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A 1953 stamp of Nigeria. The first stamps for Nigeria were issued on 1 June 1914 following the amalgamation of all of the British colonies in the area ( Northern Nigeria Protectorate and Southern Nigeria Protectorate ). [ 1][ 2] The first stamps were the standard King George V Empire keytype, which was also previously used for the issues of ...
Islam is one of the two largest religions in Nigeria. Nigeria also has the largest Muslim population in Africa. [1] In 2024, Nigeria had the largest Muslim population in Africa, with around 105 million people who belonged to an Islamic denomination. [2][3] Islam is predominantly concentrated in the northern half of the country, with a ...
Unusually, a £25 stamp was issued in April 1904. This was really intended as a revenue stamp, it being nearly impossible to invent a piece of mail needing so much postage. It was used to pay for imported liquor licences. It is the great rarity of philately with copies commanding a high price. The King Edward series was reissued in 1905 in ...
Nigeria usually used dual-purpose postage and revenue stamps for fiscal use, and consequently very few revenue-only stamps were issued. A set of key type stamps depicting King George V was issued in 1916, and some values were reissued with a new watermark in 1920. [1] These stamps are very scarce to extremely rare.
Christianity and Islam are the two main religions practiced in Nigeria [2] [3] The country is home to some of the world's largest Christian and Muslim populations, simultaneously. [4] Reliable recent statistics do not exist; however, Nigeria is divided roughly in half between Muslims, who live mostly in the northern region, and Christians, who ...
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate . The Southern Nigeria Protectorate was a British protectorate in the coastal areas of modern-day Nigeria, formed in 1900 from union of the Niger Coast Protectorate with territories chartered by the Royal Niger Company below Lokoja on the Niger River.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Biafra. The Republic of Biafra was a secessionist state in south-eastern Nigeria which existed from 30 May 1967 to 15 January 1970. The secession was led by the Igbo people following economic, ethnic, cultural and religious tensions among the various peoples of Nigeria and contributed ...
List of people on the postage stamps of Nigeria. Queen Victoria on a Southern Nigeria Protectorate 1 shilling stamp of 1901. This is a list of people on the postage stamps of Nigeria and earlier constituent parts, including the years in which they appeared on a stamp.