Timor

1885

↓ - East Timor, UNTEAT

Portuguese Colony


	Sc1	xxx

perf 12½, 13½, no wmk

Description	Perf	Scott	SG ‡
Macao overprints
5 reis black (carmine †)		1	1, 11
10r green		2	2, 12, 12a
10r green on Mozambique §		2a	2b
10r green on Portuguese India §		2b	2c
20r rose	13½	3	13
20r rose	12½	3b	3
25r violet	12½	4	4
25r violet	13½	4a	14
40r yellow	12½	5	5
40r yellow	13½	5c	15
50r blue	12½	6	6
50r blue	13½	6a	16, 16a
80r slate	12½	7	7
80r slate	13½	7b	17
100r lilac	12½	8	8
100r lilac	13½	8b	18, 18a
200r orange	13½	9	19
200r orange	12½	9a	9
300r brown		10	10, 20

† The 5r black is overprinted in carmine, the other issues in black.
‡ Gibbons [1] lists all the stamps in perf 12½ and 13½. Scott [2] does not.
§ Gibbons states that these stamps were "of an experimental nature and not intended for issue".

Part of the Indonesian archipeligo, as with Macao, the Portuguese began trading in Timor in C16th. It was administered in conjunction with Macao until 1896 when it became a separate colony. On 11th June 1951 it became an overseas province of Portugal.
In August 1975 the right-wing UDT movement staged a coup and by November had taken over the country and declared independence. Indonesia invaded in December 1975 and, despite UN opposition, declared Timor to be a province in 1976.

Asia

East Timor, UNTEAT

20th May 2002


UNTAET	East Timor
2000 Sc351 SG1	2002 Sc352 SG5

East Timor violently resisted Indonesian domination and in 1999 the UN intervened, giving rise to an issue of UNTAET stamps (United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor). In 2002 East Timor became independent.

Sources: ScS [2], SGP9 [1].

Images from David Olson, TB.

FI ref: 225, 771, 773

Page credit: NB

Page created 14 Dec 2016

Page updated 21-Sep-2017

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