Postal History of KENYA

Post Offices KIPINI to KISUMU

KIPINI
 1907 to 08.05.1923 01.01.1960
Harbour 70 Km south of lamu
1   1C "Blank"     06.01.1913
(Proud)		   350
2   DR "E.A.P."     19.02.1916
(Proud)		 29.06.1921
(Proud)		 80
3   DR "KENYA"   01.04.1931
(Proud)		 03.08.1955
(Proud)		 12

KIPKABUS
 15.11.1925 to 11.12.1963
Postal agency on railway line at mile 539. Upgraded to post office 1938.
1   2C "KENYA"   16.05.1926
(Proud)		 14.08.1926
(Proud)		 150
2   DR "KENYA"   24.12.1927
(Proud)		 11.12.1963
(Proud)		 3
       

KIPKARREN (RIVER)
 01.03.1925 to 1929
10.08.1930 to 01.05.1932
01.05.1935 to 31.10.1939
1948 to unknown
 01.02.1953 to 11.12.1963
Postal agency on railway line at mile 597
1   DR "KENYA"     12.05.1927
(Proud)		 03.01.1928
(Proud)		 100
10.08.1930
(Proud)		 16.09.1930
(Proud)		 100
01.05.1935
(Proud)		 31.10.1939
(Proud)		 70
2   1C "KENYA"   River added 13.09.1928
(Proud)		   300
3   2C "KENYA" River added
Using violet 1959 to 1961		 10.04.1953
(Proud)		 14.03.1963
(Proud)		 12

KIPSONOI
03.01.1922 to 01.08.1922
Not recorded

KISSI
1909 to 11.12.1963
45 km from Kericoa. PO from 1937 onwards
1   1C "EAP"   10.06.1910
(Proud)		 29.07.1926
(Proud)		 40
2   DR "KENYA"   10.08.1927
(Proud)		 24.06.1947
(Proud)		 10
       
3   2C "KENYA"   17.05.1949
(Proud)		 23.09.1962
(Proud)		 6
4   1C "KENYA"   07.11.1956
(Proud)		 11.12.1963
(Proud)		 3

KISMAYU
01.09.1896 to 06.12.1925
Capital of Jubaland. Ceeded to Italy in 1925.
1   SQC "Blank"   01.09.1896
(Proud)		 22.08.1898
(Proud)		 250
2   2C "E.A.PROTECTORATE"   31.05.1900
(Proud)		 01.09.1908
(Proud)		 80
3   DR "E.A.P."   30.01.1909
(Proud)		 06.12.1924
(Proud)		 30

KISUMU
 23.10.1901 to 11.12.1963
Transfered from Uganda to Kenya
Port on Lake Victoria
1   DR "Blank"   23.10.1901
(Proud)		 05.05.1905
(Proud)		 60
2   DR "E.A.P."   25.06.1905
(Proud)		 30.09.1920
(Proud)		 25
3   2C "BRIT. E AFRICA"   Bars on sides 13.03.1920
(Proud)		 07.09.1926
(Proud)		 15
4   1C "EAP"   23.04.1921
(Proud)		 01.03.1922
(Proud)		 30
5   2C "KENYA"   12.08.1922
(Proud)		 19.08.1932
(Proud)		 5
07.08.1946
(Proud)		 17.12.1962
(Proud)		 3
       
6   1C "KENYA"   01.12.1922
(Proud)		 28.06.1946
(Proud)		 3
7   DR "KENYA"   09.08.1933
(Proud)		 20.08.1955
(Proud)		 2
8   DR "KENYA" There are 3 types with time code. Very difficult to distinguish. 01.09.1940
(Proud)		 20.08.1955
(Proud)		 1
9   1C "KENYA"
Date error		   06.10.1956
(Proud)		 11.12.1963
(Proud)		 2
10   2C "KENYA" Thin lines on sides 04.04.1955
(Proud)		 11.12.1963
(Proud)		 2
       
11   1C "KENYA"   Skeleton type 17.12.1962
(Proud)		   150
12   2C "REGISTERED"   30.12.1955
(Proud)		 31.08.1956
(Proud)		 25
13 "REGISTERED" OVAL "KISUMU KENYA"     02.04.1963
(Proud)		 11.12.1963
(Proud)		 3