Bidspirit auction | Quelimane * Censorship * 1914/16

Quelimane * Censorship * 1914/16 – Ceres + Postal Tax * War Tax. Cover sent, from Quelimane (July 30, 1916) to Bern / Switzerland (September 14, 1916) with two 5c stamps, blue, chalky paper, perforated 15x14, MF31, to pay the 2nd rate for a letter abroad weighing between 15 and 30g, according to the rates table of the Decree of February 4, 2005, published in the Government Gazette of February 15, 2005, converted to the republican currency + stamp duty stamp, of 1c, green, dashed borders and creased lines, MF IP1, due in the period. Censored in Quelimane with a stamp stamped in violet ”PASSED THROUGH THE CENSOR / 30 JUL 1916 / QUELIMANE”, as well as during transit through South Africa, with a white band with red lettering from censor 99.