[Red Steel]

I wouldn’t put too much weight on ‘Republic’ being pre-printed letterhead thingy ruining it. It was only months later that they did officially become the Republic, but Kenya was ballyhooing the upcoming Republic.

[ScubieNuc]

I wouldn’t put too much weight on ‘Republic’ being pre-printed letterhead thingy ruining it. It was only months later that they did officially become the Republic, but Kenya was ballyhooing the upcoming Republic.

I was wondering the same thing. Would they have thrown out all of their old blank papers? Would they have recieved on time all of their new, reworded documents? I don't know, but I can concieve that the word went out to use up all of the old paper work in that year, and start the next year with new letter heads.

[centurion316]

I wouldn’t put too much weight on ‘Republic’ being pre-printed letterhead thingy ruining it. It was only months later that they did officially become the Republic, but Kenya was ballyhooing the upcoming Republic.

Good point. I was living in Hawaii when Statehood was passed by the Congress. It was a very big deal. As I recall, some time passed before Statehood became official, but anything that said "Territory of Hawaii" on it was suddenly out of fashion. This might not apply to court documents, but no one wanted a document with the old designation.