page_title: Postage stamps and postal history of the British Cameroons
hierarchical_section_title: Postage stamps and postal history of the British Cameroons
caption_attribution_description: English: A Cameroons U.K.T.T. overprint on a 2d Nigerian stamp of 1953. Русский: Камерунская надпечатка Cameroons U.K.T.T. на почтовой марке Нигерии 1953 г. номиналом 2 пенса.
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: This article is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the British Cameroons.  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.
caption: A 2d postage stamp of British Cameroons (1953).
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