Interesting. Unless those stamped happened to be printed with "1964" in December of that year (which to my mind seems absurd), we now have evidence that "Republic of Kenya" appeared on some official documents issued by the government. Stamps are a form of document, aren't they?
It's not absurd.
Those "1964 republic" stamps were released exactly on December 12th 1964, to celebrate and announce Kenya becoming a republic. They held them in stock until the vote passed.
Therefore they are not evidence that Kenya used "republic of kenya" on official seals dated before december -- before they officially became a republic.
This is documented here by a Kenyan stamp collector:
http://j-mydland.net/KUT/Kenya.htm
"This series of 5 was issued precisely a year after the first series; 12th December 1964, and was to commemorate the Inauguration of Republic. "
Those "1964 republic" stamps were released exactly on December 12th 1964, to celebrate and announce Kenya becoming a republic. They held them in stock until the vote passed.
Therefore they are not evidence that Kenya used "republic of kenya" on official seals dated before december -- before they officially became a republic.
This is documented here by a Kenyan stamp collector:
http://j-mydland.net/KUT/Kenya.htm
"This series of 5 was issued precisely a year after the first series; 12th December 1964, and was to commemorate the Inauguration of Republic. "
Where at your link does it say that? Before you answer I already visited there before my previous post.
The quote is:
This card represents the typical tourist view of Kenya; wildlife. The elephant is one of the so called "big 5". The card is cancelled NAMANGA (on the border to Tanzania en route from Nairobi to Arusha) New Year's eve 1964, and has the 65c Pyrethrum industry stamp from the Independence series of 12th December 1963.
The picture from this caption is:
I'm beginning to smell ozone.