Postal History of KENYA

Post Offices KANGUNDO to KERICHO

KANGUNDO (MACHAKOS)
01.05.1950 to 11.12.1963
Postal agency under Machakos
1   1C "KENYA" Spelt Kangund
Missing "O" sometimes inserted by pen		 13.11.1952
(Aab)		 16.01.1956
(Aab)		  
2   1C "KENYA"   01.05.1956
(Proud)		 12.06.1962
(Aab)		  
3   1C "KENYA"   Machakos added 21.11.1962
(Proud)		 05.04.1963
(Proud)		  
4   1C "KENYA"   Machakos added
Larger postmark		 20.02.1963
(Proud)		 28.02.1963
(Proud)		  

KAPENGURIA
 01.07.1930 to 11.12.1963
Postal agency under Kitale
1   DR "KENYA"   10.07.1933
(Proud)		 11.12.1963
(Proud)		  

KAPITI PLAINS
01.10.1904 to 1930
Not recorded

KAPSABET
1922 to 11.12.1963
HQ of Nandi District
1   DR "KENYA"   15.07.1930
(Proud)		 11.12.1963
(Proud)		  
2   1C "KENYA"   26.04.1955
(Aab)		 11.12.1963
(Proud)		  

KAPTAGAT
01.04.1953 to 11.12.1963
Postal agency under Eldoret
1   1C "KENYA"  Large postmark 07.05.1954
(Proud)		 11.08.1962
(Proud)		  
2   1C "KENYA" Small postmark 19.09.1962
(Proud)		 11.12.1963
(Proud)		  

KARATINA
01.06.1927 to 11.12.1963
PO from 15.12.1943
1   DR "KENYA"   04.09.1930
(Proud)		 20.05.1962
(Aab)		  
       
2   2C "KENYA"   10.07.1944
(Proud)		 22.06.1946
(Proud)		  
3   2C "KENYA"   Thin lines on sides 03.07.1962
(Proud)		 11.12.1963  
4   2C "KENYA" NEW DISCOVERY 05.02.1963
(Aab)		    

KAREN (NAIROBI)
28.12.1956 to 11.12.1963
Near Nairobi
1   1C "KENYA" Skeleton type
Nairobi added		 01.01.1957
(Proud)		 03.05.1957
(Aab)		  
2   1C "KENYA" Asterisk above date
Nairobi added		 08.05.1957
(Proud)		 12.10.1962
(Aab)		  
3   1C "KENYA" No Nairobi added 20.12.1960
(Proud)		 31.03.1962
(Proud)		  
4   2C "KENYA" Thin lines on sides
Nairobi added		 03.07.1962
(Proud)		 11.12.1963
(Proud)		  

KARUNGU
1907 to 1910
01.02.1951 to 1953
Not recorded

KATULANI (MACHAKOS)
19.04.1955 to 11.12.1963 
Postal agent under Machakos
1   1C "KENYA" New discovery 18.12.1958
(Aab)		    
2 "MACHAKOS" 1C "KENYA"     20.05.1963
(Proud)		 11.12.1963
(Proud)		  

KEDOWA
1922 to 11.12.1963
Station on the Kisumu branch line
1   1C "Blank"
(Longinotti)		   21.05.1925
(Longinotti)		 31.07.1926
(Proud)		  
2   DR "KENYA"   16.10.1926
(Proud)		 23.03.1963
(Proud)		  

KENANI
01.10.1904 to 01.07.1935
Railway station on main line
1   DR "KENYA"     02.05.1935
(Proud)		    

KENDU BAY
 29.03.1949 to 11.12.1963
Port on Lake Victoria
1   1C "Blank"     01.09.1950
(Proud)		    
2   1C "KENYA"   07.08.1951
(Proud)		 01.07.1952
(Aab)		  
3   2C "KENYA"   03.10.1953
(Proud)		 07.09.1963
(Proud)		  

KERICHO
01.10.1904 to 11.12.1963
District HQ. PO from 01.12.1929
1   1C "Blank" Spelt KERICNO 22.10.1904
(Proud)		 29.11.1919
(Proud)		  
2   2C "Blank"   20.01.1920
(Proud)		 12.12.1923
(Aab)		  
       
3   DR "KENYA"   14.07.1924
(Proud)		 25.04.1962
(Proud)		  
       
4   DR "KENYA" Name larger
Oval "O"		 29.07.1931
(Proud)		 30.10.1962
(Proud)		  
       
5   1C "KENYA" Skeleton 09.06.1953
(Proud)		 15.12.1954
(Proud)		  
6   2C "KENYA"   18.11.1953
(Proud)		 11.12.1963
(Proud)		  
7   1C "KENYA"   Name smaller 06.01.1960
(Proud)		    
8   1C "KENYA"   06.03.1962
(Aab)		 11.12.1963
(Proud)