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Postage stamps of Portugal early issues had the monarch's
head .
The first pictorial issue in 1894 followed by 1898 issue with. The Vasco da Gama designs
that were used in the African colonies and were inscribed Africa instead
of Portugal.
The 1910 definitives were overprinted Republica after the revolution .
Aeroplanes were first depicted in 1923 and
The common Caravel type first appeared in 1943, the Medieval Knight in
1953 and Portugal's first railway stamp in 1956.
Portuguese Colonies
Africa (Portuguese Colonies), Mozambique Company , Nyassa , Portuguese
Congo ,
Portuguese Guinea , Portuguese India, Timor .
Nearly all of the stamps issued for the Azores were stamps of Portugal,
overprinted "AÇORES", of which the first appeared in 1868, continuing
through 1930; after 1930, Portuguese stamps were used unmodified except
3 issues. In 1980, the use of separate stamps for the Azores (and
Madeira) was revived.
Postage stamps and postal history of Portuguese India goes back to the
earlier days of the colony and regular mail is known to have been
exchanged with Lisbon from 1825 The design of these first stamps simply consisted of a
denomination in the center, with an oval band containing the
inscriptions "SERVIÇO POSTAL" and "INDIA PORT."and
about 55 types have been identified .
In 1925, a commemorative stamp marked the 400th anniversary of the death
of Vasco da Gama followed in 1931 by a set of six promoting the
Exposition of St. Francis Xavier held at Goa. A definitive series in 1956
commemorated the 450th anniversary of Portuguese settlements in India,
and included portraits and maps of old forts and in 1959 coins,
The last regular issue was in 1960, marking the 500th anniversary of the
death of Prince Henry the Navigator.
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