Postal History of NIGERIA

Post Offices AROGBO to AWENGISHIRI

AROGBO
17.08.1944 to 30.09.1960
Postal agency uner Okitipupa
1   1C "NIGERIA"     09.02.1945
(Proud)		 03.09.1954
(Proud)		  
2   1C "Blank"     28.03.1956
(Proud)		 01.07.1959
(Proud)		  

AROKO
18.05.1953 to 30.09.1960
Postal agency uner Auchi
1 "P.A." 1C "Blank?"     11.07.1953
(Proud)		    

AROLOYA STREET - LAGOS -
05.09.1957 to 30.09.1960
Postal agency under Lagos
Not recorded

ANIGEJE
06.01.1955 to 30.09.1960
Postal agency uner Calabar
1 "P.A." 1C "NIGERIA"     06.08.1947
(Proud)		    
2 "P.A." 1C "NIGERIA"     24.11.1958
(Proud)		 30.09.1960
(Proud)		  

ARO NDIZUOGU
 01.01.1942 to 30.09.1960
Postal agency uner Okigwe. Upgrade to post office 1957
1   1C "NIGERIA"   Skeleton type 07.06.1942
(Proud)		 30.08.1955
(Proud)		  
2   1C "Cross"   Asterisk above date 21.09.1955
(Proud)		 30.09.1960
(Proud)		  
3   2C "NIGERIA"     27.12.1957
(Proud)		 30.09.1960
(Proud)		  
4 "REGISTERED" OVAL "ARO NDZUOGU INIGERIA"     06.09.1958
(Proud)		 30.09.1960
(Proud)		  

ASABA
01.03.1900 to 29.11.1905
09.07.1907 to 30.09.1960
75 miles from Benin City
1   1C "Ornament" Bars on sides 27.03.1900
(Proud)		 23.03.1905
(Proud)		  
30.07.1908
(Proud)		 12.04.1909
(Proud)		  
       
2   2C "SOUTHERN NIGERIA"   29.06.1909
(Proud)		 05.12.1914
(Proud)		  
25.02.1918
(Proud)		 02.08.1918
(Proud)		  
3 "PO" 1C "NIGERIA"     21.02.1917
(Proud)		 20.06.1918
(Proud)		  
4   2C "NIGERIA" Bars on sides 19.11.1919
(Proud)		 23.01.1950
(Proud)		  
5   1C "NIGERIA"     06.06.1937
(Proud)		 08.08.1937
(Proud)		  
6   2C "NIGERIA"   12.02.1953
(Proud)		 30.09.1960
(Proud)		  
7 "REGISTERED" OVAL "ASABA"
http://www.michael-hamilton.com 		  12.11.1900
(Proud)		 20.06.1916
(Proud)		  
8 "REGISTERED" OVAL "ASABA NIGERIA"     26.01.1951
(Proud)		 31.10.1959
(Proud)		  
9 "TELEGRAPHS" 1C "ASABA NIGERIA"     31.10.1956
(Proud)		 19.11.1957
(Proud)		  

ASABA ASE
24.04.1957 to 30.09.1960
Postal agency uner Kwale
1   1C "POSTAL AGENCY"   20.08.1957
(Aab)		 09.03.1959
(Proud)		  

ASABA ASSAY
01.04.1939 to 16.06.1952
Postal agency uner Kwale
1   1C "NIGERIA"   06.07.1940
(Proud)		 16.06.1952
(Proud)		  

ASABA CABLE POINT
15.01.1951 to 30.09.1960
Postal agency under Asaba
1 "PA" 1C "NIGERIA"     02.11.1951
(Proud)		 08.06.1955
(Proud)		  
2   2C "NIGERIA"     13.12.1955
(Proud)		 05.03.1957
(Proud)		  
3   1C "149"     11.07.1957
(Proud)		 29.09.1958
(Proud)		  

ASAGBA
31.10.1953 to 30.09.1960
Postal agency under Sapele
1 "PA" 1C "NIGERIA"     09.12.1953
(Proud)		 13.11.1958
(Proud)		  

ASA UMUNKA
22.09.1958 to 30.09.1960
Postal agency under Aba
1   1C "POSTAL AGENCY"     06.04.1960
(Proud)		 30.09.1960
(Proud)		  

ASE
01.1.1952 to 30.09.1960
Postal agency under Kwale
1   1C "NIGERIA"   31.12.1953
(Proud)		 12.03.1954
(Proud)		  
2   2C "NIGERIA"     02.02.1956
(Proud)		 21.07.1960
(Proud)		  

ASHA
28.06.1955 to 30.09.1960
Postal agency under Abeokuta
1 "PA" 1C "NIGERIA"     21.12.1955
(Proud)		 30.12.1955
(Proud)		  
2 "PA" 1C "NI ERIA"   G droped 26.09.1956
(Proud)		    
3 "AP" 1C "NI ERIA"   A inverted
E inverted		 17.12.1958
(Proud)		    
4 "PA" 1C "Blank"     14.09.1959
(Proud)		 16.09.1959
(Proud)		  

ASHAKA
07.04.1927 closed by 1939
21.07.1947 to 30.09.1960
Postal agency under Kwale
1   1C "NIGERIA"   07.04.1927
(Proud)		 24.07.1927
(Proud)		  
2   2C "NIGERIA"   Bars on sides 31.10.1927
(Proud)		 14.05.1935
(Proud)		  
3   1C "NIGERIA"   Nigeria slanted to left 22.11.1947
(Proud)		 20.05.1951
(Proud)		  
4   1C "NIGERIA" Asterisk above date 10.06.1952
(Proud)		 04.06.1956
(Proud)		  
5   2C "NIGERIA"     05.09.1956
(Proud)		 21.01.1960
(Proud)		  
6   CIRCLE     Ashaka in centre
Parcel post
no date		      

ASSAY
20.09.1919 to 18.02.1921
1   1C "NIGERIA"   20.09.1919
(Proud)		 18.02.1921
(Proud)		  

ATANI
03.12.1907 to 09.02.1913
12 miles from Onitsha
1   1C "SOUTHERN NIGERIA"
www.michael-hamilton.com/ 		  29.04.1910
(Proud)		 09.02.1913
(Proud)		  

ATAN ONOYOM
08.06.1953 to 30.09.1960
Postal agency under Itu
1 "PA" 1C "Blank"     07.08.1953
(Proud)		 25.11.1954
(Proud)		  

ATIJERE
18.02.1941 to25.11.1948
07.12.1953 to 30.09.1960
Postal agency under Sokoto
1   1C "NIGERIA"     11.05.1945
(Proud)		 08.02.1954
(Proud)		  
2 "ATIJERE" 1C "PA"     02.09.1955
(Proud)		 23.04.1956
(Proud)		  
3 "PA" 1C "NIGERIA"     09.02.1959
(Proud)		 30.09.1960
(Proud)		  

ATTA
03.04.1954 to 30.09.1960
Postal agency under Owerri
1 "PA" 1C "NIGERIA"     07.07.1954
(Proud)		 27.07.1955
(Proud)		  
2 "PA" 1C "Blank"     10.02.1956
(Proud)		 30.09.1960
(Proud)		  

ATTAN
02.01.1952 to 30.09.1960
Postal agency under Otta
1   1C "NIGERIA"     11.04.1952
(Proud)		    
2   1C "POSTAL AGENCY"     22.09.1955
(Proud)		 12.01.1959
(Proud)		  

AUCHI
30.07.1925 to 30.09.1960
Postal agency under Benin. Post office 1949
1 "POSTAL AGENT" 1C "AUCHI"     30.07.1925
(Proud)		 12.12.1925
(Proud)		  
2   2C "NIGERIA"   Bars on sides 17.06.1926
(Proud)		 20.05.1957
(Proud)		  
3   2C "NIGERIA"   Thin lines on sides 29.08.1960
(Proud)		 30.09.1960
(Proud)		  
       
4 "REGISTERED" OVAL "AUCHI NIGERIA"   24.10.1953
(Proud)		 02.05.1960
(Proud)		  
5   1C "SAVINGS BANK"   06.09.1955
(Proud)		 30.09.1960
(Proud)		  

AVIARA
14.08.1958 to 30.09.1960
Postal agency under Ughelli
1   1C "POSTAL AGENCY"     06.10.1958
(Proud)		 26.08.1959
(Proud)		  
2   1C "NIGERIA"     19.08.1960
(Proud)		 30.09.1960
(Proud)		  

AWE
12.09.1956 to 30.09.1960
Postal agency under Oyo
1   1C "POSTAL AGENCY"   26.11.1956
(Proud)		 30.09.1960
(Proud)		  

AWENGISHIRI
05.05.1958 to 30.09.1960
Postal agency under Oyo
Not recorded