Postal History of NIGERIA

Post Offices CHINDI BARRACKS to DEGEMA

CHINDI BARRACKAS
14.02.1959 to 30.09.1960
Postal Agency under Zaria
1   1C "PA"     04.04.1959
(Proud)		 30.09.1960
(Proud)		  

CLIFFORD STREET YABA
01.08.1957 to 30.09.1960
Postal Agency under Yaba
1   1C "PA"   20.10.1957
(Proud)		 30.09.1960
(Proud)		  

COAL CAMP ENUGU
06.03.1941 to ?
Postal Agency under Enugu
1   1C "PA"     06.03.1941
(Proud)		    

COKERS MARKET
26.10.1956 to 30.09.1960
Postal Agency under Ifo
1   1C "PA"     26.10.1956
(Proud)		 30.09.1960
(Proud)		  

CREEK TOWN
01.06.1904 to 1916
05.08.1917 to 22.03.1930
01.05.1939 to 30.09.1960
Postal Agency under Zaria
1 "OLD CALABAR" 1C "CREEK TOWN"   21.10.1904
(Proud)		 28.11.1906
(Proud)		  
2   1C "SOUTHERN NIGERIA"
http://www.michael-hamilton.com/ 		  12.02.1907
(Proud)		 15.09.1914
(Proud)		  
05.08.1917
(Proud)		 24.08.1928
(Proud)		  
3   2C "NIGERIA" Bars on sides 01.03.1930
(Proud)		 22.03.1930
(Proud)		  
08.11.1943
(Proud)		 30.09.1960
(Proud)		  
4   1C "NIGERIA"   05.05.1939
(Proud)		 01.02.1940
(Proud)		  
       
5 "REGISTERED" OVAL "CREEK TOWN SOUTHERN NIGERIA"   15.05.1908
(Proud)		 05.11.1915
(Proud)		  

DAMAGUN
16.02.1952 to 30.09.1960
Postal Agency under Potiskum
1   1C "NIGERIA"     03.06.1952
(Proud)		    
2   1C "Blank"     19.12.1956
(Proud)		 14.01.1959
(Proud)		  

DAMATURU
10.04.1928 to 01.09.1931
05.01.1032 to 30.09.1960
50 miles east of Potiskum
1   2C "NIGERIA" Bars on sides 10.04.1928
(Proud)		 25.03.1930
(Proud)		  
2   2C "NIGERIA"     04.10.1932
(Proud)		 30.09.1960
(Proud)		  
3 "REGISTERED" 2C "DAMATURU NIGERIA"   20.10.1953
(Proud)		 19.08.1960
(Proud)		  

DANBATTA
10.11.1954 to 30.09.1960
Postal Agency under Kano
1 "PA" 1C "Blank"     10.11.1954
(Proud)		 30.09.1960
(Proud)		  

DANGORA
11.03.1938 to 24.07.1941
24.07.1948 to 30.09.1960
Postal Agency under Kano later Zaria
1   2C "NIGERIA"     23.01.1941
(Proud)		    
2 "PA" 1C "NIGERIA"     16.08.1948
(Proud)		 08.10.1955
(Proud)		  
3 "PA" 1C "Blank"     09.12.1955
(Proud)		    
4   1C "Blank"   01.12.1956
(Aab)		 30.09.1960
(Proud)		  

DARAZO
01.12.1949 to 24.01.1953
Postal Agency under Bauchi
1 "PA" 1C "NIGERIA"   29.01.1950
(Aab)		 04.08.1953
(Proud)		  

DASS
25.05.1953 to 30.09.1960
Postal Agency under Bauchi
Not recorded  

DAURA
01.12.1949 to Unknown
11.05.1953 to 30.09.1960
Postal Agency under Kano
1 "AP" 1C "NIGERIA"     06.05.1954
(Proud)		    
2 "PA" 1C "NIGERIA"     31.05.1954
(Proud)		 29.08.1957
(Proud)		  

DAWAKIN KUDU
30.09.1958 to 30.09.1960
Postal Agency under Kano
Not recorded  

DAWAKINTOFA
06.06.1958 to 30.09.1960
Postal Agency under Kano
Not recorded  

DEGEMA
10.01.1893 to 31.10.1895
February 1896 to 30.09.1960
Used Sombreiro River postmark from 1893 to 1903
1   1C "Cross"   28.02.1903
(Proud)		 15.05.1908
(Proud)		  
2   1C "SOUTHERN NIGERIA"   26.06.1908
(Proud)		 13.06.1919
(Proud)		  
       
3   2C "NIGERIA" Crosses on sides 01.07.1919
(Proud)		 07.09.1928
(Proud)		  
4   2C "NIGERIA"   Bars on sides 09.08.1921
(Proud)		 25.08.1921
(Proud)		  
5   2C "NIGERIA" Bars on sides 01.11.1920
(Proud)		 30.06.1932
(Proud)		  
6   2C "NIGERIA"   Bars on sides 25.03.1923
(Proud)		 02.12.1937
(Proud)		  
7   2C "NIGERIA"   01.02.1941
(Proud)		 30.06.1959
(Proud)		  
       
8   2C "NIGERIA"     05.08.1949
(Proud)		 18.01.1960
(Proud)		  
9 "PO" 1C "NIGERIA"     07.03.1951
(Proud)		 27.05.1953
(Proud)		  
10 "REGISTERED" OVAL "DEGEMA"   19.01.1903
(Proud)		 08.05.1924
(Proud)		  
11 "REGISTERED" OVAL "DEGEMA NIGERIA" Dots on sides 18.07.1933
(Proud)		 17.10.1958
(Proud)		  
12 "REGISTERED" OVAL "DEGEMA NIGERIA"     21.02.1959
(Proud)		 30.09.1960
(Proud)