PORTUGAL 1872-1892

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1872 Newspaper Stamp, inscription 'JORNAES'

  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	*	c	Many shades of colour

1879 King Louis, facing the left, various frames, inscription 'PORTUGAL CONTINENTE'

  5 r black
  25 r lilac to grey
  25 r blue (different type)
  50 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	**	*	Reprint: *
25 r lilac	**	c	Reprint: *
25 r blue	***	**	Reprint: **
50 r blue	R	***	Reprint: *

1882 King Louis, facing the right, various frames

25 r lilac

  5 r black
  10 r green
  20 r red (1887)
  25 r brown
  25 r lilac (1887)
  50 r blue
  500 r black
  500 r violet (1887)

The 25 r lilac stamp exist in colors shades from red to 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	*	c
10 r	**	c
20 r	**	*
25 r brown	**	c
25 r lilac	*	c	This stamp was issued after the discovery of a postal forgery of the 25 r brown in a new design resembling that of Portuguese Guinea and color.
50 r	***	*
500 r black	RR	RR
500 r violet	R	***

Surcharged 'PROVISORIO' (1892):

  5 r black (black horizontal overprint)
  5 r black (red diagonal overprint)
  10 r green (black horizontal overprint)
  10 r green (red diagonal overprint)
  20 r red (diagonal overprint)
  25 r lilac (diagonal overprint)
  50 r blue (diagonal red overprint)

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	*	*	Black horizontal overprint
5 r	*	*	Red diagonal overprint
10 r	*	*	Black horizontal overprint
10 r	*	*	Red diagonal overprint
20 r	***	**
25 r	**	*
50 r	R	R

Overprinted '1893 PROVISORIO' diagonally

  5 r black (red overprint)
  10 r green (red overprint)
  20 r red 
  '20' on 25 r lilac 
  25 r lilac
  50 r blue (red overprint)

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	***	***
'20' on 25 r	***	***
25 r	***	***
50 r	R	R

A postal forgery to deceive the authorities of the non-surcharged 25 r brown, also called 'Pera de Satanaz' exists. However forgeries of this forgery (to deceive collectors) also exist. See the website: http://www.tabacaria.org/Selos/DLuiz2/Pera2.htm for pictures and more information. In the London Philatilist Vol.13, 1904, page 144 the following text can be found (with Satanaz misspelt as Jatanaz?):
The post office clerks noticed, towards the end of 1886, that suspicious looking stamps of 25 reis were passing through the post, and their attention was particularly directed to the uneven perforation which these stamps presented. The matter being placed in the hands of the police, they were not long in discovering that an old criminal, bearing the name of Alfredo Alves Mendes (nicknamed "Pera de Jatanaz "), in league with a workman at the Mint, had succeeded in obtaining dies of the 25 reis and 500 reis stamps, as well as stamp paper and ink. The forged stamps of 25 reis were sold, chiefly in the neighbourhood of Lisbon, to unsuspecting persons, and the timely discovery of the forgery prevented the 500 reis die from being utilised by the forger. The perforation was done with a sewing-machine. The forger was tried, found guilty, and condernned to a term of imprisonment.

Another (philatelic) forgery exists of the 500 r black value. More information can be found at: http://www.tabacaria.org/Selos/DLuiz2/500Reis.htm.

Two forged 'PROVISORIO' overprints as they can be found in 'The Fournier Album of Philatelic Forgeries'

25 r blue Fournier forgery with printed perforation. This 'forgery' was probably only used to illustrate his pricelists. Image taken from a 'Fournier Album'

1884 Number, inscription 'CORREIOS E TELEGRAPHOS DOIS REIS'

  2 r black

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 r	*	*

1892 King Charles I in an ellipse, inscription 'CORREOS PORTUGAL CONTINENTE'

15 r brown 25 r green 150 r red on red

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

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	*	c
10 r	**	*
20 r	**	**
25 r	**	c
50 r	**	c
75 r	***	**
80 r	***	***
100 r	***	*
150 r	RR	***
200 r	RR	***
300 r	RR	***