Last modified: 2005-12-17 by antonio martins
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In a sheet of 8 eight (2 rows × 4 columns) post stamps labelled:
EAST TIMORthe second stamp in the first row, with a face value of 1000 is the East Timor flag, with some “adaptations”:
PARA TIMOR
The currency of the face value is probably
the portuguese escudo — so, 5 euros…
As for the star, it is pointing to the right
hand of the viewer, supposedly to the top of
the flag if it were uright. This is OK acording
to the usual design of the flag.
These stamps, by the way, might not be new but
issued some years ago (by the portuguese post?).
Maybe they are unoffical “cinderella” stamps? —
"para Timor" means "for Timor", so these
might be only “donation marks” or something…
In that case, the yellow arrowpoint
on black and red flag (instead of any supposed
new flag) is only natural.
António Martins, 20 Dec 1999
A home made variation of the flag, cause by insufficient
textile skills and/or by lack of vexillological reference (and it is
upside down!). This is one among a lot of such variations, given the
difficulties of producing accurate versions of this banned flag during the
25 years of indonesian occupation. (I have a scanned photo of this flag
used on a demonstration in Díli some years ago.)
António Martins, 22 Feb 2000
The often refered variation with dark blue instead of black.
António Martins, 22 Feb 2000