ENCYCLOPEDIC CATALOG OF BRAZILIAN STAMPS AND POSTAL HISTORY – VOLUME 1I – 62nd EDITION

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PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

• Format: 21.5 × 30.5 cm
• Thickness: 2.2 cm
• Weight: 1,480 g (1,650 g with packaging)
• Four-color hardcover binding
• 432 full-color pages printed on 90 g/m² coated paper
• More than 1,830 high-definition illustrations

CONTENT

This is a groundbreaking work presenting historical and postal records from the voyages of Duarte Pacheco Pereira and Pedro Álvares Cabral through the period of the Chief Postmasters (Correios-Mores) and the earliest developments in Brazilian postal history.

Through letters, documents, and messages, the work examines Royal and Regency correspondence, the major conflicts, and numerous events in Luso-Brazilian history.

The catalog also classifies postage-free folded letters and pre-philatelic items, guiding the reader to the emergence of the postage stamp in Brazil.

It presents the classifications and valuations of stamps and multiples from the Bull’s Eyes, Slanted Numerals, Vertical, and Colored issues.

MAJOR NEW FEATURES

BULL’S EYES (OLHOS-DE-BOI)

• 68 pages dedicated to cancellations on the Bull’s Eyes issues, with illustrations and updated valuations.
• 42 pages presenting virtually all known covers of the issue, also with updated valuations.

SLANTED NUMERAL ISSUES (INCLINADOS)

• Introduction of a completely revised and updated classification by types and papers.
• New classifications, illustrations, and valuations of stamps, multiples, and covers.
• A significant advancement in the study of this classic issue of Brazilian philately.

VERTICAL AND COLORED ISSUES

• New classification of stamps and multiples.
• Illustrated presentation of covers from these issues, accompanied by updated valuations.

Concluding the work, the chapter on Atlantic Postal History presents the postal conventions between Brazil and several countries, offering a broad view of nineteenth-century international communications.

A reference publication for researchers, scholars, and collectors of Brazilian postal history and philately.