Nine different types of official seals, four of which are tapes, are known from Kenya, Uganda, & Tanganyika. The earliest type is inscribed "East Africa and Uganda." All of the early seals are very scarce on cover.
Catalog: Drummond OS4
Date issued: Unknown, EKU December 12, 1939
Printing: Black
Perforation: Imperforate
Inscription: "KENYA, UGANDA AND / TANGANYIKA POST OFFICE / G.R. / FOUND / OPEN AND / OFFICIALLY SEALED"
Control Number: "G.P.O. A.25" at upper right
Description: Censored (violet boxed "PASSED BY CENSOR NO. 1" on front) 1939 cover from Dar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika to Gouda, Netherlands apparently sent unsealed and reclosed on backflap with a Kenya, Uganda, & Tanganyika officially sealed label. Seal tied with a December 16th Dar-es-Salaam datestamp.
This is is the only design with the "Kenya, Uganda, & Tanganyika" wording.
Date issued: Unknown, EKU December 12, 1939
Printing: Black
Perforation: Imperforate
Inscription: "KENYA, UGANDA AND / TANGANYIKA POST OFFICE / G.R. / FOUND / OPEN AND / OFFICIALLY SEALED"
Control Number: "G.P.O. A.25" at upper right
Description: Another example of the same KUT label shown above, but this time two labels are apparently used as censor seals on a 1940 cover from the United States to Dar-es-Salaam. Forwarded to London. Very unusual and scarce usage.
Courtesy of Jim Kotanchik by permission. Updated December 9, 2007
Catalog: Drummond OS4
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