire keytype, which was also previously used for the issues of Northern Nigeria.Federation and Republic
The first issue of independent Nigeria was issued on 1 October 1960, following with a definitive issued on 1 January 1961. In 1963 Nigeria became a Republic within the British Commonwealth and a new definitive set was issued on 1 November 1965.Cameroons U.K.T.T.
Between 1960 and 1961 Nigerian definitives of 1953-57 were overprinted "CAMEROONS/U.K.T.T." for use in Southern Cameroons. This issue was also valid for use in Northern Cameroons until it joined Nigeria. In 1961, Southern Cameroons became part of Cameroon.Biafra
Between 30 May 1967 and 15 January 1970, the region of BiafraBiafra
Biafra, officially the Republic of Biafra, was a secessionist state in south-eastern Nigeria that existed from 30 May 1967 to 15 January 1970, taking its name from the Bight of Biafra . The inhabitants were mostly the Igbo people who led the secession due to economic, ethnic, cultural and religious...
attempted to secede from Nigeria and issued their own postage stamps. Eventually, after a bloody civil war
Nigerian Civil War
The Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Nigerian-Biafran War, 6 July 1967–15 January 1970, was a political conflict caused by the attempted secession of the southeastern provinces of Nigeria as the self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra...
they rejoined Nigeria.
See also
- List of people on stamps of Nigeria
- Nigerian Postal ServiceNigerian Postal ServiceThe Nigerian Postal Service, abbreviated as Nipost, is a government-owned and operated corporation, is the Nigerian postal administration responsible for providing postal services in Nigeria. It has more than 20,000 employees and runs more than 5,000 post offices...
- Postage stamps and postal history of BiafraPostage stamps and postal history of BiafraThis is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Biafra.The Republic of Biafra was a secessionist state in south-eastern Nigeria which existed from 30 May 1967 to 15 January 1970...
- Postage stamps and postal history of LagosPostage stamps and postal history of LagosThis is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Lagos, now part of modern Nigeria.-Stamps:The first stamps of Lagos were issued on 10 June 1874. Stamps portraying Queen Victoria were issued until October 1902. In August 1893, an 1887 4d was overprinted "HALF PENNY". On 22 January 1904...
- Postage stamps and postal history of the Niger Coast ProtectoratePostage stamps and postal history of the Niger Coast ProtectorateThis is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the Niger Coast Protectorate.The Niger Coast Protectorate was a British protectorate in the Oil Rivers area of present-day Nigeria, originally established as the Oil Rivers Protectorate in 1891 and confirmed at the Berlin Conference the...
- Postage stamps and postal history of the Niger TerritoriesPostage stamps and postal history of the Niger TerritoriesThis is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the Niger Territories, an area between the Forcados and Brasse Rivers, once administered by the Royal Niger Company but now part of modern Nigeria.-First stamps:...
- Postage stamps and postal history of the Northern Nigeria ProtectoratePostage stamps and postal history of the Northern Nigeria ProtectorateThis is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the Northern Nigeria Protectorate.Postage stamps were issued specifically for the Northern Nigeria Protectorate beginning in March 1890...
- Postage stamps and postal history of the Oil Rivers Protectorate
- Postage stamps and postal history of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate
Further reading
- Proud, Ted.Ted ProudEdward Wilfrid Baxby Proud is a pioneering British postal historian and philatelic writer who in 2008 was invited to sign the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists....
The Postal History of Nigeria. Heathfield, Sussex: Proud Bailey, 1995. ISBN 187246517X