Twenty-one different official seals have been recorded from Brazil. The earliest known is from 1894.
Date issued: Unknown, EKU May 29, 1924
Printing: Yellow orange on coarse blue green paper
Perforation: 11 1/2
Inscription: Crossed "Servico Postal / Correspondencia dilacerada"
Control Number: "MODELO N. 34" at top center
Description: Registered May 1936 from Pirna, Germany to Sao Paulo, Brazil with four Brazilian official seals, applied to left and bottom edges. Black boxed "POSTA RESTANTE" marking of Sao Paulo ties two of the seals on reverse. Manuscript (translation: "This letter arrived with delay, for this reason it was dated and officially sealed") on backflap. Date issued: Unknown, EKU May 17, 1938
Printing: Bright yellow on coarse blue green with silk fibers paper
Perforation: Imperforate
Inscription: Crossed "Servico Postal / Correspondencia dilacerada"
Control Number: "Mon. 4 (ant. 34)" at top center
Description: Salvaged from seaplane "Guaracy" forced landing in bad weather at Santos, Brazil on May 22, 1938 with stamps washed off and Brazilian official seal, tied on reverse by violet "ACCIDENTE DE AVIAO" cachet. The plane left Rio de Janeiro and was bound for Europe when it lost an engine and sank in heavy seas with the loss of one passenger. The mails were recovered on June 5th.
Updated October 21, 2007
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