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FIND BRITISH ERITREA STAMPS AND POSTAL COLLECTIBLES FOR SALE

Britain administered Eritrea from 1941 to 1952, having taken control of the area from Italian East Africa, and used stamps with various overprints during that time. For the first several years, regular British stamps were used, overprinted with MEF, meaning “Middle East Force”. (This is a shortening of the force’s full name, “Middle East Land Forces”, which followed the Middle East Command of 1939 — 1946.)

From 1948 — 1950, Britain changed the overprint on its Eritrea-used stamps to B.M.A. ERITREA, which stood for “British Military Administration”. This was changed yet again for stamps from 1950 — 1952, which shortened the overprinted phrase to B.A. ERITREA (“British Administration”). The British use of such stamps ended in Eritrea when Ethiopia took over control of the small but important coastal country.

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These overprinted British stamps are collected not only by Britain and African colonial enthusiasts, but by World War II buffs, as they capture a short and important historical era of British international relations. 

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1944 Asmara Eritrea MEF Censored Airmail cover to Jerusalem Palestine

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BOIC BMA Eritrea KGVI 1948-49 5s red (surcharge) 10/- inc high vals 28x ##53

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British Post Offices - Eritrea - 1950 - Cover to Milano Italy

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BMA ERITREA BOIC British Forces Asmara CDS 20c AirMail Rate 1949 Postcard MS3920

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1947 England MEF Cover Asmara Eritrea to Khartoum Egypt Ketchian Brothers

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BOIC Cover BMA Eritrea Overprints Early Postal Mechanisation 1949 Brighton O174

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British POs in ERITREA 1948 KGVI Set Superb Mint Never Hinged

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British Post Offices - Eritrea - 1952 - Cover to Birmingham England

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British Occ of Italian Cols Eritrea 1948 20c sur GB Postage Due no stop var MH

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Eritrea 1951 SG E19 & E24 on Italian Telegram Reeceipt Postmarked Asmara

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