P=have O=don’t have it
Located
on the
The
former Portuguese overseas territory became the independent People’s Republic
of
Scott: #328-30O
(Thanks to J. van Lin for the scans)
Issued: 2.4.1950
80th Anniversary, Angolan Stamps
Inside #328-30:
Scott: #330aO
Lou
wrote: For many years my collection of the
Angola 1950 Stamp Exhibition was quite sparse: a set of the 3 stamps, a
mint and cto s/s, and the 1870 stamp, mint.
Quite some time later, thanks to the internet, I added two FDCs of the
set.
But, just two months
ago, on the internet looking again for a cover with just #330 since this
black stamp matches the #1, I came across an incredible find. As it
happens a lot, the dealer in Portugal listed the item just in Angola and not in
SoS, so it sat unsold from
February, 2018 to August, 2022 with 72 visits!
I
almost passed it by, as the illustration was of the cover of
the Exhibition booklet published by Portuguese Angola stamp
collectors. Clicking on the site out of curiosity, I saw the dealer had
attached scans of many of the 37 pages. All in Portuguese, most had to do
with the history of Angola stamps, the exhibition organizers and lists of
exhibitors, but there were also black and white scans of stamps, s/s and postal
cards. A closer look showed me how rare and unusual some were, and I
immediately purchased it for about what the 1950 s/s was selling for. When it arrived, I saw that some of the pages were
showing signs of tropical staining, not unusual for cheap paper over 70 years
old, but none of the pertinent pages were
affected, so I carefully removed them to add to my collection. After acquiring
two more items I learned about from the booklet, and
blocks of 4 of the set, I decided to share them all with you.
To
follow is a description of each page per the attached scans:
Page
1-- Angola # 328-330, Angola # 1, cover of bulletin with b/w enlargement
of # 330.
Page
2-- Angola # 328-330 upper right corner margin blocks.
Page
3-- Booklet page: Angola # 328-330, first day commemorative cancel-- in
black print. Stamps printed from actual dies.
Page
4--Angola # 330a s/s two mint imprint inking
varieties, one with cto first day cancels.
Page
5-- Booklet page: Angola 330a ss, tied with
first day commemorative cancel, possibly a pre-issue printing on
cream paper, not bright white like usual s/s paper.
Page
6--Booklet page: Angola exhibition postal card--
in black print.
Page
7-- Angola postal cards, # 328 with first day commemorative cancel, # 329
with 12 Abr commemorative cancel.
Page
8-- Two Angola # 328-30 first day covers with red and blue cachets. Both flown
to Lisbon, Portugal, second has 7 Abr
receiving backstamp.
Page
9-- Angola # 329 first day cover, local usage, mailed to Luanda.
Thanks
to Lou Guadagno
Scott: #382P
Issued: XX.11.1953
Centenary,
Inside
#382:
Scott: #565-6P,
#C36P
Issued: 1.12.1970
Centenary, Angolan Stamps
Inside #565:
Angola #1O
Inside #566: Angola #4O
Inside #C36: Angola #2O
Scott: #C36aO
Scott: #616BO, #C37O
Issued: 15.6.1980
Surcharge on #566 and #C36 for "Popular Republic"
Angola # 616B, C37 were produced with two different
obliterator bar types, thin and thick
(Thanks to Lou)
Scott: #670-4O
Issued: 7.12.1983
185th Anniversary, Post Office
Inside #672: Stamps on Envelopes
Scott: #674aO
Scott: #777-8O
Issued: 6.4.1990
10th Anniversary, Pan-African Postal
Inside #777-8: Pseudo Stamp
Scott: #1120-1O
Issued: 13.03.2000
Philexfrance
'99
Inside #1120-1 (In margin): Pseudo Stamp (Logo)
Best website related:
Angola http://www.angola.org/index.html
To Check: http://www.stamp-scandal.com/Angola.htm
Wish List
Angola #1O
Angola #2O
Angola #4O
Angola #328-30
Angola #330a
Angola #439 for Guinea-Bissau
Angola #601
for Saint Thomas & Prince
Angola #614
for Saint Thomas & Prince
Angola
#616B
Angola #C36a
Angola
#C37
Angola #670-4
Angola #674a
Angola #777-8
Angola 1990
for Sierra
Leone
Angola 1990
for Sierra
Leone
Angola #843
for Saint Thomas & Prince
Angola
#1120-1
Angola #1269
for Saint Thomas & Prince
Angola #1364b for Sierra Leone
Angola #1364d for Sierra Leone, Liberia