page_title: Postage stamps and postal history of East Timor
section_title: First stamps
hierarchical_section_title: Postage stamps and postal history of East Timor / First stamps
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Briefmarke von Portugiesisch-Timor
context_page_description: East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor. East Timor was a Portuguese colony, known as Portuguese Timor, until 28 November 1975,
context_section_description: The first Portuguese colonial issues for Portuguese Timor were overprinted on stamps of Macau in 1884. A definitive set was issued in 1886.
caption: The 1933 series depicting São Gabriel.
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