Stamperija gained a contract to be the stamp agency to represent Mozambique in late 2001. In doing this, Mozambique allowed an abusive stamp agency to produce a massive number of stamps in their name. Most of them were never used in Mozambique but only sold by the agency to the philatelic market. This agency had numerous stamps produced that were denounced as illegal in a UPU circular by the Mozambique postal authorities as well. Please see the illegal stamps category for examples of some of these illegal stamps that were produced in 2001.
Detail of painting in Museum of Fine Arts, Leipzig, Saxony, German
