Post by cjd on Apr 5, 2015 21:08:27 GMT
I've expanded this topic to encompass any material from the Mozambique Company.
The Mozambique Company was a commercial enterprise that ran a concession for parts of Portugal's holdings in Mozambique. The concession ran from 1891 to 1941, and was not renewed. Conceptually, this was similar to the Nyassa concession, also operating in Mozambique at the time, and also popular with stamp collectors for the generally attractive appearance of its stamp issues.
As part of its ongoing "development" in Mozambique, the Mozambique Company was authorized to issue postage stamps and revenue stamps. Here are two values of the 1919 postage due set (identified by jaysee below):
A 2c:
and a 10c:
Many of the stamps are very attractive and done to a high production value. As a young collector, the animals and jungle scenes were great, and the airmail set was a particular favorite.
Nominally a Portuguese enterprise, the bulk of the investors in The Mozambique Company were British, so I'm going to say that these fit in well with a KGV collection.
There are many more beautiful efforts from the Mozambique Company, so let's see 'em.
And thanks to jaysee for getting this back on track. I've edited the original post so that a person starting at the beginning of the thread is not led astray.
The Mozambique Company was a commercial enterprise that ran a concession for parts of Portugal's holdings in Mozambique. The concession ran from 1891 to 1941, and was not renewed. Conceptually, this was similar to the Nyassa concession, also operating in Mozambique at the time, and also popular with stamp collectors for the generally attractive appearance of its stamp issues.
As part of its ongoing "development" in Mozambique, the Mozambique Company was authorized to issue postage stamps and revenue stamps. Here are two values of the 1919 postage due set (identified by jaysee below):
A 2c:
and a 10c:
Many of the stamps are very attractive and done to a high production value. As a young collector, the animals and jungle scenes were great, and the airmail set was a particular favorite.
Nominally a Portuguese enterprise, the bulk of the investors in The Mozambique Company were British, so I'm going to say that these fit in well with a KGV collection.
There are many more beautiful efforts from the Mozambique Company, so let's see 'em.
And thanks to jaysee for getting this back on track. I've edited the original post so that a person starting at the beginning of the thread is not led astray.
