Sunday, 24 August 2014

Old Portuguese Stamps Of Madeira Islands and Capital City Of Funchal ( North West Coast Of Africa )

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Friday, 15 August 2014

Old Stamps Of Portuguese Province Of Zambezia ( Mozambique - Africa )

The province of Zambezia ( Mozambique ) was established in 1894 by combining Tete, an inland territory and Quelimane which became Zambezia's capital city.   Portuguese stamps for Zambezia were overprinted
 " Republica " beginning in 1911 when Portugal became a republic after constitutional monarchy was deposed.  During this period the colony of Mozambique was not yet centralized and communication between the various Portuguese outposts was difficult.   To overcome this problem, the various provinces issued their own stamps including Zambezia ( 1894 - 1917 )


1.       PORTUGUESE ZAMBEZIA

2.      PORTUGUESE ZAMBEZIA

3.       PORTUGUESE  ZAMBEZIA

4.       PORTUGUESE ZAMBEZIA

Thursday, 14 August 2014

New Stamps Of The Republic Of Guinea-Bissau ( Once Portuguese Guinea - Africa )

When the Europeans scramble for Africa began in 1880's, the Portuguese who were significantly secured in Bissau, laid claim to this region, soon to be known as Portuguese Guinea.  Since then the Portuguese managed to contain this region from foreign powers and the local rulers until the emergence of nationalist movements all over Africa in 1950's.  When Portuguese colonies in Africa were rapidly being granted independence, Portuguese Guinea was the first to be given independence in 1974 and was then known as the Republic Of Guinea-Bissau. ( Not to be confused with French Guinea and Guinea Equatorial ).


1.        REPUBLIC OF GUINEA-BISSAU

2.         REPUBLIC OF GUINEA-BISSAU

3.      REPUBLIC OF GUINEA-BISSAU

4.       REPUBLIC OF GUINEA-BISSAU

5.       REPUBLIC OF GUINEA-BISSAU





Wednesday, 13 August 2014

Old Stamps Of Portuguese Azores Islands ( North Atlantic Ocean )

These nine island state which is located to the west of Portugal in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and colonized by the Portuguese in  mid-15th. century.  Nearly all the stamps that were used in Azores were stamps of Portugal overprinted " Acores " of which the first appeared in 1868, continuing through 1930 and after that Portuguese stamps were used unmodified.


1.        PORTUGUESE AZORES ISLANDS

2.       PORTUGUESE AZORES ISLANDS

Old And New Stamps Of Sao Tome and Principe ( West Coast Of Africa )


Sao Tome and Principe like Cape Verde are two small archipelagos located off the west coast of Africa were colonized by the Portuguese during the slave trade.   They both achieved independence from the Portuguese in 1975. 




1.          PORTUGUESE  SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE

2.       PORTUGUESE SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE

3.        PORTUGUESE SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE.

4.          PORTUGUESE SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE.

5.     REPUBLIC OF  SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE

6.       REPUBLIC OF SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE

7.       REPUBLIC OF SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE.

Old And New Stamps Of Portuguese Cape Verde ( West Coast Of Africa )


 Cape Verde and also Sao and Principe, two small achipelagos located off the west coast of Africa, were colonized by the Portuguese during the slave trade. Both colonies achieved independence from the Portuguese in 1975.



1.       PORTUGUESE CAPE VERDE

2.       PORTUGUESE CAPE VERDE

3.        REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE

4.        REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE

5.         REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE




Coins Of The Republic Of Cape Verde - A fomer Portuguese Colony ( West Coast Of Africa )

1.         REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE - TEN ESCUDOS - 1994

2.      REPUBLIC OF  CAPE VERDE - TWENTY ESCUDOS - 1994

3.       OBVERSE - REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE - FIFTY ESCUDOS - 1994

3.      REVERSE - REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE - FIFTY ESCUDOS - 1994