Uganda First Typewritten Issue, 20 Cowries

Uganda · 1895 · 20 Cowries

This stamp is one of the first issues from the Uganda Protectorate, famously produced on a typewriter by Reverend Ernest Millar. The design is purely functional, featuring the initials 'U G' for Uganda and the denomination '20' in a simple, unadorned layout. These 'missionary stamps' are renowned for their primitive yet historically significant production method.

Issued under the British Protectorate, these typewritten stamps were a practical necessity created by missionaries to facilitate mail service in a remote region before official printed stamps were available.