Bidspirit auction | Mozambique * 1914/18 – World

Mozambique * 1914/18 – World War I * Censorship. Cover sent, from Lourenço Marques – Gare (02.10.16) to New York, with transit through Lourenço Marques – Central (03.10.16) with two 50 réis stamps, brown, type King Carlos I Mouchon, with surcharge “REPUBLICA” issue of L. Marques, MF84, equivalent to 10 cents in republican currency, to pay the second rate of a letter abroad weighing between 15 and 30g, according to the rates table of the Decree of 04.02.05, adapted to the republican currency and rate tax stamp “WAR TAX”, border with dashed background, of 1 cent, green, creased lines, due in the period. Censored and sealed with a dark pink band bearing the black lettering ”OPENED BY CENSORSHIP / LOURENÇO MARQUES”.