Issuing authority
British East Africa
British administration issuing rupee and later shilling coinage and joint stamp issues.
- Kind
- colony
- Region
- East Africa, Africa
- Recorded period
- 1895 – 1963
Succeeded by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.
Published entries
2
Individual types and documented families
With photographs
100%
2 with a credited real-object photo
Verified or well documented
0
Highest two confidence levels
Catalogue entries (2)
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British Government
stamps
East Africa joint postal issues
20th century
East Africa joint postal issues were postage stamps produced for shared use across Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika under a unified postal administration. Administered initially by the joint postal service of the three territories, the East African Posts and Telecommunications Administration, the postal authority was s…
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modern coins
East Africa 1 Shilling
20th century
The East Africa one shilling is a regional coinage type produced under the authority of the East African Currency Board for use across multiple British-administered territories. Introduced as part of a currency system established in 1921, the shilling served as the primary unit of account rather than the pound, subd…
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Entries by catalogue category
- Modern World Coins1
- Postage Stamps1
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