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1877 Crown, inscription 'MOCAMBIQUE CORREIO'

  5 r black
  10 r yellow
  10 r green (issued 1881/85)
  20 r brown
  20 r red (issued 1885)
  25 r red
  25 r lilac (issued 1881/85)
  40 r blue (issued 1881/85)
  40 r yellow
  50 r green
  50 r blue (issued 1881/85)
  100 r lilac
  200 r orange
  300 r brown

These stamps have perforation 12 1/2 or 13 1/2. Stamps in similar designs were issued for most Portuguese colonies (country name different for each country), click here for more information on this issue.

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	**	**
20 r brown	***	***
20 r red	RR	RR
25 r red	*	*
25 r lilac	***	***
40 r blue	RR	RR
40 r yellow	***	***
50 r green	R	R
50 r blue	**	**
100 r	**	**
200 r	***	***
300 r	***	***

A misprint of the 40 r Mozambique stamp together with a stamp of Cape Verde exists:

(Misprint: Cabo Verde and Mocambique together, Image reproduced with permission from: http://www.sandafayre.com )

Reprints:

Reprints exist of all the above stamps (made in 1885 an 1905).

Cancels:

(I've often seen the above cancel consisting of 4 parallel black bars)

(Circular town and date cancel)

Forgeries:

Fournier forgeries:

Fournier made forgeries of these stamps. He offers them in his 1914 pricelist: the stamps of the 1877 issue (9 values) are offered for 2 Swiss Francs and the others (5 values) for 1 Swiss Franc. The misprint is also offered by him (click here for more information).

50 r green Fournier forgery with 'CORREIO DE BEIRA 6 10 1878 (MOCAMBIQUE)' cancel

How to identify a Fournier forgery? The central circle with the name 'MOCAMBIQUE' is a little bigger than in the genuine stamps. At the top it touches the line above it quite much. In the genuine stamps it touches it very lightly or not at all. The upper right ornament (besides the 'Q' of 'MOCAMBIQUE') is not symmetric as the other ornaments. I have also noticed that the left upper ornament (outside the circle, besides the 'O' of 'MOCAMBIQUE'), is very close to the frame compared to a genuine stamp. For pictures of this click here. As a final test for the Mozambique stamps it can be noticed that in the genuine stamps, there is a ',' below the 'C' of 'MOCAMBIQUE', in the Fournier forgeries I can not detect any comma.
The cancels used by Fournier were 'CORREIO DE BEIRA 6 10 1878 (MOCAMBIQUE)' and 'CORREIO DE MOCAMBIQUE 1 9 1885'. The dates are always the same, I presume.

Other forgery:

I don't know much about the above forgery, except that it is a forgery. Personally I think this could be a reprint.

1886 King Louis embossed, inscription 'Provincia de Mocambique'

  5 r black
  10 r green
  20 r red
  25 r lilac
  40 r brown
  50 r blue
  100 r brown
  200 r grey
  300 r orange

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Overprinted 'JOURNAES' (Newspapers) and value (1893)

  '2 1/2  2 1/2' on 40 r brown
  '2 1/2 REIS' on 40 r brown
  5 on 40 r brown

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Overprinted 'PROVISORIO' and value (1893)

  5 on 40 r brown

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Overprinted '1195 CENTENARIO ANTONIO 1895' diagonally (1895)

  5 r black (overprint in red)
  10 r green
  20 r red
  25 r lilac
  40 r brown
  50 r blue
  100 r brown
  200 r grey
  300 r orange

(Reduced sizes, forged overprints!)

The above overprint is rare and has been forged (see pictures above).

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
40 r	RR	RR
50 r	RR	R
100 r	RR	RR
200 r	RR	RR
300 r	RR	RR

Overprinted 'MOCAMBIQUE' and value (1898)

  2 1/2 REIS on 20 r red
  5 REIS on 40 r brown

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Surcharged with fancy letters (1902)

  '65 REIS' on 20 r red
  '65 REIS' on 40 r brown
  '65 REIS' on 200 r grey
  '115 REIS' (in red) on 5 r black
  '115 REIS' on 50 r blue
  '130 REIS' on 25 r lilac
  '130 REIS' on 300 r orange
  '400 REIS' on 10 r green
  '400 REIS' on 100 r brown

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Surcharged with fancy letters and local overprint 'REPUBLICA' (in red) (1915)

(Sorry, no picture available yet)

  '115 REIS' (in red) on 5 r black

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Reprints exists of the values 5 r, 25 r, 40 r, 50 r, 100 r and 300 r (all without any surcharge or overprint), they were made in 1905.

These stamps exist overprinted for Lorenzo Marques: 'L.MARQUES CENTENARIO DE S. ANTONIO MDCCCXCV'

These stamps exist overprinted 'COMP a. DE MOCAMBIQUE' for the Mozambique Company.

1893 Newspaper stamp

  2 1/2 r brown

Newspaper stamps in this design were issued for most Portuguese colonies (country name different for each country), click here for more information. A reprint of this stamp was made in 1905.

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	*	*

Surcharged in fancy letters (1902)
  '115 REIS' on 2 1/2 r brown

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Surcharged in fancy letters and 'REPUBLICA' (in red) (1915)
  '115 REIS' on 2 1/2 r brown (overprint downwards or upwards)

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

1893 King Carlos (Charles) in an ellipse

  5 r yellow
  10 r lilac
  15 r brown
  20 r grey
  25 r green
  50 r blue
  75 r red
  80 r green
  100 r brown
  150 r red on red
  200 r blue on blue
  300 r blue on red

The 25 r and 80r seem to have been reprinted in 1905.

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	*	*
15 r	***	***
20 r	***	***
25 r	**	**
50 r	***	***
75 r	***	***
80 r	***	***
100 r	***	***
150 r	R	R
200 r	R	R
300 r	R	R

Surcharged

(Sorry, no picture available yet, if anybody posesses a picture, please contact me!)

  '50 reis' on 300 r blue on red

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Surcharged with fancy letters (1902)

  '65 REIS' on 10 r lilac
  '65 REIS' on 15 r brown
  '65 REIS' on 20 r grey
  '115 REIS' on 5 r yellow
  '115 REIS' on 25 r green
  '130 REIS' on 75 r red
  '130 REIS' on 100 r brown
  '130 REIS' on 150 r red on red
  '130 REIS' on 200 r blue on blue
  '400 REIS' on 50 r blue
  '400 REIS' on 80 r green
  '400 REIS' on 300 r blue on red

Click here for stamps of other colonies with similar surcharges.

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
65 r on 10 r	***	***
65 r on 15 r	***	***
65 r on 20 r	***	***
115 r on 5 r	***	***
115 r on 25 r	***	***
130 r on 75 r	***	***
130 r on 100 r	R	R
130 r on 150 r	***	***
130 r on 200 r	***	***
400 r on 50 r	**	**
400 r on 80 r	**	**
400 r on 300 r	**	**

Surcharged with fancy letters and 'REPUBLICA' (in red) (1915)

(With local 'REPUBLICA' overprint)

  '115 REIS' on 5 r yellow
  '115 REIS' on 25 r green
  '130 REIS' on 75 r red
  '130 REIS' on 100 r brown
  '130 REIS' on 150 r red on red
  '130 REIS' on 200 r blue on blue
  '400 REIS' on 50 r blue
  '400 REIS' on 80 r green
  '400 REIS' on 300 r blue on red

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Surcharged with fancy letters and 'Republica', value and bars (1925)

(No picture available yet, if anybody posesses a picture, please contact me!)

  '40 c.' on '400 REIS' on 50 r blue
  '40 c.' on '400 REIS' on 80 r green

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

1898 King Carlos in a circle, value in black (except for 500 r)

  2 1/2 r grey
  5 r orange
  10 r green
  15 r brown
  15 r green (1903)
  20 r lilac
  25 r green (1903)
  25 r red
  50 r blue
  50 r brown (1903)
  65 r blue (1903)
  75 r red
  75 r lilac (1903)
  80 r lilac
  100 r blue
  115 r orange (1903)
  130 r brown (1903)
  150 r brown
  200 r lilac
  300 r blue
  400 r blue (1903)
  500 r black (value in red)
  700 r lilac

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Overprinted 'PROVISORIO' (1902)

  15 r brown
  25 r green
  50 r blue
  75 r red

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Overprinted 'PROVISORIO' and 'REPUBLICA' (in red) (1915)

  50 r blue
  75 r red

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Surcharged (1905)

Click here for a picture of a similar surcharge on a different country

  '50 REIS' and bar on 65 r blue

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Surcharged and overprinted 'REPUBLICA' (in red) (1915)

  '50 REIS' and bar on 65 r blue

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Overprinted 'REPUBLICA' in red, except 25 r (1911)

(Left general, right local 'REPUBLICA' overprint)

  2 1/2 r grey
  5 r orange
  10 r green
  15 r green
  20 r lilac
  25 r red (overprint in green)
  50 r brown
  75 r lilac
  100 r blue
  115 r orange
  130 r brown
  200 r lilac
  400 r blue
  500 r black (value in red)
  700 r lilac

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Click here for pictures of similar stamps on other Portuguese colonies.

1912 Non issued stamps of King Manuel II, overprinted 'REPUBLICA' in red, and in green for 20 r

  2 1/2 r lilac
  5 r black
  10 r green
  20 r red
  25 r brown
  50 r blue
  75 r brown
  100 r brown on green
  200 r green
  300 r black on blue
  500 r olive 

These stamps have perforation 11 1/2 x 12.

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	c	c
5 r	c	c
10 r	c	c
20 r	c	c
25 r	*	*
50 r	c	c
75 r	*	*
100 r	*	*
200 r	*	*
300 r	*	*

1913 Vasco da Gama issues of various countries surcharged 'REPUBLICA MOCAMBIQUE'

Click here for pictures of similar surcharges on a different country

1)on Portuguese Africa
  1/4 c on 2 1/2 r green
  1/2 c on 5 r red
  1 c on 10 r lilac
  2 1/2 c on 25 r green
  5 c on 50 r blue
  7 1/2 c on 75 r brown
  10 c on 100 r brown
  15 c on 150 r brown

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

2)On Macao
  1/4 c on 1/2 a green
  1/2 c on 1 a red
  1 c on 2 a lilac
  2 1/2 c on 4 a green
  5 c on 8 a blue
  7 1/2 c on 12 a brown
  10 c on 16 a brown
  15 c on 24 a brown

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

3)On Timor

  1/4 c on 1/2 a green
  1/2 c on 1 a red
  1 c on 2 a lilac
  2 1/2 c on 4 a green
  5 c on 8 a blue
  7 1/2 c on 12 a brown
  10 c on 16 a brown
  15 c on 24 a brown

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

1913 Ceres, inscription 'REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA MOCAMBIQUE', country name and value in black

  1/4 c olive
  1/2 c black
  1 c green
  1 1/2 c brown
  2 c red
  2 c grey (1926)
  2 1/2 c lilac
  3 c orange (1922)
  4 c red (1922)
  4 1/2 c grey (1922)
  5 c blue
  6 c lilac (1922)
  7 c blue (1922)
  7 1/2 c brown
  8 c violet
  10 c brown
  12 c brown (1922)
  12 c green (1923)
  15 c lilac
  15 c red (1922)
  20 c green
  24 c blue (1926)
  25 c brown (1926)
  30 c brown on green
  30 c blue on red (1922)
  30 c green (1923)
  40 c brown on red
  40 c blue (1922)
  50 c orange on red
  50 c violet (1926)
  60 c blue (1923)
  60 c brown on red (1922)
  60 c red (1926)
  80 c brown on blue (1922)
  80 c red (1923)
  1 E blue (1926)
  1 E green on blue
  1 E red (1922)
  2 E lilac on red (1922)
  2 E lilac (1923)
  5 E yellow (1926)
  10 E red (1926)
  20 E green (1926)

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Surcharged

  '10 c' (red) on 1/2 c black (1921)
  '30 c' (blue) on 1 1/2 c brown (1921)
  '50 c' and rectangles on 4 c red (1923)
  '60 c' (green) on 2 1/2 c lilac (1921)
  '70 C.' on 2 E lilac (1931)
  '1$40E.' on 2 E lilac (1931)

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Overprinted 'Vasco da Gama 1924' (green)
  80 c red

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Used as postage due stamp, oveprinted 'PORTEADO' and value (1922)

  '6 c. PORTEADO' (red) on 1 c green 
  '20 c. PORTEADO' (red) on 2 1/2 c lilac 
  '50 c. PORTEADO' (green) on 4 c red
  '20 c. Porteado' and rectangles on 30 c green
  '50 c. Porteado' (red) and rectangles on 60 c blue

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

1916 War tax stamp, inscription 'TAXA DE GUERRA'

  1 c green
  5 c red

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Surcharged
  '2 1/2 CENTAVOS' on 5 c red (1918)
  'SEIS CENTAVOS' (green) on 5 c red (1920)
  'CORREOS 1 C' on 1 c green (1918)
  'CORREIOS 1 1/2 C' on 5 c red (1920)
  '2$00' (green) on 5 c red (1921)

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Used as postage due stamp, overprinted 'PORTEADO' (1917)

(Sorry, no picture available yet)

  1 c green
  5 c red

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

1920 Inscription 'Mutulados da guerra', various designs

  1/4 c olive
  1/2 c brown
  1 c yellow
  2 c brown
  3 c lilac
  4 c green
  5 c blue
  6 c blue
  7 1/2 c brown
  8 c yellow
  10 c violet
  12 c red
  18 c red
  24 c lilac
  30 c green
  40 c orange
  50 c yellow
  1 E blue

Later issues, example:

Postage Due stamps

1904 Inscription 'PORTEADO A RECEBER'

(Reduced sizes, left forgery, right genuine stamp)

Value in 'REIS'  
  5 r green
  10 r black
  20 r brown
  30 r orange
  50 r brown
  60 r brown
  100 r lilac
  130 r blue
  200 r red
  500 r violet

These stamps have perforation 11 1/2.

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	*	*
20 r	*	*
30 r	*	*
50 r	**	**
60 r	**	**
100 r	***	***
130 r	**	**
200 r	**	***
500 r	***	***

Forgeries exist of these stamps (see pictures above, I have seen the values 20 r, 50 r, 200 r and 500 r, but probably all values were forged). The easiest way to recognize these forgeries is to compare the ornament above the last 'R' of 'RECEBER'; in the forgery it is not nicely done.

Overprinted 'REPUBLICA' in red or green (200 r) (1911)
  5 r green
  10 r black
  20 r brown
  30 r orange
  50 r brown
  60 r brown
  100 r lilac
  130 r blue
  200 r red
  500 r violet

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Value in cents (1917)

  1/2 c green
  1 c grey
  2 c brown
  3 c orange
  5 c brown
  6 c brown
  10 c lilac
  13 c blue
  20 c red
  50 c grey

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Used as a postage stamp, overprinted 'CORREIOS' and red bars (1929)

  50 c lilac and black

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

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