Nigeria and Territories, General Issue

Nigeria · 1900 ·

This is a general listing for stamps from Nigeria and its related territories. These collections often include issues from the colonial era under British rule, such as Lagos, Northern Nigeria, Southern Nigeria, and Oil Rivers Protectorate, through to the independent nation's postage.

Stamps from this region trace the complex history of British colonial administration in West Africa, the amalgamation of protectorates into the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria in 1914, and the country's eventual independence in 1960.