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A complete listing of all the post offices and postal agencies in the British Cameroons, their classification and dates of opening and closure; illustrations of almost 200 postmarks and their dates of use; discussion of internal mail routes, maritime transport of mail to and from the Cameroons, air mail services, postal censorship during World War II, registration markings, postage due markings and stamps, other postal and free-frank markings; postage stamps and stationery for the Cameroons; two location maps, numerous illustrations; fully referenced. Note - A companion Supplement was published in 2007.viii + 136 pages

This detailed Supplement is designed as a companion volume to the authors' original book about the British Cameroons of the same title, published in 1994. The authors have conveniently compiled and consolidated a wealth of published and unpublished information that has since come to light.
* New postmarks and further information about previously reported postmarks
* Updated summary of observed dates of use for all postmarks used in the Cameroons
* Additional information about the opening of post offices and postal agencies, including initial organization of post offices and mail runner services in 1916
* Postage stamps and postal stationery
* Maritime mail transport and air mail services to / from the Cameroons
* National Socialist sympathies prior to World War II, internment of German nationals during the war, and postal censorship
* Postal services and instructional markings, registration, posted out of course, postage due, insufficiently prepaid, too late, express, postmaster handstamp and… Read More