“Mozambicans, workers, peasants, fighters, Mozambican people, in your name, at zero hours today, 25 June 1975, the Central Committee of Frelimo solemnly proclaims the total and complete independence of Mozambique and its constitution as the People's Republic of Mozambique.”
With these words, 47 years ago, Samora Machel announced to the world the great victory of the Mozambican people against colonial domination, the culmination of a centuries-old process of resistance and of an armed liberation struggle that lasted a decade. Mozambique thus won independence, the freedom to govern itself, the power of decision within the national territory to defend the interests of its people. Symbols of that independence are the flag, the emblem and the national anthem, as well as the Constitution of what is today the Republic of Mozambique.
In 1978, Correios de Moçambique marked the date by issuing these beautiful stamps with the symbols of the nation
Over the decades that have passed, there have been many events to celebrate this date, such as rallies, parades, shows, the decoration of streets and buildings, and many others, among which we recall a series of stamps issued in 1978 by Correios de Moçambique.
