Portugal : Stamps.

Portugal   2 Perfins.

BNU = Banco Nacional Ultramarino.
  (Upside down)



CUF = Companhia Uniao Fabril (Type 1)
   (Blind Perfin)



Portuguese Perfins:

cmaia.selos-postais.com/perfins/INDICE_PERFINS.htm

Portugal.
"Much ado about nothing".....

The 1972-1973 "Buildings" definitives,  backprinted.

These are one of my favorites....  There's 61 different ones (just see the table on www.stampcollectingblog.com/portuguese-landscapes-stamp-series-1972.php ) 

Actually the tagging remains, and is well visible (as yellow/yellowish bar) even on soaked stamps without UV. 

Agree about the tools-series as well

1898
Vasco da Gama
1910
King Manuel ll



1911
Postage Due Stamps Overprinted

Vasco da Gama on  MADEIRA stamps   ( be vigilant to look for MADEIRA in design, I missed them at first)



PERFINS   CFP

PERFINS

1977
Ephemera   Viticulture



1866
Revenue  King Luiz 40r   Lilac   (Single stamp to set)



1903
65 stamps to complete the  set.
General Revenue  (Perfins / punctures in evidence)

Thanks for your post, Frog.  I have taken a look at Portugal for bi-color issues in the 1920s.  According to the Scott Catalogue, there are three "Independence" issues, which are printed in various colors for the frame of the design, with the center vignettes in black.

The First Independence Issue, which came out in 1926, consists of 21 stamps, Scott #377-397.
The Second Independence Issue, which came out in 1927, consists of 15 stamps, Scott #422-436.
The Third Independence Issue, which came out in 1928, consists of 16 stamps, Scott #437-452.

I have a few of these stamps, and I agree that they are quite beautiful.  I am busy at the moment working on a job application which is due today, but I will go through my holdings and do some scans and post them either later this evening or tomorrow.

If someone else out there has complete sets of these, perhaps they will see the activity in this thread and post some scans.

Thanks for this great post, Mike!  That is much better than what I could offer, as I only have a few of the lower values from each of the three sets.

Too bad you already sold these, as I would have been interested in them!

Chris

Frog (firstfrog2013 ), here is a scan of 8 (out of 15) stamps from the Second Independence Issue of Portugal from 1927.  I am sorry that I don't have more or better-looking copies. Perhaps someone else will be able to offer better.  Clearly, I need to upgrade most of these!

I received this cover in the mail today. It contained a very nice souviner sheet from 1939 Japan to add to my collection.

It's a first class registered air mail cover, franked with two 2010, 50th anniversary of Madeira Botanical Gardens.  The first is a souviner sheet with a 2 Euro stamp, and the second is another 2 Euro single from the same issue.  To make up the full rate, an additional 0.50 Euro bicyclist/messenger stamp was issued.  Enjoy..

Wonder why Portugal should  be so under appreciated  -  most of the pre 1960 stamps are real beauties in terms of image appeal - I  really must find some of  the earlier  examples.  

The  stamp posted here lacks  any particular merit and is later than '60, but since words on the backs of  stamps aren't too frequent thought it might be of interest, though expect most people  have already seen this  one.      In  Portuguese, French and English, it reads ..............  "The  routes of the first voyage from Lisbon to India and back, according to  research undertaken  by Admiral Gago Coutinho" - sorry the lens has slightly distorted the words.         This  is  SG 1376 I think and  first issued in 1969 commemorating the 500th Anniversary of the birth of  Vasco da Gama, who unlike  Christopher Columbus managed to turn left out of  Southern Europe and did indeed  find  India rather  than the West Indies  and south America - think there are four values  in this  set.    
The idea is that you read the back of the  stamp prior to licking - once on the cover it's  lost.

Admiral Gago Coutinho was a Portuguese cartographer, geographer, naval  historian and improver of navigational equipment and by the sound of it an all round adventurer, though oddly he poo pooed some of Einstein's work.    I suspect the face shows simply a stylized design of  the world map as it might have been  imagined in the late  medieval  period.

hi stanley64 - a very big thanks for your sincere offer, which I may yet take you up on. Like many of us who are WW collectors, I get up some days and don't quite know what part of the world to devote my time to;-)
Perhaps like many Brits. there seems to be a natural pull from the many areas on the map that were once coloured pink, and it takes some time to realize there are many other equally interesting countries.
It's likely that my comment about 'under appreciated' came about simply from realizing that the preceding post, from stainlessb, was three years ago! thanks again.