MOZAMBIQUE COMPANY 1892-1917

Return To Catalogue - Mozambique Company 1918 onwards and miscellaneous - Mozambique

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1892 Stamps of Mozambique overprinted "COMPa DE MOCAMBIQUE"

  2 1/2 r brown (Newspaper stamp)
  5 r black (overprint in red)
  10 r green
  20 r red
  25 r violet
  40 r brown
  50 r blue
  100 r brown
  200 r grey
  300 r orange

Reprints seem to have been made in 1906 of all these stamps.

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

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

Overprinted 'PROVISORIO' in red (1895)

  50 r blue

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

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

1894 Arms with two elephants

Value in black
  2 1/2 r yellow
  2 1/2 r grey
  5 r orange
  10 r lilac
  10 r green
  15 r brown
  15 r green
  20 r violet
  25 r green
  25 r red
  50 r blue
  50 r brown
  65 r blue
  75 r red
  75 r lilac
  80 r green
  100 r lilac
  100 r blue on blue
  115 r red on red
  115 r orange on red
  130 r green on red
  130 r brown on yellow
  150 r orange on red
  200 r blue on blue
  200 r lilac on red
  300 r blue on red
  400 r brown on blue
  400 r blue on yellow
  700 r violet
  700 r lilac on yellow

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

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

Value in red

  500 r black
  500 r black on blue
  1000 r violet

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

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

Overprinted 'PROVISORIO' (1895)

  25 on 75 r red
  25 on 80 r green (overprint in red)

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

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

Overprinted '1498 Centenario da India 1898' (Vasco da Gama issue)

  2 1/2 r yellow (overprint yellow)
  5 r orange (overprint orange)
  10 r lilac (overprint lilac)
  15 r brown (overprint brown)
  20 r violet (overprint violet)
  25 r green (overprint green)
  50 r blue
  75 r red (overprint brown)
  80 r green (overprint green)
  100 r lilac (overprint brown)
  150 r orange on red (overprint orange)
  200 r blue on blue
  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 (1900)

(25 r on 5 r, I've been told that this is a postal forgery)

  '25 Reis' and bar on 5 r orange
  '50 REIS' on 20 r violet (bisected)

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

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

Overprinted with broad 'REPUBLICA' in red (except 25 r) upwards (1911)

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

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

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

With broad 'REPUBLICA' and additional overprint (1919)

  '1/2 Cent' on 700 r lilac on yellow
  '2 1/2 Cent.' (blue) on 500 r black on blue
  '5 Cent.' on 400 r blue on yellow

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

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

Overprinted 'REPUBLICA' (red), red cross and '31-1-17' (in red) (1917)

(I've been told that this stamp is a forgery)

(Reduced size)

  2 1/2 r grey
  10 r green
  20 r violet
  50 r brown
  75 r lilac
  100 r blue on blue
  700 r lilac on yellow

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) upwards,
and surcharged with value in 'centavos' (1916)

  1/4 c on 2 1/2 r grey
  1/2 c on 5 r orange
  1 c on 10 r green
  1 1/2 c on 15 r green
  2 c on 20 r violet
  2 1/2 c on 25 r red ('REPUBLICA' green)
  5 c on 50 r brown
  7 1/2 c on 75 r lilac
  10 c on 100 r blue on blue
  11 1/2 c on 115 r orange on red
  13 c on 130 r brown on yellow
  20 c on 200 r lilac on red
  40 c on 400 r blue on yellow
  50 c on 500 r black on blue
  70 c on 700 r lilac on yellow

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

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

Local overprint 'REPUBLICA' downwards (1911)

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

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

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

Forgeries:

Cross forgery of the 400 r value

Several deceptive forgeries exist of this issue. The so-called 'Cross forgery' or 'Falso Cross' is described at: http://www.tabacaria.org/Selos/Elefantes/cross.htm. The Seligmann (named after the discoverer) is described at: http://www.tabacaria.org/Selos/Elefantes/seligmann.htm.Yet another forgery, the so-called Brückheimer forgery is described at: http://www.tabacaria.org/Selos/Elefantes/bruckheimer.htm.

I have also seen a genuine 500 r black stamp, with the value tablet chemically removed (to appear to be a rare misprint).

Mozambique Company 1918 onwards and miscellaneous

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