Great Britain Offices in Morocco / Morocco Agencies #1, MH

Item Specifics

Country

British Offices in Morocco

Catalog Number

1

Stamp Type

General Issue

Condition

Unused

Stamp Format

Single

Year of Issue

1898

Item Description

The item in this listing is a single mint hinged postage stamp issued by the Gibraltar post office for use in what would become the British Post Office network in Morocco in 1898. Listed in Scott as GB Offices in Morocco #1, this stamp was an ordinary Gibraltar stamp denominated in Spanish currency until it was overprinted with "Morocco Agencies" to show its’ intended use in Morocco. A number of such stamps were issued between 1898 and 1907, when Britain's Royal Mail took over administration of these Moroccan offices from Gibraltar's post office.

CV$3.00

For those unfamiliar with the “Foreign Office” concept, in brief, the world powers in the mid-19th to early 20th centuries opened branches of their own post offices in foreign countries in which they had commercial interests. This was done because the local post office was deemed “insufficient” but was also done as a mark of imperialism. In this time period, having foreign post offices was as much a sign of a country’s international power as it useful in facilitating communication.

In Morocco, the British ran a network of post offices that have an interesting history. The first British PO's were operated as branches of the Gibraltar post office, and the offices initially used ordinary Gibraltar stamps during this period. Gibraltar later overprinted stamps with the words "Morocco Agencies" to be used in Morocco, and during the reign of King Edward VII, issued Gibraltar stamps overprinted with "Morocco Agencies" that had denominations in Spanish pesetas. (Spanish currency KEVII stamps without overprint were never used in Gibraltar--or anywhere else.)

Later British issues were part of one of four (4) series that were issued mostly simultaneously in different parts of Morocco. British stamps overprinted "Morocco Agencies" ("British Currency issues") circulated simultaneously with two other series re-denominated in either French francs or Spanish pesetas. Issues in British currency printed and issues in the international zone had the overprint "TANGIER".

Please see scan for condition. Scans of the reverse available upon request.

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Returns Accepted

Yes

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