Is This Unusual ... ...?

So this is a 1981 stamp from Mozambique. It looks like they used it in 1996, and to account for inflation they just blanked out the value and stamped on a new one...

I have an original one, and the used one to show the comparison...

I searched online and couldn't find any other examples like this. But then again, there probably aren't many Mozambique collectors out there...lol

Here's a video of it:



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Fairly common practice. When the postal rates increase, sometime older stamps are Overprinted, as in this case. The old value is marked out and a new value is added. The old stamp now become a new stamp, with it's own catalogue number.

Thanks! I'll have a look in Scotts

The original was issued in 1981 Dec 6, Scott 792, as part of a set of crabs.
The overprint issued in 1995 Oct 4, Scott 1253. Both have minimal value

Awesome, thanks!

They have value to me, I lived in Mozambique at the time and that's where I got the stamps :)