Postage stamps and postal history of Uganda

The first stamps used in Uganda were the 1890 issues of the British East Africa Company. ==Uganda Cowries==

The Uganda Cowries were mission stamps typewritten by E. Millar in 1895; these stamps are among the most rarest and valuable postage stamps of the world. ==Uganda Protectorate==

In 1898 a set of seven stamps portraying Queen Victoria and inscribed Uganda Protectorate was issued. ==Joint postal administrations (1902–1962)==

Uganda then used stamps of East Africa & Uganda (1903–1922), Kenya & Uganda (1922–1927) and Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika/Tanzania (1935–1976). Although Uganda had its own postal administration from 1962, commemoratives inscribed Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania remained in use until 1976. ==Self-government (1962)==

Uganda issued a set of four stamps on 28 July 1962 commemorating the centenary of Speke's discovery of the source of the Nile. This was the only set issued by Uganda as a self-governing state. == Independent (1962–) ==

The first stamps of independent Uganda were issued on 9 October 1962. Uganda regularly issues both commemorative and definitive stamps. The stamps of Uganda were also valid in Kenya and Tanzania until 1976. == See also ==