PORTUGUESE INDIA 1914 onwards and miscellaneous

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1914 Ceres issue

  1 r olive
  1 1/2 r green
  2 r black
  2 1/2 r green
  3 r lilac
  4 r blue (1922)
  4 1/2 r brown
  5 r green
  6 r brown
  9 r blue
  10 r red
  1 t violet
  1 1/2 t green (1922)
  2 T blue
  2 1/2 T blue (1922)
  3 T brown
  3 T 4 r brown (1922)
  4 T grey
  8 T lilac
  8 T brown (1922)
  12 T brown on green
  1 Rp brown on red
  1 Rp brown (1922)
  2 Rp orange on red
  2 Rp yellow (1922)
  3 Rp green on blue
  3 Rp green (1922)
  5 Rp red (1922)

Surcharged

  '1 1/2 REAL' (red) on 2 r black (1922)
  '1 1/2 R.L' on 8 T lilac (1932)
  '2 1/2 T.' on 3 T 4 r brown (1932)

Specialist still distinghuish stamps issued on glazed paper and on normal paper.

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

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

1919 Fiscal stamp overprinted 'TAXA DE GUERRA'

  0:00:05,48 Rps green (black overprint and value inscription)
  0:01:09,94 Rps green (black overprint and value inscription)
  0:02:03,43 Rps green (red overprint and black value inscription)

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

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

1925 Vasco da Gama and ship, inscription '1524 1924'

  6 r brown
  1 T lilac

1931 Exhibition of St. Francisco Xavier in Nova Goa, various designs

  1 r green (statue)
  2 r brown (signature)
  6 r lilac (image of the Saint)
  1 1/2 T brown (design almost identical to 6 r value)
  2 T blue (church in Nova Goa)
  2 1/2 T red (design almost identical to 1 r)

1933 Woman with ship in background

  1 r light brown
  2 r brown
  4 r lilac
  6 r dark green
  8 r black
  1 T grey
  1 1/2 T red
  2 T brown
  2 1/2 T blue
  3 T light blue
  5 T orange
  1 R olive
  2 R red
  3 R orange
  5 R light green

Surcharged

  '1 Real' and bar (red) on 8 r black
  '1 REAL' and bar on 5 T orange
  '2 Reis' and bar (red) on 8 r black
  '3 Reis' and bar (blue) on 3 R orange
  '3 Reis' and bar on 2 T brown
  '3 REIS' on 1 1/2 T red
  '6 Reis' and bar (red) on 2 1/2 T blue
  '6 Reis' and bar on 3 T light blue
  '1 tanga' and bars on 1 1/2 T red
  '1 TANGA' on 2 T brown
  '1 tanga' and bars on 1 R olive
  '1 tanga' and bars on 2 R red
  1 t on 5 R light green

Overprinted 'Porteado' and surcharged

  '3 REIS Porteado' (red) on 2 1/2 T blue
  '6 REIS Porteado' (red) on 3 T light blue
  '1 TANGA Porteado' on 5 T orange

1938 Various designs, large sized stamps

Vasco da Gama on ship
  1 r grey and black
  2 r light brown and black
  3 r dark brown and black
  6 r green and black

de Alberqueque (man on horse)
  10 r red and black
  1 T lilac and black
  1 1/2 T red and black
Surcharged

  '1 Real' on 10 r red and black (1950?)
  '2 Reis' on 10 r red and black (1950?)

Infante d'Henrique
  2 T orange and black
  2 1/2 T blue and black
  3 T black
Surcharged
  '1 real' on 2 1/2 T blue and black (1950?)
  '3 reis' (red) on 2 1/2 T blue and black (1950?)
  '6 reis' (red) on 2 1/2 T blue and black (1950?)
  '1 tanga' (red) on 2 1/2 T blue and black (1950?)
  
Dam (Fomento)

  5 T lilac and black
  1 Rp brown and black
  2 Rps green and black
  
Afonso de Albuqueque
  3 Rps violet and black
  5 Rps brown and black
  
Airmail
  1 T orange and black
  2 1/2 T violet and black
  3 1/2 T orange and black
  4 1/2 T blue and black
  7 T brown and black
  7 1/2 T green and black
  9 T brown and black
  11 T lilac and black
Overprinted 'EXPOSICAO INTERNACIONAL DE NOVA YORK 1939-1940' in red
  4 1/2 T blue and black

Similar stamps, issued for other Portuguese colonies:

Postage Due stamps

1904 Inscription 'PORTEADO A RECEBER', countryname and value in black

  2 r green
  3 r green
  4 r orange
  5 r grey
  6 r grey
  9 r brown
  1 T orange
  2 T brown
  5 T blue
  10 T red
  1 Rupia violet

Overprinted 'REPUBLICA' in red (unless otherwise stated)
  2 r green
  3 r green
  4 r orange
  5 r grey
  6 r grey
  9 r brown
  1 T orange
  2 T brown
  5 T blue
  10 T red (overprint green)
  1 Rupia violet

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

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

1945? Inscription 'IMPERIO COLONIAL PORTUGUES', 'ESTADO DA INDIA' and value in black

  2 r red and black
  3 r blue and black
  4 r yellow and black
  6 r green and black
  1 T brown and black
  2 T dark brown and black

Similar stamp for Portuguese Africa issued in 1945

Postal Tax Stamps

1924 As postal tax stamps of Portugal, but with inscription 'GUINE'

  6 r red (portrait of Pompal)
  6 r red (Pompal shows rebuilding plan)
  6 r red (statue)

With addtional inscription 'MULTA' (postage due)
  1 T red (portrait of Pompal)
  1 T red (Pompal shows rebuilding plan)
  1 T red (statue)

Many Portuguese colonies also issued similar stamps (in other colours). Click here for more information. Examples:

Fiscal stamps

Examples

1879 'IMPOSTO DO SELLO INDIA PORTUGUEZA'

Imposto do sello India Portugueza

In the above design have appeared: 10 r, 20 r, 30 r, 40 r, 60 r, 80 r, 100 r, 200 r, 300 r, 400 r, 500 r, 600 r, 700 r, 800 r, 900 r, 1$000, 2$000, 3$000, 4$000, 5$000, 6$000, 7$000, 8$000 and 9$000 (all in the colours green and value in brown). Several surcharges exist. In 1895 the value indication was changed.

1903 New design, inscription 'IMPOSTO DO SELLO INDIA'

In this design exist many values, also in 1912 they were overprinted with 'REPUBLICA" in red (see image above).

Websites

A very nice pdf document can be found at: http://www.caleida.pt/filatelia/fp/ebook/bfd001_p.pdf written by Joaquim Leote (in Portuguese); this award winning document describes the postal history of Portuguese India from pre-philatelic to the first issues. Another document can be found at: http://www.filatelicamente.online.pt/l001/l001_06i.html (same author).

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