Bidspirit auction | Complete Set of Four Stamps

Complete Set of Four Stamps from Mozambique, Butterflies and Colonial Fauna, c. 1953 - A complete set of four unobliterated pictorial postage stamps issued for Mozambique, arranged on a black background. The set is identified in the marketplace as ”Mozambique Butterflies 4v Complete Set, ” with the year of issue associated with the butterfly series being approximately 1953. The upper left stamp, marked ”PROVINCE OF MOZAMBIQUE” and ”$50,” depicts a man working on a telecommunications pole (”TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK”). The upper right stamp, valued at ”$10,” features a black and yellow butterfly identified as ”PAPILIO LEUCOCCUS E.S.A.”, with the inscriptions ”CORREIOS” and ”MOZAMBIQUE.” The lower left stamp, marked ”$15,” features an orange and black moth identified as ”AMPHICALLIA THELEBALLI DRC.”, also with ”CORREIOS” and ”MOZAMBIQUE.” The lower right stamp, also ”$15,” depicts a fossilized plant, ”GLOSSOPTERIS BRANCAI Gothan-Telo, ” and is marked ”PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC, ” ”POST OFFICE, ” and ”MOZAMBIQUE.” All stamps are paper.