COVER N. 380 - UGANDA

Postmark: Kampala ? Office - Uganda 06.10.2023

Posted on the 6th October 2023; received on the 4th January 2024

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A long time on the way, three months, to be more precise, but a very welcome addition to my collection. Un grand Merci Roland, pour ce pli fantastique!

Uganda, a landlocked country in the middle of the African Continent, a former British protectorate who rose to independence in 1962 and a long history of social turmoil and dictatorship, in a country where its current President, in power since 1986, and re-elected in 2021 in elections during which the opposition candidates were arrested, and internet access suspended, can, in theory, rule for life, given that the parliament has passed a law to remove any age limit to the function....

Stamps, left to right

600 Ugandan Schilling definitive stamp issued on 21APR1998, as part of a set of three illustrated with African reptiles, which can probably be found in the country. This particular stamp is illustrated with  an image of a Spotted Sandveld Lizard (Nucras intertexta).

The communications sector regulator in Uganda is the Uganda Communication Commission, instituted in 1998. On 03Jan2019, Posta Uganda issued the 1,800 Shilling stamp on the cover, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Commission, the stamp being illustrated with a 20 carrying the logo of the company inside the 0.

The Postmark hails from the country's capital, Kampala.