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Mozambique

Stamps issued: 1975-PRESENT

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60-metical Lighthouses single

A republic on the southeast coast of Africa. Portuguese settlements began in the 16th century, and the colony remained a Portuguese possession until June 25, 1975, when it became independent as the People's Republic of Mozambique. The pro-communist Frelimo Party, which controlled Mozambique after independence, was handicapped by the flight of white Mozambicans, a South-African supported guerrilla war and, in the 1980s, a drought that, with the civil war, brought heavy loss of life. In 1989, Frelimo renounced communism and accepted a multiparty, free-market system. In 1992, the civil war was ended, and in 1995, nearly two million refugees were repatriated.

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6-metical Black Mamba single

Precedent Countries:


PORTUGUESE COLONY
Stamps issued: 1877-1975

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10-centavo Zambeze River Bridge single
 

MOZAMBIQUE COMPANY
Stamps issued: 1892-1941

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45-centavo Lion single

A private company that, by royal charter, acquired extensive rights in the Mozambique districts of Manica and Sofala. Most rights, including the direct administration of the territories and the issuing of stamps, reverted to Portugal in 1942.

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NYASSA
Stamps issued: 1898-1924

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25r Giraffe single

A district in northwestern Mozambique. Nyassa was administered by the private Nyassa Co. until 1929, when the company's rights reverted to Portugal.

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LOURENÇO MARQUES
Stamps issued: 1895-1921

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50r surcharge on 800r upper and lower halves of Coat of Arms single

A district of southern Mozambique. Its stamps were replaced by those of Mozambique in 1920.

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INHAMBANE
Stamps issued: 1895-1917

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1e Ceres single

A district of southern Mozambique. Its stamps were superseded by those of Mozambique.

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ZAMBEZIA
Stamps issued: 1894-1917

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400r surcharge on 200r stamp of Zambezia single

A former district of Mozambique, in southeast Africa. In 1913, Zambezia was divided into two districts, Quelimane and Tete, which briefly issued their own stamps, until these were replaced by those of Mozambique.

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KIONGA
Stamps issued: 1916

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1/2c surcharge and overprint on 100r stamp of Lourenco Marques single

A small area in northern Mozambique in the Indian Ocean. Kionga was part of German East Africa until World War I, when it was occupied by Portuguese forces from Mozambique, to which it was joined by the Treaty of Versailles.

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QUELIMANE
Stamps issued: 1913-1914

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1/2c Ceres single

A province of Mozambique. Quelimane issues were superseded by those of Mozambique in 1922.

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TETE
Stamps issued: 1913-1914

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1c surcharge and overprint on 2a stamp of Timor single

Formerly a district of Zambezia in the colony of Portuguese East Africa, Tete now is part of western Mozambique.

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