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Stamps (2578)
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Name: Macao (MO)
What: special administrative region

Macao was originally a Portuguese colony on the southern coast of China near Hong Kong, becoming a special administrative region of China in 1999. It continues to issue its own stamps.

Areas: Asia, Portugal

Stamps issued from 1884 to present


Watermarks used: Colnect-7176-270-Ceres-new-type-back.jpgMaltese cross; some types unwatermarked

Currencies used: 1000r=1m (Portuguese real), 78a=1r=1p (Macanese pataca (old)), 100a=1p (Macanese pataca)

Overprints: Angola (8), Cape Verde (8), Inhambane (8), Lourenco Marques (8), Macao (163), Mozambique (8), Portuguese Congo (8), Portuguese Guinea (8), Quelimane (8), St. Thomas & Prince Islands (8), Tete (8), Timor (13)


Links:

Wikipedia
WP philately
Colnect Macau
Commons Stamps of Macau
Skap Macao
WNS Macao, China
WSA Macao
as thing

Catalogs:
WNS
Michel
Scott
Afinsa
Stamp Number
Yvert et Tellier
Colnect codes
Stanley Gibbons
Unificato
StampWorld

Cross-references

Related albums
ARC - Macao
WSA Macao BOB
WSA Macao Postage


Chart of stamps issued by year (blue):
Years 1959 to 2023
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Years 1894 to 1958
66
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Years 1884 to 1893
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