Portugal, Portuguese Africa, Portuguese Guinea, Postal Service, Prince Edward Island, Puerto Rico & Qatar Covers, Philatelic Literature & Postal History

PORTUGAL, PORTUGUESE AFRICA,
PORTUGUESE GUINEA, POSTAL SERVICE,
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, PUERTO RICO
& QATAR COVERS & POSTAL HISTORY

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PORTUGAL POSTAL STATIONERY

28 NOV 82 light COIMBRA cancel on 20-reis postal card to Aisterheim Austria, fairly clear LISBOA transit mark the same day on the back, fairly clear arrival marking 1 December on front, variety--broken B in BILHETE (click on partial image above for enlarged view), brownish paper. 2 corners with faint small creases, another corner with two small creases. H&G #7. Sold but enlarged view still available for scholarly study & research as an enhanced 150-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 p

5 JAN 83 clear CORREIO LISBOA cancel on 10-reis postal card for Spain & Portugal, sent to Alhambra, variety--PARA under shield missing, brownish paper, 2 corners furthest from indicia knocked off. Neat small white arrow pasted on front to draw attention to the error. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50Y p

2-3-84 clear (except for month numeral) LISBOA CENTRAL / 2a SECCAO cancel on 10-reis postal card to Lisboa, 3 tiny faint corner creases, small brown spots on both sides, very thin paper, minor corner rounding. H&G #44. $9.00 p

"Lisbon (Portugal) the 29th February 1892 / I am writing a history of the violoncello ..." requesting birth & death dates of the professors teaching that instrument at the Vassar College of Music in Poughkeepsie New York, postal card mailed by Professor Carlos de Mello, multiple (but unimportant) creases. $5.00 mn-p

Unused Valida 1893 overprinted 10-reis postal card, brownish paper, 2 small corner creases, tiny ding in one edge that closes well. $2.50 p

12 FEV 90 clear CORREIO PORTO cancel on 20-reis postal card to Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland, clear AMBULANT No 18 transit marking 3 days later, slightly blurry but readable Chaux-de-Fonds arrival mark on the 15th. All postal markings on the front, browning paper, corner crease affects nothing. $5.00 p

20 DEZ 93 clear CORREIO LISBOA cancel on 20-reis postal card to Paris, brownish paper, small faint creases at 2 corners, corners slightly softened & rounded. $3.75 p

9 NOV 95 clear CORRoeTELo Santarem on 50-reis letter card to Spa Belgium, clear backstamp shows arrival 4 days later, clear black circled 2 transit marking also on back, opened neatly along perforations (that edge gone), writing neat in 2 directions inside. H&G A2. $5.00 p

28 12 96 clear LISBOA CENTRAL / QUARTA SECCAO cancel on 30-reis international letter card to Moscow Russia, no writing inside, contents removed, neatly opened. H&G #A6. $5.00 p

19 MAR 01 clear CORRoeTELo SETUBAL cancel on 10-reis postal card to Lisbon, sender P. Chancerelle's red handstamp on reverse, tiny piece of one corner gone, very light toning along 3 front edges. H&G#44 with very thin paper. $12.50 p

26-6-02 partial LISBOA CENTRAL / 3A SECCAO cancel on 25-reis postal card to New Haven Connecticut, long noticeable creases & wrinkling near corners, clear NEW HAVEN, CONN REC'D YALE STA. arrival mark on July 11th, faint New Haven machine cancel same day. Request from a conservator at the National Library in Lisbon to a Yale College librarian for a copy of an article on Creole grammar that appeared in the Transactions of the American Philology Anociat[?] $2.00 p-l

29-10-02 clear LISBOA CENTRAL / QUARTA SECCAO cancel (a small part off the card) on 25-reis postal card to Berlin Germany, yellowish brown paper variety, tiny piece of one corner gone, another corner with a faint small corner crease. Sent by Dr. Gomes de Amorim. H&G #42. $6.00 p

"Real Castello da Pena -- Cintra" black & white bilhete postale mailed 12-2-08 at Lisboa Central to Princesse Dietrichstein in Vienna Austria. Message is in French. $10.00 p-p NEW / NUEVO / NEU

2-11 10 LISBOA CENTRAL / QUARTA SECCAO clear rounded-box cancel on 50-reis international letter card to Hannover Germany, neatly opened to remove contents (no message on card), sender's violet oval handstamp on back has identifying lettering inked out. Small corner crease, grayish paper. H&G 11a. $5.00 p

24.OUT.11 light VIZEU cancel on 10-reis postal card (overprinted REPUBLICA in red) to Lisboa, brownish paper. H&G #57. $2.50 p

PORTUGUESE COVERS

16.SET.1955 FDC for 3-stamp issue for the telegraph centenary, unaddressed, two-color cachet. mild wrinkling to upper left & center front. $14.00 pc

28 DEZ 1966 FDC for 3-stamp poet Bocage centenary issue, unaddressed, two-color cachet, fresh appearance. $3.25 pac

Two c.1967-1970 #6 airmail envelopes from Lisboa to Northern Ireland. Rates 14$00 Coutinho aviation & 2$50 night stamps; two 2$50 knight stamps, addressing neat, one envelope reduced at left front on opening. Both for $2.50 p

1968 - 1970. Twenty-five Portugal covers to Cabo Verde. Includes one marked "F. F. URGENTE" at 4$00 rate, one marked "Para Natal", one with a block of seven 1$00 knight definitives. Minor faults present but seldom seen material. $25.00 cp NEW / NUEVO / NEU

Somewhat light 15.7.70 Parede hand cancel ties pair of 1$.00 Porto refinery & 2$50 knight stamps franking $6 airmail envelope to Northern Ireland, neat appearance both sides. $3.00 p

31. 7. 70 Boavista Porto cancels tie 10-esc knight & 1$00 Vasco da Gama & 10-ctvs knight stamps to small registered cover airmailed to Washington DC, 2 backstamps, opening took corner off the da Gama stamp, recipient's mark on return address. $1.00 p%

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1 AGO 70 light S. BENTO - PORTO cancel on 10-ctvs knight & 10-esc knight & 1$00 Vasco da Gama stamps franking small registered envelope airmailed to Washington DC, high value stamp undamaged but other two cut in opening, two backstamps. $0.50 p

Three c. 1970 covers from Portugal to Northern Ireland. Minor faults present, all stamps in good shape. $2.50 np NEW / NUEVO / NEU

c.1975 Portugal pair of 3$30 windmill stamps franking an airmail envelope to Ontario Canada, neatly opened, cancel hard to read. $1.00 %

JUL 7 1976 USS Wainwright (CG-2) cancel ties US 13-c Ohio flag stamp franking International Naval Review cacheted cover from N. R. P. Sagres (violet handstamp) to Worthington Ohio, neatly addressed, small US VC & I2 routing marks on back. Sagres was a tall ship participating in the review. $2.50 pn

2 MAIO 1977 unaddressed cacheted FDC for two-stamp Europa issue & interesting explanatory insert in English, fresh appearance. $2.00 p

2 Maio 78 fancy cancels tie 10,00 and 40,00 Portugal Europa stamps to cacheted unaddressed cover. $3.25 ep

11 MAIO 1981 FDC for 2-stamp Europa Issue, multicolor Fleetwood cachet shows costumed couple dancing, interesting descriptive text on back. $3.50 pe

24.3.82 FDC for 10,00 tile stamp (complete), multicolor cachet shows man laying tile, neatly addressed, fresh appearance. $1.25 p

3.5.82 FDC for 33,50 Portuguese stamp issued for Europa, unaddressed, black & white cachet, interesting explanatory insert, fresh appearance. $1.75 pe

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PORTU-INFO
The official journal of the International Society for Portuguese Philately (ISPP, a unit of the American Philatelic Society)
Each issue has many authoritative articles or notices. We give 1 or 2 examples for each issue to illustrate the breadth of scope
& specialized detail that is present throughout.
Condition is complete & very lightly used throughout.

Portu-Info Vol. 15 No. 2 (January 1980). Paid handstamps of the Mozambique Company translated by John K. Cross. $3.75 pm

Portu-Info Vol. 15 No. 4 (April 1980). The stamps of Macao (Part XVb) translated by Dmytro Bykovets). $3.75 p%

Index for Vol. 1 - 15 of Portu-Info. Organized by country. $15.00 p

Mail Auction (November 12, 1980), 38 pages. Organized by country. $3.50 p

Portu-Info Vol. 16 No. 1 (January 1981). 1920-1922 parcel post stamps of Portugal & "Military mail in the Báruè campaign". $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 16 No. 1 (April 1981). "Azores Paquebots by Gustav J. Lund". $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 16 No. 3 (July 1981). "Angola's Amazing One-way Airline" & "The Stamps of Cape Verde (1877-1939) part 1". $3.75 p

Mail Auction (November 30, 1981), 24 pages. Organized by country. $3.50 p

ISPP Membership Directory 1981. Organized by state & country. $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 17 No. 1 (January 1982). "A Colossus Named DO-X" translated by Albino N. Herdade & "Color Changelings in Portugal". $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 17 No. 2 (April 1982). "The Intrepid Portuguese Navigators" & "The Stamps of Cape Verde (1877-1939)--Part 4". $3.75 p

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Mail Auction (September 30, 1982), 451 lots. Organized by country. $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 17 No. 4 (October 1982). "Notes on the 1931-1932 Goa Postal Flights" & "Identifying Fournier Crown Forgeries". $3.75 p%

ISPP Membership Directory 1982. Organized by state & country. $3.75 p

Mail Auction (October 29 1983), 484 lots. Organized by country. $3.75 p

Index for Vol. 16 - 18 of Portu-Info. Organized by country. $3.00 p

Mail Auction (October 28 1984), 463 lots. Organized by country. $3.50 p

Mail Sale No. 1 of Classic Philatelics (17 Jan 1983). 702 lots of postal stationery & 56 lots of stamps and covers. $4.25 p

Portu-Info Vol. 18 No. 1 (January 1983). "Mozambique Company Postal Cards--Part 1" by Rufino R. Pernes & "Souvenir Postcards for the Proclamation of the Portuguese Republic". $3.75 mp

Portu-Info Vol. 18 No. 2 (April 1983). Special Mozambique Company issue: plate varieties of he triangular airmails, postal cards (part 2), etc. $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 18 No. 3 (July 1983). "Notes on Free-franking in Portugal (Classic Period)" by Armando Vieira & "Mozambique Company Letter Cards". $3.75 p

"MOZAMBIQUE COMPANY / POSTAL STATIONERY // ISPP Handbook No. 1" by Rufino R. Pernes, 1983 copyright, illustrated & cross-referenced to the older (and less detailed) Higgins & Gage numbers. $5.00 mp p

Portu-Info Vol. 19 No. 1 (January 1984). "Notes About Registration of Correspondence in the Pre-philatelic Period" & "A Census of Portuguese Telegraph Cancellations" by S. S. Washburne. $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 19 No. 2 (April 1984). "Two Famous Macau Churches Through Maximum Cards" by Kong Iat Cheong. $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 19 No. 3 (July-August 1984). "Caminho de Ferro de Ambaca (The Ambaca RR)" by Werner Grether & "Postal Markings of the Ambaca Railroad". $3.75 p

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Portu-Info Vol. 19 No. 4 (October 1984). Two articles on the postal markings of Ovar & "Estate Planning and Collection Disposal". $3.75 p

"POSTMARKS OF / TIMOR PORTUGUESA / ISPP Handbook No. 2" by R. H. Houwink & A. G. de Magalhães, 1984 copyright. Paperbound, with addenda. $5.00 tp

Portu-Info Vol. 20 No. 1 (January 1985). "Two New Timor Military Markings" & "Mozambique 'Void' Markings". $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 20 No. 2 (April 1985). "Angola Patriotic Slogans" by Larry Clark & "Caminho de Ferro de Benguela". $3.75 p

ISPP Newsletter No. 1 (June 1985). $2.00 p

Portu-Info Vol. 20 No. 3 (July 1985). "Mozambique Slogan Cancels" by Hal Reynolds & "Postal Rates--Some New Discoveries" by Stephen Washburne. $3.75 p

Mail Auction (October 13 1985), 600 lots. Organized by country. $4.50 p

Portu-Info Vol. 20 No. 4 (October 1985). "A Nice Pre-philatelic Mozambique Cover" & "Mozambique Void Markings--an Update". $3.75 p

ISPP Membership Directory 1985. Organized by state & country. $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 21 No. 1 (January 1986). "Memorials to 'The Great War'" by Armando Bordalo Sanches & "Scott 1986 Prices - What Do They Mean?". $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 21 No. 2 (April 1985). "Portugal and Columbus Again" & "A Letter from Porto to London via the British Packet". $3.75 p

17 de Maio de 1986 auction catalogue from Núcleo Filatélico do Atenue Commercial do Porto. 641 lots, well illustrated. $5.00 p

Portu-Info Vol. 21 No. 3 (July 1985). "The 'Segue' Mark of Lisboa" &Zeppelins: The Portugal - 'Hindenburg' Connection". $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 21 No. 4 (October 1985). "Postal History of Angola" Oval Numerical Cancellations" & "Japanese Airmail to Portuguese Timor". $3.75 p

Mail Auction (November 8 1986), 1450 lots, well illustrated. Organized by country. $5.00 p

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Index for Vol. 1 - 21 of Portu-Info (1962 - 1986). Organized by country. $21.00 p

Portu-Info Vol. 22 No. 1 (January 1987). "Neglected Nyassa" by Claude Emerson & "More About UNITA Stamps". $3.75 p%

Portu-Info Vol. 22 No. 2 (April 1987). "Fines for Carrying Letter Privately" & "American Postal Service in the Azores". $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 22 No. 3 (July 1987). "A Belated Study of the 1911 Issue of Nyassa" & "Postal Markings of Angola (Part 2)". $3.75 p%

Mail Auction (October 17 1987), 535 lots, well illustrated. Organized by country. $4.25 p

Portu-Info Vol. 22 No. 4 (October 1987). "Colonial Postage Dues - Unusual Fakes" by Stan Katz & "Notes on Portuguese India: The D. Luis". $3.75 p

ISPP Newsletter (December 1987). $2.00 p

Postal History Mail Sale No. 2 from Joseph F. Albert (February 6 1988), 50 lots, illustrated. $2.00 p

Portu-Info Vol. 23 No. 4 (October 1988). "Beira Single Ring Cancel (Notes & a Theory)" & The Questionable 1910 Surcharges of Nyassa". $3.75 p%

Portu-Info Vol. 24 No. 1 (January 1989). "Macao Re-entries" & "The Journey of Pero da Covilha". $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 24 No. 3 (July 1989). "These Cancels Are Indian, but British or Portuguese" & "Postal Markings of Angola (part 8)". $3.75 p

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Portu-Info Vol. 24 No. 3 (October 1989). "Postage Rates of Portugal" & "Postal Markings of Angola (part 9)". $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 25 No. 1 (January 1990). "Portuguese-Guinea (First Issue)" & Postal Markins of Angola (part 10)". $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 25 No. 2 (April 1990). "1901 Nyassa Perforation Varieties" & Postal Markings of Angola (part 11)". $3.75 p%

Portu-Info Vol. 25 No. 3 (July 1990). "People on the Stamps of Portugal" & "Dies of the 25R D. Luis Stationery Envelope". $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 25 No. 4 (October 1990). "Portuguese Exchange Rates" & "Portuguese Postal Rates, Part II". $3.75 p

Mail Auction (November 3 1990), 1216 lots, well illustrated. Organized by country. $4.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 26 No. 1 (January-April 1991). "Postal Markings of Angola (part 12)" & The Barué Campaign -- 1902". $3.75 p

Mail Auction (April 27 1991), 422 lots, well illustrated. Organized by country. $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 26 No. 2 (May-June 1991). "An Unusual Angola Registration Marking" & "A Ceres Printing Variety by John Liles. $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 26 No. 3 (July-September 1991). "People on Stamps of Portugal--Royalty--Part 1" & "Postal Markings of Angola - Part 14" $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 26 No. 4 (October-December 1991). "Notes on Portuguese India" & "Pato Donald and Portugal". $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 27 No. 1 (January-March 1992). "1939 'Visita Presidentcial' Overprints of the Companhia de Mocambique" by John K. Cross. $3.75 p

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Portu-Info Vol. 27 No. 2 (April-June 1992). "Cape Verde After Independence" & "The Franco-Portuguese Convention of 1866". $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 27 No. 3 (July-September 1992). "Mozambique International Reply Coupons" & "Cape Verde After Independence - II". $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 27 No. 4 (October-December 1992). "Book Review: Cliché Varieties" & "Where is Bateken" by Steve Washburne. $3.75 p#

ISPP Mail Auction (November 14 1992), 513 lots, well illustrated. Organized by country. $4.25 p

Portu-Info Vol. 28 No. 1 (January-March 1993). "St. Thomas & Prince After Independence" & "Postal Markings of Angola (conclusion)". $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 28 No. 2 (April-June 1993). "Late Usage of Colonial Issues in Independent Republics" & "Last Philatelic Hurrahs of the Companhia de Moçambique". $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 28 No. 3 (July-September 1993). "Guinea-Bissau After Independence" by Reinhard Küchler. $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 28 No. 4 (October-December 1993). "Moçambique After Independence" & "Some Mysterious Ceres Varieties". $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 29 No. 1 (January-March 1994). "Censored in Inhambane" & "The 1932-34 Colonial Ceres". $3.75 p

ISPP Mail Auction (April 30 1994), 294 lots, well illustrated. Organized by country. $3.00 p

Portu-Info Vol. 29 No. 2 (April-June 1994). "Surcharged Macau Crowns" & "Overprints on Former Colonial Stamps--A Compilation". $3.75 p%

Portu-Info Vol. 29 No. 3 (July-September 1994). "Watermarked Portugal Ceres?" & "More Surcharged Macau Crowns". $3.75 p%

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Portu-Info Vol. 29 No. 4 (October-December 1994). "Companhia de Mocambique: Numeral Obliterators" & "Angola: 1975 Overprints on Colonial Stamps" by Hal Hoyt. $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 30 No. 1 (January-March 1995). "Notes on the Demise of Portuguese India, with Special emphasis on POW Markings" by John N. Liles. $3.75 p

ISPP Mail Auction (April 22 1995), 356 lots, well illustrated. Organized by country. $3.50 p

Portu-Info Vol. 30 No. 2 (April-June 1995). "The Manuscript Postal Markings of Timor and Mocambique" & "Angola 1932-34 Ceres: Plate Varieties Revisited and New". $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 30 No. 3 (July-September 1995). "Companhia de Mocambique: Chronology of the First Postal Stationery Releases" & "Macau: Notes on the First Airmails". $3.75 p

ISPP Mail Auction (September 30 1995), 930 lots comprising The Johns Hopkins Collection of Stamps of Portugal and Colonies, well illustrated. Organized by country. $5.00 p

Portu-Info Vol. 30 No. 4 (October-December 1995). "Notes on the First Airmails (continued" by John K. Cross. $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 31 No. 2 (April-June 1996). "Peregrinations on the Peninsula" & "Lourenço Marques: the 1918 Semi-Postals (concluded)". $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 31 No. 3 (July-September 1996). "Inhambane (St. Anthony Forgeries" & "Macau: 2 Avos on 10 Reis". $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 32 No. 2 (April-June 1997). "The Rights of the People of Timor" & Bisected Carlos Mouchon Issues of Portuguese India (With and Without Lisbon REPUBLICA: History and Plating Study". $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 32 No. 3 (July-September 1997). "Macau: Small Hexagonal Daters for Normal Postage and Registered Mail, 1929 - 1961" & "Cape Verde Varieties". $3.75 p

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Portu-Info Vol. 32 No. 1 (January-March 1997). "Angola 1932-34 Ceres: Plate Variety Update" & "Interdistrict Stamp Usage 8in Portuguese East Africa". $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 32 No. 4 (October-December 1997). "Macau: Small Hexagonal Daters for Normal Postage and Registered Mail, 1929 - 1961 (continued)" by Cheong-Too Choi. $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 33 No. 1 (January-March 1998). "Timor: First Flights and the Use of Assistencia Stamps Thereupon" & "Surcharge & Perforation Errors of the Bisected Issues of Portuguese India". $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 33 No. 2 (April-June 1998). "Stamps of Macau With Forged Local Surcharges: Issues of 1940-41" & "Amsterdam Olympics 1928: Three Days in May". $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 33 No. 3 (July-September 1998). "Timor: Note on 1902 Inverted Surcharge" & Clandestine Carlos Mouchon Issues of Portuguese India". $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 33 No. 4 (October-December 1998). "Fifth Centenary of the Discovery of Guiné" & "Kionga Covers" a census. $3.75 p%

Portu-Info Vol. 34 No. 1 (January-March 1999). "Philatelic Terms: Portuguese--English" & "The Stamps of Macau as a Mirror of Post-War Sino-Portuguese Relations". $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 34 No. 2 (April-June 1999). "Lourenço Marques: The 1899 Surcharged Fiscals" & "The District of Moçambique at the Turn of the (Last) Century". $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 34 No. 3 (July-September 1999). "Companhia de Moçambique: The 1917 Red Cross Issue" & "Enclaves: Timor". $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 34 No. 4 (October-December 1999). "Macau: Now and Then" & "Companhia de Moçambique: The 1917 Red Cross Issue (continued)". $3.75 p

ISPP Auction (December 16 1989), 331 lots, well illustrated. Organized by country. $3.50 p

Portu-Info Vol. 35 No. 1 (January-March 2000). "Portugal: Notes on the Luis De Frente Issue Designed by Mouchon" & "The Local Republica Overprints of Portuguese India".

ISPP Auction (April 29 2000), 764 lots, well illustrated. Organized by country. $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 35 No. 2 (April-June 2000). "Forgeries of the Local REPUBLICA Overprints of Portuguese India" & "Companhia de Moçambique: 1919 Postage Due Issue" by Glen Carr. 3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 35 No. 3 (July-September 2000). "The Wondelgem Forgeries" & "The Early Inhambane Missions". Cover in color. $4.00 p

Portu-Info Vol. 35 No. 4 (October-December 2000). "Kionga Revisited" & "Cape Verde: Rare Usages of the 1976 Olympic Overprint". $3.75 p%

Portu-Info Vol. 36 No. 1 (January-March 2001). "Nyassa: Annotated Bibliography and Cross Reference" & "Moçambique: Forgeries of the 1921 Surcharged Ceres". $3.75 p%

Portu-Info Vol. 36 No. 2 (April-June 2001). "Enclave: St. João Baptista de Ajudá" & "Nyassa: Uncatalogued varieties (and Additions to the Nyassa Bibliography)". $3.75 p%

Portu-Info Vol. 36 No. 3 (July-September 2001). "Cape Verde: 1948 Constant Surcharge Variety" & "Portugal in World War I: Mail from German Internees in the Bicholim (Portuguese India) Camp". $3.75 p

Portu-Info Vol. 36 No. 4 (October-December 2001). "Companhia de Mocambique: Airmail Covers with Mixed Franking" & "Açores: Use of the 20E Ceres on Parcel Post Receipt". $3.75 p

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Postal cards issued in 1898
for use throughout the several colonies of Portugal in Africa, honoring the 400th anniversary (1498 - 1898)
of Vasco da Gama's discovery of the sea route to India.
Views from sites associated with the life of that explorer.
Seldom offered & seldom seen.

10-réis, unused postal card. View: door at right. Noticeable corner wear. $7.00 p-p

10-réis, unused postal card. View: SC de Lisboa. Light edge toning at sides & top; trivial wear at one upper corner. $8.50 p-p

10-réis, unused postal card. View: Porta Lateral dos Jerontymos. Light toning along 3 front edges. Shown. $7.50 p-p. Same but no noticeable edge toning & one lower corner with 2 small creases. $7.50 p-p

10-réis, unused postal card. View at upper left & years 1898 & 1498 beneath it., small bend at lower right corner. $8.00 p-p

10-réis, unused postal card. View: Thomar with art signed R. Gameiro, light toning at 2 front edges, wear to lower left corner. Shown left. $7.00 p-p. Similar but no corner wear, toning at lower right corner & much browner shade of paper. Shown right. $6.00 p-p

10-réis, unused postal card. View: IGREJA DOS JERONYMOS from signed art in green. Fairly fresh except for tiny crease at bottom right corner. $8.50 p-p&. Same but tiny crease at upper right & upper right corner also affected by a long bend suggests careful ironing. $7.00 p-p.

10-réis, unused postal card. View: Daco Real da Cintra in yellow green. Tiny & shallow ding in left front edge, otherwise quite appealing. $8.50 p-p&

10-réis, unused postal card. View: front of cathedral in Lisboa done in gorgeous dark green signed art. Trivial corner & edge wear. $8.50 p-p& Same as first but a little age-toning to the paper evenly to both sides. $8.00 p-p. Same as first but with 2 corners noticeably worn & rounded, the other 2 corners with minor wear. $7.00 Same as first except 3 corner creases & more edge wear at top. $5.50

20-réis, unused postal card. View: Torre de Sta Maria de Belem. $9.50 p-p. Same but paper a bit more gray, so the contrast is better. $10.00 p-p

20-réis, unused postal card. Illustration: portrait of Vasco da Gama. A little edge toning, shown. $9.00 p-p. Same but tiny corner crease & less edge toning. $8.50 p-p. Same but a small crease at an upper corner. $9.00 p-p

20-réis, unused postal card, View: Castello da Pena Cintra, right edge with noticeable wear & tiny corner crease at its bottom suggests careful ironing. $4.00 p-p&

20-réis, postal card favor cancelled at Mocambique (Mozambique) 6 ABR 97, hand-corrected to 98 to get the year right. View: Castello da Pena Cintra. Small bottom corner crease & lightly toned. Most unusual. $25.00 p-pm

20-réis postal card favor cancelled at PORTUGAL - PROV. de ANGOLA in blue green ink 18 Mai 1898. Very light toning on the back. Most unusual. $22.50 pa

20-réis, postal card mailed 2 JUL 1898 from Mocambique (Mozambique) to Frankfurt Germany, with various postage due markings on arrival (including the pfennig amount owed handwritten in blue). Strong vertical crease, two small tape remnants at the centers of the sides, unimportant corner wear. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 p-pmg

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"1886-7 / A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR / ... / TORONTO LETTER CARRIERS" card the size of a regular postcard including a postman, mailbag, heraldic crests & a Canada Post Card, 5-colors (brown on sepia, dark violet, dark red & gold), toned back, mild corner & edge wear, long corner crease, small corner crease, lightly toned front. Handed out to "Their Friends Everywhere", no postcard back. As nice a postcard precursor as you are likely to find. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 oc-onpc

Clear JUN 11 1955 WEST PALM BEACH FLA. machine cancel ties 3-c Everglades stamp franking #6 envelope to Missouri, matching green pictorial cachet 'JAMBOREE' / FLORIDA FEDERATION STAMP CLUBS / JUNE 11-12, 1955 / FLORIDA'S BAREFOOT MAILMAN, explanatory brochure gives exceptionally detailed information about early mail delivery between Palm Beach & Miami in the late 1880's & early 1890's. Nice! $5.00 fp%

Mostly clear OCT 21 1963 CAPTIVA FLA. hand cancel on 5-c Lincoln #6 postal stationery to Fort Meyer, clearly struck violet cachet 'CARRIED ON ONE OF / AMERICA'S LAST REMAINING / MAIL BOATS / FROM / CAPTIVA, FLORIDA / ISLAND PARADIS / OFFICIAL CACHET, small spot of toning to right of indicia. $1.50 fps

1 July 1968 TWO FDC'S for the postal code popularization issue, accompanied by explanatory bilingual inserts. One cover bears a pair of the 7-yen stamps; the other, a pair of 15-yen stamps. Both for $7.50

USS SAN BERNARDINO (LST-1189) clear hand cancel on 8-c postal worker at collection box stamp franking #6 envelope to Ohio, ink smear on front in postal clerks corner card, neatly addressed, never sealed. $2.00 np

Somewhat light 12 OCT 1973 USS ALBERT DAVID (DE-1050) hand cancel in violet on 8-c US postal worker stamp franking #6 cover from Port of Long Beach to Ohio, 5 different handstamps for cachet, neatly addressed, never sealed. $2.50 n(a)pc

NO 8 1975 clear SOCOPEX STATION COLO SPRINGS CO 80909 fancy cancel (for Colorado Centennial, depicting ox-drawn covered wagon) ties 10 airplane postal service stamp to #6 envelope neatly addressed to Ohio, never sealed. $1.00 cp

10.3.76 official Swedish FDC for its 85 post kort depicting an old mail box, fresh appearance. $1.25 sp

19.6.1976 official Sweden FDC for its 130 aerogram whose indicia depicts a mail box, fresh appearance. $1.50 sp

8.3.1978 official Swedish FDC for the 115 postcard depicting mail delivery by sled, fresh appearance. (2 available) $1.00 each. sp

8.3.1978 official Swedish FDC for the 130 post brev depicting mail delivery by bicycle, fresh appearance. (2 available) $1.00 each. sp

-4.-5.79 Austrian FDC for S6 Europa featuring Laurenc Koschier, multicolor cachet, unaddressed, explanatory stiffener. $1.25

22 AUGUST 1979 official FDC for Great Britain's 4-stamp Rowland Hill issue, airmailed to Michigan, neatly typed address, with enclosure. $2.75 pg

24 NOV 80 SHINYANGA Tanzania cancels on six 1 / Pan-African Postal Union stamps (including strip of 3 with bottom selvedge) franking #10 registered #10 envelope to Ohio, eight interesting backstamps including large violet SHINYANGA CUSTOMS EXCISE RELEASED, neatly opened & attractive. $7.00 t [Brown background to show stamps over edges.]

1.6.83 Austrian FD Card for postal vending machine which is pictured & explained by pertinent information on back, S4 label neatly cancelled. Nice! $4.00

16 JAN 1995 #10 envelope from Kpele Adéta to New Castle Pennsylvania, franked by 335-f postal work scene stamp which is tied by boldly struck cancel, backflap sealed by gorgeous "1974 1994 / CELEBRATING / 20 / YEARS / Taking the Truth / to Togo / ABWE" seal, MA backstamp in US, neatly opened. $3.75 tp

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