Postage stamps and postal history of Kenya

First stamps

The first stamps of independent Kenya were issued on 12 December 1963. Before that the territory used the stamps of British East Africa Company (1890-1895), British East Africa (1895-1903), East Africa and Uganda Protectorates (1903-1922), Kenya and Uganda (1922-1935) and Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika/Tanzania (1935-1976).