Somaliland Protectorate - King Edward VII (1902-1910) - Mint Stamps

British Somaliland was a British protectorate in the northern part of present-day Somalia.  From 1st January 1887 until 1903 stamps of India were used

On 1st June 1903 the Protectorate Post Office was established when control of the British Somaliland was transferred from the Indian Government to the British Foreign Office The first stamps issued, in 1903, were stamps of India overprinted