Preview of Stamps Catalogue: VOLUME 2

MADEIRA

Madère

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1868 Stamps of Portugal of 1866 (embossed type with curved value labels) overprinted 'MADEIRA'

Imperforate

Up to 1869 Madeira used the numeral cancel "51" in a circular pattern of parallel lines.

  20 r brown
  50 r green
  80 r orange
  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
20 r	RR	RR
50 r	RR	RR
80 r	RR	RR
100 r	RR	RR

Perforated (1868)

  5 r black (overprinted in red)
  10 r yellow
  20 r brown
  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	R	R
10 r	RR	RR
20 r	RR	RR
25 r	RR	R
50 r	RRR	RRR
80 r	RRR	RRR
100 r	RRR	RR
120 r	RR	RR
240 r	RRR	RRR

I have seen a reprint of the 5 r black with a black 'MADEIRA' overprint (it should be a red overprint and the stamp should have been perforated!).

Imperforate reprints of the 5 r and 10 r with a horizontal bar on the top value.

Total forgeries, the stamp, overprint and cancel (bars with "1" in the center) are forged. Most likely Oneglia forgeries.

Forged overprints: I have seen many stamps of Portugal with a forged 'MADEIRA' overprint.

Commemorative 'reprint' of 1980:

1871 Stamps of Portugal of 1871 (embossed type with straight value labels) overprinted "MADEIRA"

  5 r black (overprinted in red)
  10 r yellow
  10 r green
  15 r brown
  20 r brown
  25 r red
  50 r green
  50 r blue
  80 r orange
  100 r lilac
  120 r blue
  150 r bleu
  150 r yellow
  240 r violet
  300 r violet

Typical cancellation "45" in an elliptic pattern of lines (with two interrupted lines) of Madeira. Before 1869 Madeira used a "51" in a circular pattern of bars numeral cancel.

'Imperforate' stamps with value 25 r blue and 50 r red are cuts from envelopes (issued 1879). Postcards in the same design also exist: 10 r brown, 15 r brown, 20 r blue, 25 r red and 30 r green (all issued from 1878 to 1880).

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	R	R
10 r green	RR	RR
15 r	***	***
20 r	R	R
25 r	***	***
50 r green	R	R
50 r blue	RR	R
80 r	RR	RR
100 r	RR	RR
120 r	RR	RR
150 r blue	RR	RR
150 r yellow	RRR	RRR
240 r	RRR	RRR
300 r	RR	RR

Reprints exist.

Imperforate reprints in non-issued colors.

Forgeries:

Forged "MADEIRA" overprints on a genuine 25 r stamp of Portugal.

1872 Newspaper stamp of Portugal of 1872 overprinted "MADEIRA"

  2 1/2 r olive

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
2 1/2 r	***	***

1880 Stamps of Portugal (king Louis) overprinted "MADEIRA"

  5 r black (overprint in red)
  25 r grey
  25 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	R	R
25 r grey	***	***
25 r blue	R	***

1898 Stamps as Portugal (Vasco da Gama type) inscription "MADEIRA"

  2 1/2 r green
  5 r red
  10 r lilac
  25 r green
  50 r blue
  75 r lilac
  100 r brown
  150 r brown

These stamps have perforation 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
2 1/2 r	*	*
5 r	*	*
10 r	*	*
25 r	**	**
50 r	**	**
75 r	**	**
100 r	***	***
150 r	***	***

Overprinted 'REPUBLICA' (1911)
  2 1/2 r green
  'REIS 15 REIS' on 5 r red
  25 r green
  50 r blue
  75 r brown
  80 on 150 r yellow
  100 r brown
  '1$1000' on 10 r lilac

These overprinted stamps were actually used in Portugal.

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
2 1/2 r	*	*
15 r on 5 r	*	*
25 r	*	*
50 r	**	**
75 r	*	*
80 on 150 r	*	*
100 r	*	*
1$1000 on 10 r	**	**

Overprinted 'VASCO DA GAMA 1924 1925 2$00' (1926)
  '2$00' on 10 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
'2$00' on 10 r	**	**

1929 Ceres issue to fund a museum, value in black

  3 c violet
  4 c yellow
  5 c blue
  6 c brown
  10 c orange
  15 c green
  16 c brown
  25 c red
  32 c green
  40 c brown
  64 c blue
  80 c brown
  96 c red
  1$00 black
  1$20 red
  1$60 blue
  2$40 yellow
  3$36 green
  4$50 red
  7$00 blue

Special Tax Stamps

1925 Various scenes concerning Pombal

  15 c grey (portrait of Pombal)
  15 c grey (Pombal shows rebuilding plan)
  15 c grey (statue)

With additional inscription 'MULTA' (postage due)
  30 c grey (portrait of Pombal)
  30 c grey (Pombal shows rebuilding plan)
  30 c grey (statue)

Many Portuguese colonies also issued similar stamps (in other colours). Click here for more information. Examples: