Stamp of lourenço marques (portuguese mozambique); 1898; definitive stamp of the issue "king carlos i of portugal"; drawing with left-faces portrait of the king in circle and ornamented frame; stamp postmarked
stamp: michel: no. 43; yvert et tellier: no. 43
color: reddish pale lilac / black on pale brownish paper (variant: pale rosy paper)
watermark: none
nominal value: 200 reis (old reis)
postage validity: from 1898 until 1920 (from 1911 with overprint)
stamp picture size (printed area without signature line): 20. 0 x 23. 5 mm. Date: 1898 (first issue of the stamp).
