During its early colonial development, much of the Portuguese colony of Mozambique was quite remote and effective communication between the outposts was difficult. Therefore, in addition to Mozambique colony, the individual provinces also issued stamps for a time. Provinces such as Inhambane, Lourenco Marques, the city of Quelimane, Tete, Mozambique Company, Nyassa Company and today’s focus, the Colonial Province of Zambezia.
Although originally claimed by Vasco da