British Cameroons

Cameroons, often referred to in German texts as British Cameroon, was from 1916 to 1961 part of the British Empire in Central Africa. The area, which makes up a small part of Cameroon and Nigeria today, was from 1922 to 1946 B- League of Nations mandate from 1946 to 1961 and UN trust territory.

After the German colony of Cameroon was occupied during World War II by British, French and Belgian troops, it was divided in 1922 by the League of Nations in a French and a British mandate. The French part of Cameroun took a four-fifths of the British Cameroons was divided into a northern and southern part. With the founding of the United Nations mandates were converted into trust territories.

The French part became independent on 1 January 1960 as Cameroon, the Muslim northern part of British Cameroon decided in a referendum in February 1961 to join Nigeria, which took place on 31 May 1961. The southern part was on October 1, part of Cameroon. In the following years there was a dispute over the Bakassi peninsula in the south of the former British Cameroons, which has its origin in the boundary between Great Britain and France. In Cameroon, also fights the former south as Ambazonia Republic since 1999 for its independence.

Stamps

Prior to Distribution 1961 Nigerian stamps were used which bore the imprint " Cameroons UKTT ".

Threepence brand, tied in Kumba, now in Cameroon

Not validated 2d stamp the Cameroons '

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