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East Africa
(1895-1964)
Capital: Mombasa (up to 1905), Nairobi (from 1905)
Population: Not Available
Land Area: 1,790,160 sq km (691,081 sq miles)
Land Division: 4 Territories (Kenia, Uganda, Tanganyika and Zanzibar, Somaliland)
Currency: East African Rupee at Par with Indian Rupee (-1920), East African Florin (1920-21), East African Shilling
Languages: English (Official) and many local tribal languages
National Day: None
Religions: Protestant (White Settlers), Indigenous Beliefs (local tribes)
Ethnicity: British (White Settlers), many different local ethinc groups

British Administration
1921 Currency Reform: EA 1 Shilling = EA ½ Florin = ½ Indian Rupee = GB 1/- (EA 20/- = GB£ 1)
East African Currency Board, Nairobi
1953-57 Issue
Front Reverse Code Denomination Date Signature Condition Price Cart
East African 5/- (1-1-1955): Front East African 5/- (1-1-1955): Reverse P33 5 Shillings
[Series J89] 		1 January 1955 George Beresford-Stooke/
Edgeworth Beresford David/
John Lennox Fisher/
Arthur Norman Galsworthy 		XF/AU Archive Photo Icon
East African 20/- = £1 (1-2-1956): Front East African 20/- = £1 (1-2-1956): Reverse P35 20 Shillings = £1
[Series G81] 		1 February 1956 George Beresford-Stooke/
John Lennox Fisher/
Arthur Norman Galsworthy/
William Allan Cunningham Mathieson 		AU/UNC Archive Photo Icon

Without Office of Issue
ND(1958-60) Issue
Front Reverse Code Denomination Date Signature Condition Price Cart
East African 20/- ND(1958-60): Front East African 20/- ND(1958-60): Reverse P39 20 Shillings
[Series F16] 		ND(1958-60) Alfred William Lungley Savage/
John Lennox Fisher/
William Allan Cunningham Mathieson/
Robert J. Vile 		UNC Archive Photo Icon

ND(1961-63) Issue
Front Reverse Code Denomination Date Signature Condition Price Cart
East African 100/- ND(1962-63): Front East African 100/- ND(1962-63): Reverse P44b 100 Shillings
[Series W4] 		ND(1962-63) Left: A. L. Adu/J. H. Butter/
C. de N. Hill/
Right: C. R. C. Donald/T. Oates/
G. C. Lawrence/J. B. de Loynes 		AU+ Archive Photo Icon

ND(1964) Issue
Front Reverse Code Denomination Date Signature Condition Price Cart
East African 10/- ND(1964): Front East African 10/- ND(1964): Reverse P46a 10 Shillings
[Series C1] 		ND(1964) Dunston Alfred Omari/
Harold Rupert Hirst		 XF+ €250.00
East African 10/- ND(1964): Front East African 10/- ND(1964): Reverse P46a 10 Shillings
[Series F1] 		ND(1964) Dunston Alfred Omari/
Harold Rupert Hirst		 UNC €400.00
East African 20/- ND(1964): Front East African 20/- ND(1964): Reverse P47a 20 Shillings
[Series M7] 		ND(1964) Dunston Alfred Omari/
Harold Rupert Hirst		 AU/UNC €550.00
East African 100/- ND(1964): Front East African 100/- ND(1964): Reverse P48a 100 Shillings
[Series H17] 		ND(1964) Dunston Alfred Omari/
Harold Rupert Hirst		 UNC Archive Photo Icon



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