Postal History of KENYA

Post Offices GATITU MARKET to ISIOLO

GATITU MARKET (NYERI)
1955 to 25.07.1963
Postal agency under Nyeri
1   1C "KENYA"   06.08.1955
(Proud)		 30.09.1960
(Aab)		 60
2   1C "KENYA"   Nyeri added to postmark 25.07.1963
(Proud)		   60

GATUNDU
 03.06.1963 to 11.12.1963
1   1C "KENYA"     03.06.1963
(Proud)		 20.10.1963
(Proud)		 60

GAZI (MOMBASA)
01.10.1904 to 11.12.1963
On the coast 30 miles from Mombasa
1   DR "KENYA"   06.05.1935
(Proud)		 16.06.1962
(Proud)		 6
2   2C "Blank"   Mombasa added to postmark 10.12.1962
(Proud)		 11.12.1963
(Proud)		 8

GHALIB ROAD NAIROBI
21.04.1956 to 11.12.1963
1   1C "KENYA" Large postmark 25.02.1957
(Proud)		 12.076.1962
(Proud)		 6
2   2C "Blank"   Small postmark 16.10.1962
(Proud)		 11.12.1963
(Proud)		 6

GIAKANJA (NYERI)
13.04.1955 to 05.08.1963
Postal agency under Nyeri
1   1C "KENYA"   20.01.1956
(Proud)		 09.04.1961
(Proud)		 15
2   1C "KENYA" Nyeri added 05.08.1963
(Aab)		   60

GIDHUNGURI (KIAMBU)
08.12.1950 to 11.12.1963
Postal agency under Kiambu
1   1C "KENYA"   25.05.1952
(Proud)		 02.01.1962
(Aab)		 12
2   1C "KENYA" Kiambu added to postmark 10.09.1962
(Proud)		 11.12.1963
(Proud)		 12

GILGIL
01.10.1904 to 11.12.1963
on mile 409. Postal agency until 1920
1   2C "EAP"   No rim at top 05.01.1921
(Proud)		 09.04.1922
(Proud)		 60
2   1C "KENYA"     22.05.1922
(Proud)		 21.09.1926
(Proud)		 40
3   DR "KENYA"   11.10.1926
(Aab)		 25.09.1962
(Proud)		 3
       
4   2C "KENYA"     07.12.1941
(Proud)		 01.01.1943
(Proud)		 40
5   1C "KENYA"   18.06.1946
(Proud)		 22.05.1954
(Proud)		 10
6   2C "KENYA"   03.02.1948
(Proud)		 13.12.1948
(Proud)		 30
7   2C "KENYA"   16.01.1949
(Aab)		 17.12.1962
(Proud)		 2
8   1C "KENYA"   18.11.1957
(Proud)		 11.12.1963
(Proud)		 2

GILGIL STATION
1922
Not recorded

GIRIAMA
1917 to closed by 1922
Postal agency north of Malindi
Not recorded

GOBWEN
20.12.1913 to 1922
North of Juba River. Ceded to Italy 29.06.1925
1   DR "BRIT.EAST AFRICA"     20.02.1913
(Proud)		 17.05.1917
(Proud)		 80

GOLBANTI
1907 to 10.02.1909
Postal agency on Tana River
Not recorded

GVT RD NAIROBI
13.01.1920 to 20.12,1921
1   2C "Blank"     31.08.1920
(Proud)		 20.12.1921
(Proud)		 80

HOEY'S BRIDGE
17.09.1920 to 11.12.1963
 27 miles from Eldoret
1   2C "EAP"   No rim at top 25.09.1920
(Proud)		 24.07.1923
(Proud)		 60
       
2   DR "KENYA"   04.05.1924
(Proud)		 11.12.1963
(Proud)		 3
3   1C "KENYA"   20.02.1956
(Proud)		 11.12.1963
(Proud)		 3

HOMA BAY (KISUMU)
1910 to 1912
15.01.1955 to 11.12.1963
Port on Lake Victoria
1   1C "KENYA"   15.01.1955
(Proud)		 04.01.1957
(Proud)		 12
2   1C "KENYA" Homa Bay 2 words 15.01.1959
(Aab)		 11.10.1961
(Proud)		 30
3   1C "KENYA"   Nyeri added to postmark 11.12.1962
(Proud)		 11.12.1963
(Proud)		 6

IHURURU MARKET (NYERI)
26.09.1955 to 11.12.1963
1   1C "KENYA"   26.09.1955
(Proud)		 05.01.1962
(Proud)		 12
2   1C "KENYA"   Nyeri added to postmark 21.01.1963
(Proud)		 11.12.1963
(Proud)		 8

ISIOLO
01.06.1929 to 11.12.1963
District head quarters. Near Meru
1   2C "Blank"     07.09.1929
(Proud)		   80
2   DR "KENYA"   12.12.1931
(Proud)		 15.10.1961
(Proud)		 2
       
3   2C "KENYA"     07.05.1938
(Proud)		   80
4   1C "KENYA"   Dots on sides 28.06.1938
(Proud)		 24.06.1960
(Proud)		 2
5   2C "KENYA"   01.08.1962
(Proud)		 11.12.1963
(Proud)		 3

ITEN ELDORET
01.10.1963 to 11.12.1963?
1   1C "?" New discovery 01.10.1963
(Aab)		   80