Estado Português da India

Portuguese India – Coat of Arms and Other Issues of 1958

1958

VascoDaGama

Vasco De Gama arrives in India. 

Coat of Arms

Casa da Moeda de Portugal

Commemorative, Enamel paper, Offset Lithography, Perforation Comb 13½

1958

On 3rd April 1958, the government of Portuguese India commemorated the heraldic Coat of Arms of famous Viceroys. The stamps were designed by José de Moura and printed at Casa da Moeda de Portugal, Lisbon.

The design carried the coat of arms in multicolour, with the words REPUBLICA PORTUGESA at the top and ESTADO DA INDIA at the bottom. The denomination was printed at the left center. 

SG-PT IN 650_1958_001

Sg:PT-IN 650

Vasco da Gama
2 R. Multicolour. Comb 13½

SG-PT IN 651_1958_001

Sg:PT-IN 651

Lopo Soares de Albergaria
6 R. Multicolour. Comb 13½
Agostinho Vicente Lourenco

Sg:PT-IN 652

Franciso de Almeida
9 R. Multicolour. Comb 13½
SG-PT IN 653_1958_001

Sg:PT-IN 653

Garcia de Noronha
1 T. Multicolour. Comb 13½
SG-PT IN 654_1958_001

Sg:PT-IN 654

Afonso de Albuquerque
4 T. Multicolour. Comb 13½
SG-PT IN 655_1958_001

Sg:PT-IN 655

Joáo de Castro
5 T. Multicolour. Comb 13½
SG-PT IN 656_1958_001

Sg:PT-IN 656

Luis de Ataíde
11 T. Multicolour. Comb 13½
SG-PT IN 657_1958_001

Sg:PT-IN 657

Nuno de Cunha
1 Rp. Multicolour. Comb 13½

6th Congress of Tropical Medicine

Holarrhena antidysenterica

Commemorative, Enamel paper, Offset Lithography, Perforation Comb 13½

1958

SG-PT IN 658_1958_001

Sg:PT-IN 658

5 T. Multicolor. Comb 13½

World’s Fair, Brussels

Litografia Nacional S.A., Porto

Commemorative, Enamel paper, Offset Lithography, Perforation Comb 14½

1958

SG-PT IN 659_1958_001

Sg:PT-IN 636

1 Rp. Multicolor. Comb 14½

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