Lourenço Marques

Lourenço Marques was a Portuguese colony in southeast Africa.
 * Its first stamps were issued in 1895.
 * The St. Anthony of Padua overprint issue on Mozambique stamps followed, with the country name as L. MARQUES.
 * In 1899, Revenue stamps were surcharged and bisected for use as postage.
 * The expected run of surcharges and REPUBLICA overprints for Portuguese colonies followed, with the Ceres type released in 1914.
 * Lourenço Marques became part of Mozambique in 1920, with the capital moved to Maputo in the former district.
 * Four surcharged stamps were released by Mozambique using obsolete Lourenço Marques stamps.

 File:Lourenco Marques 1899 prov.jpg|Two unbisected values from the 1899 provisionals. File:Lourenco Marques 115r.jpg|1903 115 reis value. File:Lourenco Marques 130r surch.jpg|Sans serif REPUBLICA overprint on 130 on 150 reis value.



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