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1901 Die Proof of the head of King Carlos I, used as the vignette in the upper left corner of this 1901 issue, in black on white wove paper, 18x25mm, numbered "3045". A fine proof, from Waterlow's master die book. Photo on Page 142. £140-180
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Die Proofs of the 2 1/2r - 300r frames, with an additional Master Proof without value of the 75r - 300r frame design all in black on white wove paper, taken from a second working copy of the printers die book, each with the die number written above, endorsed "Cancelled 27/5/31" in red ink. The proofs all soiled, each with a circular punch (removed from four resulting in a central hole), a few with further faults, the 50r proof extensively rubbed and the Master Proof with a piece torn from the lower left corner. A rare set. (14). Photo on Page 142. £600-700
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2 1/2r - 300r Extensive mint and used accumulation in a stockbook, each value sorted by frame and centre plate type. (100s). £150-200
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Waterlow file sheets and detailed plating study with many large part reconstructions and some multiples and complete sheets in two large ring binders, together with a folder of detailed notes on this issue and later issues. The superb plating study proving the seven printings, the final two being 1922 reprints from new or refurbished plates, with Waterlow file sheets endorsed with the order number and date and the quantity of stamps issued (40), complete sheets mint (2) or C.T.O (21) and large part reconstructions of all printings for all values. The file sheets have a punch hole through each stamp, and include seven sheets of local surcharges or "PROVISORIO" overprints, and 33 sheets of the 1901 issue comprising 2 1/2r (3), 5r (5), 10r (4), 15r (2), 20r (3), 25r (2), 50r (3), 75r (3), 80r (2), 100r (2), 150r, 200r (2) and 300r, no gum and a few sheets with faults, though a unique and important record of these printings. A remarkable study representing many years work. (1,000s). £3,500-5,000
| Local Overprints and Surcharges (S.G. 45-49)
Issued in April 1903 for the new U.P.U rates:- Colonial Postcards 10r to 15r, Foreign Postcards 20r to 25r. Foreign Letters 50r to 65r single, 100r to 130r double, 100r to 115r single registered. A footnote in the S.G. catalogue states "Collectors are warned against dangerous forgeries". To be genuine the surcharge must be on stamps plating to the 1st printing, and with used examples dated only between April and September 1903. Research shows some 90% of these stamps plate to the spurious 3rd, 5th, or 6th printings and the surcharges cannot therefore be genuine. | |
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1903 (Aug 17) Registered cover to Scotland bearing 2 1/2r, 5r, 10r, 20r, 50r, 75r and 100r, locally surcharged 65r on 80r and locally overprinted "Provisorio" on 15r and 25r, all tied by Ibo datestamps, the reverse with boxed Ibo registration handstamp and datestamps of Zanzibar, London, Glasgow and Paisley. The flap has a crest of "Northern Division, South African Constabulary", handstamped "Deutsche-Ostafrikanische Gesellschaft / Ibo", endorsed by the sender "There are 10 stamps attached to this envelope". A philatelic but rare franking, just two other cards recorded with the local Provisorio overprint, the local 65r surcharge also very scarce on cover. All stamps with some staining though still an attractive cover. Photo on Page 140. £300-350
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1903 (Sep 16) Lourenco Marques picture postcard depicting a native musician, sent to Scotland franked on the picture side by 5r and 20r paying the correct 25r postcard rate, each tied by a blue Ibo c.d.s, backstamped at Zanzibar. This card is dated right at the end of the six months April-September period of use of the local 25 "Provisorio" overprint for foreign postcards. This accounts for the 20r + 5r franking, as the local overprinted stamps had run out, and the new 2nd printing with large PROVISORIO overprint was not yet available from London. A fine card. Photo on Page 140. £200-250
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1922 Reprint of 5c deep violet with Giraffe vignette, Waterlow file sheet with the centre inverted, without sheet number, endorsed "250491", "25.7.23, 1000, 1901 Dom Carlos" in the margin, no gum, each stamp with two punch holes. A unique archival sheet. £500-600
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1922 Reprint of 10c green with Giraffe vignette, Waterlow file sheet with the centre inverted, without sheet number, endorsed "250491", "25.7.23, 1000, 1901 Dom Carlos" in the margin, no gum, each stamp with two punch holes. A unique archival sheet. £500-600
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1922 Reprint of 15r yellow-brown with Giraffe vignette, Waterlow file sheet with the centre inverted, without sheet number, endorsed "250491", "25.7.23, 1000, 1901 Dom Carlos" in the margin, no gum, each stamp with two punch holes. A unique archival sheet. £500-600
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1922 Reprint of 20r vermilion with Giraffe vignette, Waterlow file sheet with the centre inverted, without sheet number, endorsed "250491", "25.7.23, 1000, 1901 Dom Carlos" in the margin, no gum, each stamp with two punch holes. A unique archival sheet. £500-600
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1922 Reprint of 25r orange with Giraffe vignette, Waterlow file sheet with the centre inverted, without sheet number, endorsed "250491", "25.7.23, 1000, 1901 Dom Carlos" in the margin, no gum, each stamp with two punch holes. A unique archival sheet. £500-600
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1922 Reprint of 50r blue with Giraffe vignette, Waterlow file sheet with the centre inverted, without sheet number, endorsed "250491", "25.7.23, 1000, 1901 Dom Carlos" in the margin, no gum, each stamp with two punch holes. A unique archival sheet. £500-600
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1922 Reprint of 80r mauve with Dromedaries vignette, Waterlow file sheet with the centre inverted, without sheet number, endorsed "250491", "25.7.23, 1000, 1901 Dom Carlos" in the margin, no gum, each stamp with two punch holes. A unique archival sheet. £500-600
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1922 Reprint of 100r bistre with Dromedaries vignette, Waterlow file sheet with the centre inverted, without sheet number, endorsed "250491", "25.7.23, 1000, 1901 Dom Carlos" in the margin, no gum, each stamp with two punch holes. A unique archival sheet. £500-600
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1922 Reprint of 150r orange-brown with Dromedaries vignette, Waterlow file sheet with the centre inverted, without sheet number, endorsed "250491", 25.7.23, 1000, 1901 Dom Carlos" in the margin, no gum, each stamp with two punch holes. A unique archival sheet. £500-600
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1922 Reprint of 200r blue-green with Dromedaries vignette, Waterlow file sheet with the centre inverted, without sheet number, endorsed "250491", 25.7.23, 1000, 1901 Dom Carlos" in the margin, no gum, each stamp with two punch holes. A unique archival sheet. £500-600
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1922 Reprint of 300r green with Dromedaries vignette, Waterlow file sheet with the centre inverted, without sheet number, endorsed "250491", "25.7.23, 1000, 1901 Dom Carlos" in the margin, no gum, each stamp with two punch holes. A unique archival sheet. Photo on Page 145. £500-600
| 1901 to 1909 Covers with Stamps of the 1st Printing or Surcharged 2nd Printing | |
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1902 (Dec 9) Cover to Germany, bearing 5r, 10r and 50r paying the correct 65r letter rate, all tied by Ibo datestamps, backstamped at the French Post Office at Zanzibar. £200-250
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1903 (Jan 18) Registered cover to Budapest franked 20r and 300r each tied by blue Ibo c.d.s with boxed registration handstamp in blue (No. 70), backstamped at the French Post Office in Zanzibar and in Budapest. Photo on Page 146. £180-220
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1903 (Jan 18) Registered cover to Budapest franked 5r and 200r each tied by blue Ibo c.d.s with boxed registration handstamp in blue (No. 72), backstamped at the French Post Office in Zanzibar and in Budapest. Photo on Page 146. £180-220
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1903 (Feb 3) Registered cover with "D.O.A.L Hamburg" printed flap, written from the R.P.D "Praesident" at Ibo and sent to another German sailor on the S.M.S "Victoria Luise" at Kiel, franked 2 1/2r, 5r, 10r, 15r, 20r and 75r each tied by an Ibo c.d.s, with boxed registration handstamp. An attractive cover, the 115r rate paid by the top four stamps, the 2 1/2r and 10r probably added for the addressees collection. Photo on Page 146. £200-250
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1903 (Oct 15) Registered cover to the USA bearing London surcharges 65r on 80r, 115r on 150r and "PROVISORIO" 15r each tied by blue Ibo c.d.s, Ibo and London registration handstamps on the front, backstamped at Zanzibar and Boston. A neat and attractive registered cover. Photo on Page 146. £220-260
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1904 (Jan 6) Cover to England, the correct 65r letter rate paid by London surcharge 65r on 80r tied by an Ibo c.d.s, a second strike alongside, backstamped at Zanzibar and Southwold. Horizontal fold well clear of the stamp, otherwise a fine and scarce commercial cover. Photo on Page 146. £200-250
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1904 (Feb 17) Picture postcard of Durban beach sent to Scotland with 25r "PROVISORIO" London overprint on the picture side tied by a blue Ibo c.d.s, backstamped at Ibo and Zanzibar. A few small perf faults, otherwise fine and a good example of the correct 25r postcard rate. Photo on Page 146. £140-160
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1905 (Feb 8) Picture postcard to Paris with two 2 1/2r and two 10r stamps paying the correct 25r postcard rate, the stamps applied at the four corners, each tied by an Ibo c.d.s, with a transit c.d.s of Dar-Es-Salaam. The picture side bears an uncancelled 15r "PROVISORIO" London overprint. An attractive card, unusually routed through German East Africa. Photo on Page 146. £180-220
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1906 (Sep 2) Picture postcard of Mengo, Uganda, originally written from Mombasa, a further message added at Ibo six days later "am posting this from this place more for the reason of the stamps". Sent to Natal franked 20r, paying the correct postcard rate introduced in 1905, cancelled at Porto Amelia with datestamps of Mozambique, Beira, Durban and Dundee. A fine and attractive card. Photo on Page 146. £180-220
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1907 (Jan 25) Commercial cover with printed heading "Wm. Philippi & Co, Ibo" sent to Germany "via Genoa", the correct 50r letter rate paid by 5r, 20r and 25r "PROVISORIO" London overprint each tied by an Ibo c.d.s, backstamped at Dar-Es-Salaam. Two light horizontal creases well away from the stamps, otherwise a fine commercial cover unusually routed through German East Africa. Photo on Page 148. £350-450
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1908 (Mar 17) Picture postcard of Lourenco Marques sent to Portugal at the 10r colonial postcard rate, the 10r stamp (a little staining) on the picture side, tied by a Porto Amelia c.d.s, backstamped at Ibo and Lisbon. £100-120
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1909 (Dec 15) Picture postcard of Ibo sent to Diu, Portuguese India, bearing 15r "PROVISORIO" London overprint paying the colonial postcard rate, tied by an Ibo c.d.s with datestamps of Mozambique, Bombay and Diu. An attractive and unusual use. Photo on Page 148. £180-220
| 1910-11 Covers with Giraffe values of the 4th printing |
Covers from this short period are much scarcer than the first printing used from 1901 to 1909. Even without plating them they are quite easy to distinguish. On most sheet positions of the 4th printing the giraffes' tails are re-entered and doubled and the colours are paler and quite different from the first printing.
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1910 (Oct 25) Commercial cover addressed in English and Indian script to Dar-Es-Salaam, franked on the reverse at the correct 50r letter rate with fourth printing 15r vertical pair (a little staining) and 20r tied by Porto Amelia datestamps, Ibo and Dar-Es-Salaam datestamps alongside. A little reduced at left edge upon opening with small piece torn from front lower left corner. An attractive commercial cover. Photo on Page 148. £240-280
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1911 (Mar 4) Registered cover to Germany bearing fourth printing 50r on the front with 10r, 20r and 15r "PROVISORIO" London overprint on the reverse, all tied by Ibo datestamps, an Ibo registration label on the front, backstamped at Mombasa and Ansbach. A fine and attractive commercial cover unusually routed through Kenya. Photo on Page 148. £300-400
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1911 (Mar 26) Nyassa overprint on Mozambique 10r postal stationery postcard (H&G4) registered to Germany, uprated with fourth printing 10r and 50r to pay the correct 70c registered postcard rate. An Ibo registration label applied to the front, backstamped at Hannover. Small upper right corner crease, otherwise fine, an exceptional registered use of this scarce postal stationery postcard. Photo on Page 148. £300-350
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1911 (Mar 29) Registered cover with "Wm Philippi & Co, Ibo" printed on the flap, sent to Germany franked first printing 100r and fourth printing 2 1/2r, 5r, 10r, 20r, 50r, 15r and 25r "PROVISORIO" London overprints, the 5r stamp on the reverse, all tied by Ibo datestamps with a registration label applied, backstamped at Hamburg. Horizontal fold well clear of the stamps, otherwise fine and attractive. Photo on Page 148. £300-400
| 1911 King Manuel II "REPUBLICA" Overprint Issue
On February 3, 1908 King Carlos was shot in Lisbon, and his second son King Manuel came to the throne. Carlos stamps continued in use till 1911 and a new issue was ordered with the portrait King Manuel II. The new stamps had been printed when, on 5 October 1910, the monarchy was overthrown and Portugal became a Republic. The new issue was therefore overprinted REPUBLICA before being sent to Nyassa. The first printing of all values was archived without overprint, but some found their way onto the philatelic market. | |
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Die Proofs of the 2 1/2r - 500r frames, also an additional small portion from the left side of a 400r frame proof, a further 500r frame (piece cut from the upper portion) and an additional Master Proof without value of the 75r - 500r frame design, all in black on white wove paper, taken from a second working copy of the printers master die book, each with the die number written above, endorsed "Cancelled 27/5/31" in red ink. The proofs are all soiled and also show an area of surface scraping to the left or right side. The working die book contained numbered dies for all countries and was frequently referenced by printers with dirty hands to find the metal dies to re-enter existing plates, or make new ones, for repeat stamp orders - hence the soiling and damage to these die proofs. A rare set. (15). Photo on Page 142 £600-700
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1901 to 1922 Waterlow & Sons archive file copy sheets (17), without gum as usual, each endorsed with the printing order number, date and quantity of stamps printed, all stamps with a punch hole, comprising one sheet of each value with additional 2 1/2r (2), 5r (2) and 10r sheets, the first printing sheets all without REPUBLICA overprints, a few sheets with faults but a unique archival record of the printings. Also a detailed plating studies including complete mint issued sheets (21), and large part reconstructions of all printings for all values. Contained in a large binder, this fine lot represents over forty years of unpublished research work. (1,000s). £2,500-3,000
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2 1/2r - 500r and London surcharges, mainly mint plating study in an album, also various 1901-24 mint and used issues on stockcards. (100s). £150-180
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1911 (Jan 30) 20r Postal stationery postcard overprinted "NYASSA" and black "REPUBLICA" (H&G11) uprated with 5r, 20r and 25r to pay the correct 70r registered postcard rate, bearing an Ibo registration label, arrival datestamps of Hannover. An exceptional registered use of this scarce postal stationery postcard. Photo on Page 148. £250-300
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1912 (Jan 11) Real photo picture postcard of natives constructing a timber and stone building, sent to Belgium, the correct 20r postcard rate paid by 2 1/2r pair, 5r and 10r all tied by Porto Amelia datestamps, arrival datestamps of Antwerp and Deurne. A fine card, signed by the Post Master of Porto Amelia. Photo on Page 148. £150-180
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1912 (Aug 3) Cover to Germany franked at the 50r letter rate with 2 1/2r (2), 5r and 10r (2) on the reverse each tied by an Ibo datestamp, a 20r stamp on the front overlooked and left uncancelled at Ibo but cancelled in transit with a Zanzibar c.d.s, with a further strike on the reverse. Endorsed "via Porto Amelia", two postmen's numbers applied on the reverse upon arrival in Germany. Opened out for display, a fine and unusual cover. Photo on Page 151. £200-250
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1912 (Oct 12) Picture postcard of Ibo to England bearing 10r vertical pair tied by a fine Porto Amelia datestamp with a transit c.d.s of Beira, very fine. £100-120
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1913 (Jan 15) Registered triple rate cover to Daressalaam bearing 25r single + strip of three and 50r (2) tied by Ibo datestamps, a registration label on the front, arrival backstamp. Light folds clear of the stamps, otherwise a fine commercial cover. Photo on Page 151. £350-400
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1913 (Jan 27) Picture postcard of Ibo to France with 20r tied by Ibo datestamp, a Mozambique transit c.d.s alongside, fine. £80-100
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1913 (Dec 29) and 1914 (Jan 20) Covers to England, one franked 50r, the other a double rate cover franked 100r, both tied by Porto Amelia datestamps, the first backstamped at Beira. (2). Photo on Page 151. £220-260
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1914 (July 4) Cover with printed "Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Gesellschaft" heading to Berlin, franked on the reverse by 75r marginal pair tied by hexagonal Ibo datestamp, a fine commercial cover. £180-220
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1915-16 Picture postcards of Ibo or Porto Amelia, both to Portugal franked at the 10r colonial postcard rate, the 10r stamps cancelled by Ibo hexagonal datestamp or light but scarce Palma c.d.s, both fine. (2). £150-180
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1918 (Sep 12) Cover to London with "Nyassa Consolidated Limited, Porto Amelia" printed on the flap, the 75r rate paid by 5r (2), 10r (2), 20r and 25r all tied by Porto Amelia datestamps, some stamps a little stained but still an attractive commercial cover. £100-120
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1918 (Jan 2) World War One censored registered cover to Portugal with an enclosed letter from a doctor in the "Hospital Provisorio da Ponta Vermelha, Mocimboa da Praia", with single 75r franking for the colonial letter rate of 2 1/2c (25r) + 5c (50r) registration, tied by Mocimboa datestamp, bearing a printed registration label of Ibo unusually altered to Mocimboa in manuscript. Handstamped circular "CENSURA / N0 28" upon arrival in Lisbon with arrival backstamps. A fine and rare WW1 registered cover from this scarce office. Photo on Page 151. £350-400
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1921 (Apr 21) Envelope of the "Banco Nacional Ultramarino Agencia no Ibo" to the bank in Santarem, Portugal, franked 10r and 50r tied by Ibo datestamps, arrival backstamp. A fine commercial late use of this issue three years after the introduction of the new currency surcharges. £120-140
| New Currency Surcharges in Centavos & Escudos
The new currency of Centavos and Escudos was introduced in Portugal in 1912, and by 1914 most of the Overseas Provinces were using stamps in the new denomination. 100 reis = 1 centavo. 100c = 1 Escudo
1918 - Local Surcharges and REPUBLICA overprint on 1901 and 1903 surcharged
King Carlos I Issues
During, and immediately after WWI, few civilian or Nyassa Company personnel remained; thus few letters are known, and few stamps were needed. In 1918 the small remaining stock of King Carlos I stamps were surcharged locally with new currency values. These were valid for postage in conjunction with the existing King Manuel II old currency stamps overprinted REPUBLICA. | |
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1/4c on 2 1/2r unused without gum, 1/2c on 5r and 1c on 10r mint, fine and very scarce. S.G. 65/67, £825, Afinsa Ä870. (3). Photo on Page 142. £180-220
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50c on 115r on 150r Large part sheet of 45 fine mint. S.G. 81, £247, Afinsa Ä450. £80-100
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