BRASIL CORREIO on 17 August 1971 cancelled these Brazilian stamps with a special postmark commemorating the first Lufthansa jet flight from Sao Paulo-Rio de Janeiro to Frankfurt. It also marked the 40th year since air travel began between Brazil and Germany -- note the overprint of a Zeppelin (1930), prop-propelled aircraft (1934) and jet (1971).
Three Brazilian stamps are featured on this envelope:
1. "Cabeça de Homem" (A Man's Head) was painted by Brazilian artist Victor Meirelles de Lima (1832-1903) who is best known for his works relating to his nation's culture and history.
Three Brazilian stamps are featured on this envelope:
1. "Cabeça de Homem" (A Man's Head) was painted by Brazilian artist Victor Meirelles de Lima (1832-1903) who is best known for his works relating to his nation's culture and history.
2. "Rabequista Arabe" (Arab Fiddler) was painted by Pedro Américo de Figueiredo e Melo (1843-1905) who was a Brazilian novelist, poet, scientist, art theorist, essayist, philosopher, politician and professor. He is remembered as being one of the most important academic painters of Brazil.
3. "Natal" (Madonna & Child) is an old Christmas stamp (1969).
All three stamps were printed by Casa da Moeda do Brasil which is the Brazilian mint, owned by
the Brazilian government and administratively subordinated to the
Ministry of Finances.
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