page_title: Postage stamps and postal history of British Somaliland
section_title: George VI
hierarchical_section_title: Postage stamps and postal history of British Somaliland / George VI
caption_attribution_description: English: Somaliland Protectorate stamp depicting the tomb of Sheikh Isaaq, (Mait, c1950)
context_page_description: Originally mail from British Somaliland used postage stamps of Egypt, then India. In 1903, about 30 types of stamps of India were overprinted "BRITISH / SOMALILAND".
context_section_description: After George VI ascended the throne, the new series of 12 values used three pictorial designs; a Berbera blackhead sheep, Lesser kudu antelope, and a map. The 1938 series included a 3/4 on portrait of the king; in 1942, with the restoration of civil postal service after the Italian occupation, new stamps used a full-face portrait, and the sheep design was re-engraved.
caption: British Somaliland Protectorate stamp featuring the tomb of Sheikh Isaaq at Mait.
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