HBEA 1912 - Postmaster General, Nairobi

Eldoret - was the Postmaster General in 1907. He made a safari to the Plateau to establish a Post Office. After touring the area and studying the position of the farms not yet taken up for development, he chose Farm 64 as a central place for a district Post Office.

Debrett - served in British Post Office 1887-97; was Acting Postmaster-Gen. British central Africa 1897-8, and Postmaster-Gen there 1898-1904, since when he has been Postmaster-Gen. of E. Africa and Uganda Protectorates (now Kenya Colony); sometime Treasurer, and a MLC Kenya Colony  

EAHB 1905 - Postmaster General, Mombasa. Imperial Postal Service, 1887-1897; Acting Postmaster General, British C. Africa 1897-98; Postmaster General, British C. Africa 1898-1904; Postmaster General, EA and Uganda Protectorates, April 9th 1904.
KAD - Acting Treasurer in 1922 and also Postmaster-General
Red 25 - Postmaster General 1904-1922

Playne - After serving in the London General Post Office for 10 years (1887-97), Mr Gosling was appointed Acting Postmaster-General, and finally Postmaster-General of British Central Africa. His appointment as Postmaster-General, EA and Uganda Protectorates, dates from April 9, 1904.

Drumkey 1909 - Post & Telegraph Dept. - Postmaster-General

North - arr. Mombasa to take up appt. 16-4-1904

Red Book 1912 - J. Gosling - Nairobi

Red Book 1912 - Post Office - Postmaster General

Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, South Area - John Thomas Gosling - Postmaster General, Hospital Hill and Mrs Alice Gosling - Hospital Hill

Red Book 1919 - Post Office & Telegraph Dept. - Postmaster-General

www.rhodesianstudycircle.org.uk/john-thomas-gosling John Thomas Gosling became acting Postmaster General of British Central Africa on 29th July, 1897, succeeding Edward Alston on 28th September, 1898. He received his training from the Imperial Post Office. Gosling was a specialist Postal Officer and helped speed up internal mails, partly by a system of nightly postal runners. By 1899, over 300 mail bags a month were being carried by the postal runners, covering 10,000 miles a month (with 3,000 miles conducted at night). He also introduced a number of new postal services, opened up new post offices and introduced the first annual postal guide. In 1897 stocks of 1d stamps were near exhausted. Three shilling stamps were overprinted to assist. However, in 1898 Gosling designed and printed his own stamps known as ‘cheque stamps’. He remained in office until 9th April, 1904 at which time he was transferred to East Africa and Uganda Protectorate.