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PORTUGAL 1853-1872

Return To Catalogue - Portugal 1872-1894 - Portugal 1894-1920 - Miscellaneous

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Portuguese Colonies:

Angola - Angra - Azores - Cape Verde - Funchal - Horta - Inhambane - Lorenzo Marques - Macao - Madeira - Mozambique - Mozambique Company - Nyassa (Portuguese Nyassaland) - Ponta Delgada - Portuguese Africa - Portuguese Congo - Portuguese Guinea - Portuguese India - Quelimane - St Thomas and Prince - Tete - Timor - Zambezia

General:

Portuguese Colonies, overview - 'Crown issue' - 'Embossed issue (1886)' - 'Newspaper issue (1894)' -1894 King Charles (Carlos) in an ellipse - 1895 King Charles (Carlos) in a circle - 1898 Vasco da Gama issue

1853 Queen Maria II, Various frames

  5 r brown
  25 r blue
  50 r green
  100 r lilac

Reprints exist of these stamps
Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
5 r RR RR Reprint: *
25 r RR * Reprint: *
50 r RR RR Reprint: **
100 r RRR RR Reprint: ***

1855 King Pedro V, facing the right, Various frames

50 r green 100 r lilac

  5 r brown
  25 r blue
  25 r red (1857)
  50 r green
  100 r lilac

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
5 r	RR	RR	Type 1: straight hair, reprint: ***
5 r	R	***	Type 2: curly hair (1856)
25 r blue	RR	*	Type 1: straight hair, reprint: *
25 r blue	***	**	Type 2: curly hair (1856)
25 r red	***	c	1857
50 r	***	***	Reprint: **
100 r	R	R	Reprint: **

Forgeries exist made by the forger Fohl.. I have seen forgeries of the values 5 r, 50 r and 100 r:

(Front and backside of these forgeries)

A large quantity of these forgeries was discovered and distributed with stamp journals (see Cd 1 for more details), they were all overprinted 'Falsch' (= 'forged' in German).

1862 King Louis I, imperforated, various frames

  5 r brown
  10 r yellow
  25 r red
  50 r green
  100 r lilac

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
5 r	***	*	Two types, '5' and 'R' near or far apart
10 r	***	***
25 r	***	c
50 r	R	***
100 r	R	***

1866 King Louis I, Head embossed, curved value labels

Imperforate

50 r green

  5 r black
  10 r yellow
  20 r olive
  25 r red
  50 r green
  80 r orange
  100 r lilac
  120 r blue

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
5 r	***	**	Reprint: *
10 r	***	***	Reprint: *
20 r	***	***	Reprint: *
25 r	***	*	Reprint: *
50 r	R	***	Reprint: **
80 r	R	***	Reprint: **
100 r	RR	***	Reprint: **
120 r	RR	***	Reprint: **

Perforated 12 1/2

100 r lilac

  5 r black
  10 r yellow
  20 r olive
  25 r red
  50 r green
  80 r orange
  100 r lilac
  120 r blue
  240 r lilac

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
5 r	***	**	Reprint: *
10 r	***	***	Reprint: *
20 r	R	R	Reprint: *
25 r	***	*	Reprint: *
50 r	R	***	Reprint: **
80 r	R	R	Reprint: **
100 r	RR	***	Reprint: **
120 r	R	***	Reprint: **
240 r	RR	RR	Reprint: ***

A very peculiar 'dots in circle' cancel:

1870 King Louis I, Head embossed, straight value labels

  5 r black
  10 r yellow (1871)
  10 r green (1879)
  15 r brown (1875)
  20 r brown
  20 r red (1884)
  25 r red
  50 r green (1871)
  50 r blue (1879)
  80 r yellow
  100 r lilac
  120 r blue
  150 r blue (1876)
  150 r yellow (1880)
  240 r lilac
  300 r lilac (1875)
  1000 r black (1884)

These stamps have perforation 12 1/2, 13 1/2 or 14.
Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
5 r * *
10 r yellow *** ***
10 r green *** **
15 r ** **
20 r brown *** *
20 r red *** **
25 r * c
50 r green *** **
50 r blue *** **
80 r *** *
100 r ** *
120 r *** ***
150 r blue R R
150 r yellow *** *
240 r RR RR Reprint: ***
300 r *** ***
1000 r *** ***

Overprinted 'PROVISORIO' (1893)

  15 r brown
  80 r yellow

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
15 r	*	*
80 r	***	***

Overprinted 'PROVISORIO 1893'

  80 r yellow
  '50 rs.' on 80 r yellow
  '75 rs.' on 80 r yellow

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
80 r	***	***
50 r on 80 r	***	***
75 r on 80 r	***	***

For more information concerning this embossed issue for the colonies of Portugal, click here.

For stamps of Portugal from 1872 to 1894 click here.

Forgeries

A book has appeared on forgeries of Portugal and its colonies: 'Forgeries of Portugal and Colonies' by D.J Davies (2002, published jointly by the Portuguese Philatelic Society and the British Philatelic Trust). I haven't seen this book myself.

Small Portuguese Dictionnary

coleção = collection
catálogo = catalogue
selos = stamps
usados = used

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