Lagos

Lagos was a British colony around the city of the same name in what is now Nigeria.  File:Lagos 3d.jpg|3d Victoria. Note "L" obliterator for Lagos; there are various types. File:Lagos 1d rose.jpg|1882 1d Victoria definitive. File:Lagos KEVII 2.5d.jpg|2½d Edward VII definitive. File:Lagos MandR card.jpg|1½d+1½d Victoria message and reply card. 
 * British postal service was begun in April 1852 but no postal markings were provided until 1859. A crown circle PAID AT LAGOS postmark was used then. In 1863, control went to the colonial office, transferred to Sierra Leone in 1866. Administration changed from Sierra Leone to the Gold Coast in July 1874.
 * In June 1874, Lagos issued its own stamps in the Queen Victoria keytype design.
 * Perf and watermark changes followed.
 * In 1904, the Edward VII keytype design was introduced.
 * While its last issues were released in 1906, Lagos became part of the Southern Nigeria colony that year. Lagos stamps were then allowed to be used anywhere in Southern Nigeria.

See

 * Niger Coast Protectorate
 * Niger Coast Companies
 * Southern Nigeria

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