page_title: Postage stamps and postal history of the British Cameroons
section_title: British Occupation issues: 1915
hierarchical_section_title: Postage stamps and postal history of the British Cameroons / British Occupation issues: 1915
caption_attribution_description: Stamp description / Briefmarkenbeschreibung Deutsch: Dauermarkenserie der deutschen Kolonien mit Britischem Aufdruck English: stamp series for German Colonies with British overprint Ausgabepreis: 1/2 d First Day of Issue / Erstausgabetag: 1915 Michel-Katalog-Nr: 2 (Deutsche Kolonie Kamerun unter Britischer Besetzung)
context_page_description: It falls into two essential parts: the occupation of German Kamerun by Anglo-French forces in 1915, when German Colonial stamps were issued with an overprint and surcharge; and the situation following a 1961 plebiscite, after which the former British Cameroons, today known as Ambazonia, was divided between Cameroon and Nigeria.
context_section_description: Stamps of German Kamerun were overprinted  C.E.F. (Cameroons Expeditionary Force) and surcharged with values from one halfpenny to five shillings by the British occupation forces in July 1915.
caption: British Occupation stamp, 1915, overprinted  C.E.F. (Cameroons Expeditionary Force) and surcharged a halfpenny.
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