Postage stamps and postal history of British Somaliland

A pair of Indian stamps overprinted for use in Somalia with the 2nd I in BRITISH missing on the left hand stamp.
A George VI 2 anna stamp inscribed Somaliland Protectorate.
Stamps of the Somaliland Protectorate 1953 issue overprinted in 1957 and 1960 to mark events relating to the Legislative Council.

Originally mail from British Somaliland used postage stamps of Egypt, then India. In 1903, about 30 types of stamps of India were overprinted "BRITISH / SOMALILAND".


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