Post Offices of Kamerun

Abong-Mbang

Opened – 6 April 1912
Closed – July 1915

Akoafim

Opened – 1 February 1913
Closed – 1 September 1915

Akonolinga

Opened – 5 February 1908
Closed – 30 December 1915

Ambam

Opened – 5 January 1914
Closed – 30 December 1915

Bamenda

Opened – 15 November 1904
Closed – 22 October 1915

Banjo

Opened – 2 July 1905
Closed – 24 October 1915

Bare

Opened – 1 May 1911
Closed – 10 December 1914

Bibundi

Opened – 5 July 1891
Closed – 8 January 1897
Re-opened – 22 May 1906
Closed – 8 October 1914

Bipindihof

Opened – 1 June 1906
Closed – October 1915

Bonaberi

Opened – 15 May 1906
Closed – 27 September 1914

Bonambasi

Opened – 19 May 1908
Closed – 27 September 1914

Buar

Opened – 12 January 1914
Closed – c. 16 October 1914

Buea

Opened – 15 February 1900
Closed – 15 November 1914

Campo / Kampo

Opened – 1 June 1906
Spelling changed – 21 March 1913
Closed – 11 October 1914

Dschang

Opened – 10 March 1907
Closed – 2 January 1915

Fontemdorf canceller used at Dschang – 10 March 1907 to 12 February 1908

Dschang canceller first used – 13 January 1908

Duala

Renamed from Kamerun – 4 June 1901
Closed – 27 September 1914

Dume

Opened – 1 April 1908
Closed – 24 July 1915

Ebolwoa / Ebolowa

Opened – 14 October 1904
Spelling corrected – May 1910
Closed – 8 January 1916

Edea

Opened – 1 October 1903
Closed – 24 October 1914

After closure of Edea, canceller used at km 198 of the Mittellandbahn – 24 October 1914 to November 1915

Edea (km 198 location)

After closure of Edea, canceller used at km 198 of the Mittellandbahn – 24 October 1914 to November 1915

Ekododo / Ukoko (Ekododo location)

Unofficially opened – mid to late 1912
Opened – 1 October 1913
Renamed Ukoko – 6 October 1913
Closed – 16 September 1914

French Ekododo canceller initially used upon transfer of the territory to Germany.  Ekododo cancellers only know used in Ukoko, 50 km west of Ekododo.

Ekododo / Ukoko (Ukoko location)

Unofficially opened as Ekododo – mid/late 1912
Opened – 1 October 1913
Renamed Ukoko – 6 October 1913
Closed – 16 September 1914

French Ekododo canceller initially used upon transfer of the territory to Germany.  Ekododo cancellers only know used in Ukoko, 50 km west of Ekododo.

Fontemdorf

Opened – 5 November 1904
Closed – 9 March 1907

After closure of Fontemdorf, canceller used in Dschang – 10 March 1907 to 12 December 1908

Garua

Opened – 15 October 1904
Closed – end of 1914

Gross-Batanga

Opened – 1 March 1893
Closed – 31 December 1893

Ikelemba

Opened – 1 April 1914
Closed – 20 August 1914

Jabassi

Opened – 13 September 1904
Closed – 9 October 1914

Jaunde

Opened – 1 April 1905
Closed – 31 December 1915

Johann-Albrechtshöhe

Opened – 1 November 1904
Closed – 21 November 1914

Joko

Opened – 27 December 1904
Closed – 1 December 1915

Jukaduma

Opened – 12 December 1912
Closed – 30 January 1915

Kamerun

Opened – 1 February 1887
Renamed Duala – 4 June 1901

Kribi

Opened – 10 August 1894
Closed – 20 September 1914

After closure of Kribi, canceller possibly used in Makure – to 26 November 1914

Kusseri

Opened – 10 February 1905
Closed – 31 December 1912

After closure of Kusseri, canceller used in Mora – 1 January 1913 to 23 August 1913

Lobetal

Opened – 15 May 1908
Closed – end of October 1914

Lolodorf

Opened – 29 October 1904
Closed – 2 January 1916

Lomie

Opened – 1 December 1904
Closed – 24 June 1915

Ssanga-Ngoko canceller used in Lomie – 1 December 1904 to 4 September 1905

Lomie canceller introduced – 5 September 1905

Longji

Opened – 1 January 1907
Closed – October 1914

After closure of Longji, canceller used in Makure – mid-October 1914 to 26 November 1914

Makure

No independent PO.  Evacuation location for Longji, Plantation, and possibly Kribi POs.

Kribi canceller possibly used in Makure – to 29 November 1914

Longji canceller used in Makure – mid-October 1914 to 26 November 1914

Plantation canceller used in Makure – 16 October 1914 to 29 November 1914

Marienberg

Opened – 10 November 1909
Closed – 30 September 1914

Molundu

Opened – 15 March 1906
Closed – 22 December 1914

Mora

Opened – 1 January 1913
Closed – 18 February 1916

Kusseri canceller used in Mora – 1 January 1913 to 23 August 1913. 

Mail service ceased long before PO officially closed due to being militarily isolated from the rest of Kamerun.  Last known mail 24 August 1914.

Mundeck

Opened – 1 August 1909
Closed – 5 December 1914

Ngaundere

Opened – 13 February 1913
Closed – 27 June 1915

Njassi

Opened – 5 June 1913
Closed – 1 January 1915

Nola

Opened – 10 March 1913
Closed – 12 October 1914

Nyanga

Opened – 15 June 1908
Closed – 8 July 1914

Ossidinge

Opened – 17 December 1904
Closed – 31 December 1914

Plantation

Opened – 9 May 1906
Closed – 15 October 1914

After closure of Plantation, canceller used in Makure – 16 October 1914 to 29 November 1914

Rio del Rey

Opened – 9 January 1897
Closed – 19 November 1914

Sangmelima

Opened – 8 April 1912
Closed – December 1915

Ssanga-Ngoko

Opened – 1 December 1904, but in Lomie
Unlikely to have ever operated in Ssanga-Ngoko

Canceller now believed to have only been used in Lomie

Viktoria / Victoria

Opened – 24 December 1888
Spelling changed – 19 December 1900
Closed – 4 September 1914