Vacoas

Known dates of use 13 September 1877 to 5 March 1892.

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Known dates of use 13 September 1877 to 16 July 1894.

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Known dates of use 18 August 1894 to 31 December 1899 & 10 March 1903 to 24 December 1909 & 7 August 1918 to 8 august 1918.

Known in red between 28 March 1885 and 15 April 1895.

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Known dates of use 1 January 1900 to 24 October 1907.

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Known dates of use 29 January 1910 to 27 November 1921.

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Known dates of use 19 June 1922 to 28 May 1931.

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Known dates of use 8 October1927 to 3 December 1930.

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Known dates of use 22 November 1930 to 12 July 1949. This type relates to Proud’s types D8 & D9.

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Known dates of use 12 May 1937 to 22 March 1958.

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Double ring cds, outer ring 26.5mm diameter, inner ring 16.5mm. VACOAS at top, MAURITIUS at base, separated by two wide side bars. Proud records two types of this cancel (D11 and D12), yet at the time of writing only one type has been found.  EKD 10 April 1950. Latest seen 7 December 1977.

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Double ring cds, outer ring 26.5mm diameter, inner ring 16mm. VACOAS. MAURITIUS at top, (stamp number?) 1 at base, separated by two line bars. Not recorded by Proud, however he did report handstamp number 2. DOU ? August 1965.

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Not seen. Similar cancel to Vac.2cds2 above, but numbered 2. Image courtesy www.postmarks.co.za Dates of use 8 September 1960 - 7 March 1964.

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Single example seen at time of writing. Double ring cds, outer ring 26mm diameter, inner ring 16mm. VACOAS at top, MAURITIUS at base, separated by two line side bars. 6 February 1997.

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Single example seen at time of writing. Can be distinguished by the small font used.

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