TIMOR

TIMOR (Portuguese colony, now East Timor).

Map of Timor island.
Sixth stamp on a set of 10, issued on 04.1960.
Face value: 1 Portuguese Timorese escudos over 40 avos.

Catalogues
- Afinsa No. 303.
- Scott No. 296.
- StampWorld No. 314.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 359.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 304.

The Portuguese colony of Timor occupied the eastern part of the island, a territory that currently corresponds to the Republic of East Timor (Timor-Leste). Portugal officially established the colony in 1596 and maintained it until it was occupied by the Indonesian army on December 7, 1975. The new republic gained independence on May 20, 2002.

Between 1702 and 1894 the monetary unit of the colony was the thousand reis (mil reis), which were replaced by the petaca until in 1959 it was introduced the Portuguese Timorese escudo.