East Africa Forces postal stationery
Note: the numbering system used below is copyright © GBOS, and may not be used without permission.
This is a simplified listing. The imprinted 3d stamp represented the special basic rate for servicemen in active service. Only the size "G2" was issued without the EAF overprint. Apart from items with "specimen" overprints, no unused examples of the EAF overprinted items are recorded.
Registered envelopes
SR1-4 King George VI. 3d green envelope overprinted "E.A.F.", "FEE PAID" at lower left. 28 March 1945. Sizes F, G2, H, K.
SR5-9 as above but "Registration Fee.....d. paid" at lower left. 13 October 1945. Sizes F, G, H, K.
For the envelope overprinted "BMA Somalia" as well as "EAF" see under Somalia.
Note: proposals similar overprints on stationery for MEF for use in Cyrenaica were not implemented.
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page last updated: 16 June 2009, 20 May 2012
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