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UPU member as British Colony (Dependency of Mauritius) from 1 April 1877; as a separate Crown Colony from 31 August 1903.

IN PROGRESS - illustrations needed especially of locally surcharged items and of KGVI reg env - can you please help?

class H&G H&M year value size description specimen type H&M type notes
post card 1 P1 1890 4 cents   Queen Victoria D{4} D-PS1  
  3 P2 1890 8 cents   Queen Victoria D{4} D-PS1  
  4 P3 1892 4 cents + 4 cents   Queen Victoria D{4a} D-PS1  
  6 P4 1892 8 cents + 8 cents   Queen Victoria D{4a} D-PS1  
  2 P5 1893 6 cents   Queen Victoria D{4} D-PS1  
  5 P6 1893 6 cents + 6 cents   Queen Victoria D{4} D-PS1  
  7 P7 1902 SIX CENTS on 8 cents   Queen Victoria SY5 S-PS3  
  8 P10 1902 SIX CENTS on 8 cents + SIX CENTS on 8 cents   Queen Victoria SY5 S-PS3  
envelope B1a E1b 1895 8 cents 140 × 78 tortoise and coco-de-mer D{4a} D-PS1  
  B2 E2a 1895 15 cents 120 × 94 tortoise and coco-de-mer D{4a} D-PS1  
  B3 E3 1895 30 cents   Victoria harbour and lighthouse D{4a} D-PS1  
  B4 E4 1896 18 CENTS on 30 cents   Victoria harbour and lighthouse   S-PS1  
  B5 E5 1901 SIX CENTS on 8 cents 120 × 94 tortoise and coco-de-mer   S-PS2  
regist env C1 – 1903 12 cents G: 152 × 96 King Edward VII D{4r} D-PS1 2
  C2 – 1912 12 cents H: 202 × 127 King George V D{4r} D-PS1 2
  C3 – 1920? 20 cents F: 133 × 83 King George V D{4r} D-PS1 2
  C4a – 1938 20 cents H: 202 × 127 King George VI ??? – 2

type H&M type image dimensions application notes
D{4} D-PS1 91½–93 × 8½–9 overprinted diag BL to TR  
D{4a} D-PS1 as above 91½–93 × 8½–9 overprinted diag TL to BR  
D{4r} D-PS1 as above 91½–93 × 8½–9 overprinted diag BR to TL (inverted) on reverse  
SYPS1 S-PS1 42 × 3/2 overprinted horiz  
SYPS2 S-PS2 20 × 3/2 overprinted horiz across stamp impression  
SY5 S-PS3 14¾ × 2½/1¾   3

Note

1  All items listed were printed by De La Rue.
2  Registered envelopes not numbered by Hopson and McCloy
3  Type SY5 was also used on contemporary surcharged postage stamps.

Reference

Hopson, Sue and McCloy, Brian. Seychelles – Postal History and Postage Stamps to 1976. Indian Ocean Study Circle, Weybridge, Surrey, 2002.

Last updated 8 March 2009

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