Nyassa Stamps
Every Nyassa and Nyassa Company stamp ever issued
The 1925 issue - the Marquis de Pombal
| 1925 was a very quiet year
by the standards of 1921, with just three
stamps being issued, and even then they were not Nyassa's own.
The stamps all have a face value of 15c, and commemorate the Marquis of Pombal, one of Portgual's most famous statesmen. One stamp features the Marquis himself, another features him planning the rebuilding of Lisbon after the great earthquake of 1755, and a third showing the monument to the Marquis in his square in downtown Lisbon. They are treated as "postal tax" stamps by a number of the catalogues, but are dealt with here merely under the heading of 1925. The stamps were originally issued in Portugal (under SG nos. C666 - C668), and then subsequently overprinted in Mozambique and issued there (under SG nos. C327 - C329), and finally overprinted with "NYASSA" in red and issued in Nyassa. Catalogue details Afinsa nos. 1 to 3 under the heading "Imposto Postal". The stamps catalogue at around £7.00 each mint. |
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