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172: 196: 184: 75: 63: 51: 1060: 1110: 126:", featuring the head of a giraffe, denominated in cents, shillings and pounds (100 cents to a shilling, 20 shillings to a pound), with several colour changes in 1925. The changes were because there were many power changes, with each leader wanting a different color. 846: 531: 511: 921: 786: 771: 541: 481: 811: 796: 676: 496: 406: 155: 616: 1001: 441: 821: 776: 476: 436: 881: 431: 936: 656: 566: 446: 901: 801: 611: 596: 451: 154:, as well as the East African Postal Union. Between 1935 and 1963, stamps of the combined postal administration (East African Posts and Telecommunications Administration) inscribed " 916: 546: 981: 671: 396: 631: 521: 931: 626: 861: 836: 641: 351: 1006: 991: 976: 906: 891: 871: 686: 591: 571: 561: 456: 911: 826: 816: 501: 491: 886: 751: 726: 711: 606: 971: 946: 731: 651: 506: 471: 1041: 1036: 1031: 1021: 956: 926: 856: 851: 586: 556: 526: 466: 426: 376: 1011: 986: 896: 876: 841: 781: 756: 741: 736: 701: 696: 646: 551: 461: 401: 391: 381: 1026: 996: 866: 831: 791: 716: 681: 636: 576: 421: 386: 1016: 941: 806: 766: 761: 706: 691: 666: 621: 601: 581: 536: 516: 416: 411: 966: 961: 721: 486: 171: 1147: 112:
shows they were issued after the civil administration took over from the military, and are thus properly considered the first issues of Tanganyika.
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This was followed in 1927 by a second series of 16 values in a more conventional design with a profile of
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This was followed by a final commemorative issue on December 9, 1962, with four stamps inscribed "
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Shortly after independence in 1961, the new state of Tanganyika issued a series of
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Identifying the Cancellations of Tanganyika: A Post Office Identification Handbook
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Tanganyika ceased to exist as a nation in 1964, when it was loosely united with
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In 1922, the government issued a series of 19 stamps inscribed "
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The first postage stamps of Tanganyika were stamps of the
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East Africa: The Story of East Africa and its Stamps
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Index

postage stamps
postal history
Tanganyika
British
mandate



East Africa and Uganda Protectorates
overprinted
German East Africa
watermark
King George V
Customs Union
Kenya
Uganda
Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika



coat of arms
commemorative stamps
Zanzibar
Tanzania
Stanley Gibbons
Rossiter, Stuart
ISBN
0-356-10862-7
Encyclopaedia of Postal Authorities
ISBN

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