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1892 King Charles I, in an oval

150 r red on red 200 r blue on blue

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

The 5 r stamp was used bisected for a short time in 1895(?), example:


(bisected stamp, used on 26 November 1894)

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

Reprints of these stamps were made in 1905.

Postal stationery exists in the same design: 10 r green, 20 r lilac, 25 r green, 30 r blue and 50 r blue.

For more stamps in this desing, but for other colonies see: Portuguese Colonies 1894 issue: King Charles (Carlos) in an ellipse

 

1897 King Charles I, new type

  2 1/2 r grey
  5 r orange
  10 r green
  15 r brown
  15 r green
  20 r lilac
  25 r green
  25 r red
  50 r blue
  65 r blue
  75 r red
  75 r brown on yellow (value in red)
  80 r lilac
  100 r blue on blue
  115 r orange on red
  130 r brown on yellow
  150 r brown on yellow
  180 r black on red
  200 r lilac
  300 r blue on red
  500 r black on blue (value in red)

Most of these stamps have perforation 11 1/2 x 12 (the 500 r also exist with perforation 12 1/2).

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 c  
5 r c c  
10 r c c  
15 r brown * *  
15 r green c c 1899
20 r c c  
25 r green * c  
25 r red c vc 1899
50 r * c Two shades of blue were issued,
the second one in 1905
65 r c c 1898
75 r red * c  
75 r brown on yellow ** ** 1905
80 r c c  
100 r * *  
115 r c c 1898
130 r c c 1898
150 r c c  
180 r c c 1898
200 r * *  
300 r * *  
500 r ** **  

For more stamps in this desing, but for other colonies see: Portuguese Colonies 1895 issue:King Charles (Carlos) in a circle

 

From 1906 on the stamps of Acores were used.


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