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Vasco da Gama 400th issue of Portuguese Africa

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Short desc: Vasco da Gama 400th

Issuer: Portuguese Africa
Date: 4/1/1898
Occasion: Vasco da Gama voyage
Number/Year: 400
Joint issue: Vasco da Gama 400th


Consists of 8 stamps: (See stamps as list)

2 1/2r blgrn d=fleet departing
5r red d=fleet arriving at Calicut
10r redvio d=embarking at Rastello
25r grn d=Muse of history watching fleet
50r dkbl d=flagship San Gabriel
75r viobrn d=Archangel Gabriel (1898)
100r yelbrn d=return of the fleet
150r bis d=Vasco da Gama (1898)

Issues with this name: Azores, Macao, Madeira, Portugal, Portuguese Africa, Portuguese India, Timor