Postal History of NIGERIA

Post Offices EKE to EKOSIN

EKE
26.05.1941 to30.09.1960
Postal agency under Enugu

1   1C "NIGERIA"     02.04.1942
(Proud)
14.08.1944
(Proud)
40
2   1C "NIGERIA"   EKE of centre 04.04.1946
(Proud)
04.07.1955
(Proud)
15
3   2C "NIGERIA"     30.08.1957
(Proud)
30.09.1960 10

EKONOBIZI
21.08.1957 to 30.09.1960
Postal agency under Umuahia

1 "PA" 1C "NIGERIA"   11.07.1958
(Proud)
21.08.1959
(Proud)
40

EKET
20.09.1909 to 30.09.1960
50 km south west of Calabar
Renamed from Qua Iboe River

1   1C "SOUTHERN NIGERIA"     20.09.1909
(Proud)
22.04.1916
(Proud)
40
2 "POST OFFICE" 1C "NIGERIA"     03.01.1917
(Proud)
07.02.1918
(Proud)
60
3 "GOVT-TELS" 1C "EKET"   14.05.1918
(Proud)
10.08.1923
(Proud)
40
4   2C "NIGERIA" Bars on sides 21.06.1924
(Proud)
04.11.1935
(Proud)
4
       
5   1C "NIGERIA"   13.02.1936
(Proud)
09.06.1954
(Proud)
1
6   1C "NIGERIA"   Skeleton 14.08.1954
(Proud)
  160
7 "TELEGRAPHS" 1C "EKET NIGERIA"   20.08.1954
(Aab)
01.10.1956
(Proud)
20
8   2C "NIGERIA"     02.07.1956
(Proud)
30.09.1960 1
9 "REGISTERED" OVAL "EKET NIGERIA" Dot between Eket and Nigeria 04.08.1933
(Proud)
16.04.1960
(Proud)
1
       
10 "REGISTERED" OVAL "EKET NIGERIA"   No dot between Eket and Nigeria 27.06.1956
(Proud)
13.07.1960
(Proud)
6
11 "REGISTERED" OVAL "EKET (I)"     28.09.1960
(Proud)
30.09.1960 40

EKIADOLOR
01.04.1952 to 30.09.1960
Postal agency under Benin

1 "PA" 1C "NIGERI"   Skeleton
Missing "A" in Nigeria
22.06.1953
(Proud)
05.10.1959
(Proud)
10

EKINRIN
01.05.1947 to 30.09.1960
Postal agency under Kabba

1 "PA" 1C "NIGERIA"   PA on left 21.11.1947
(Proud)
09.11.1949
(Proud)
20
2 "PA" 1C "NIGERIA"   PA on right
Nigeria on left
05.03.1954
(Proud)
05.03.1958
(Proud)
15
3 "PA" 1C "NIGERIA" PA on right
Nigeria on left
Second "I" of Kinrin missing
20.02.1959
(Aab)
  40
4 "PA" 1C "NIGERIA"   PA on right
Nigeria centered
30.01.1959
(Proud)
09.04.1960
(Proud)
15

EKO ABETU
01.03.1957 to closed by 14.08.1957
Postal Agency under Benin

1   1C "POSTAL AGENCY"    Skeleton 05.07.1957
(Proud)
15.07.1957
(Proud)
100

EKO ENDE
19.09.1960 to 30.09.1960

Not recorded

EKOSIN
12.04.1956 to 06.11.1958
Postal Agency under Oshogbo

1   1C "P A"     12.04.1956
(Proud)
  100
2 "PA" 1C "NIGERIA"     29.10.1957
(Proud)
12.11.1957
(Proud)
40
2 "PA" 1C "NIGERIA" "A" of PA inverted 29.04.1958
(Proud)
06.11.1958
(Proud)
40