af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | jul 18, 2023 | Stamp of the day
British rule in Burma lasted from 1824 to 1948. It started from the successive three Anglo-Burmese wars through the creation of Burma as a province of British India to the establishment of an independently administered colony. The rule finally ended with independence....
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | jul 17, 2023 | Stamp of the day
Brunei is located in the northern part of the Indonesian island Kalimantan. In 1888, Brunei became a British protectorate and was assigned a British resident as colonial manager in 1906. After the Japanese occupation during World War II, a new constitution was written...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | jul 16, 2023 | Stamp of the day
The islands north-east of Australia of what is now the Solomon Islands nation were created by Germany, Britain and France between 1886 and 1899. The British Solomon Islands Protectorate was proclaimed in 1893 and remained in place until 1978, when the islands became...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | jul 14, 2023 | Stamp of the day
At the London Convention of 1814, the colonies of Berbice and the United Colony of Demerara and Essequibo were formally given to Britain. In 1831 the two colonies were unified as British Guiana. The colony would remain under British control until independence in 1966....
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | jul 14, 2023 | Stamp of the day
Forming part of British America, Bermuda was governed under royal charter by the Somers Isles Company until 1684, when it became a crown colony. The first African slaves were taken to Bermuda in 1616, but a full plantation economy did not develop, and the slave trade...
