Brazil, 1900 (100 réis, ships)
Sailing ships off a coast, a cross in the sky and a man on a rock.
Illustration of a historical stamp for learning, shown at screen size. Not valid for postage.
How to read it
E. U. DO BRASIL at the top: the United States of Brazil, not of America.
- 1E. U. DO BRASIL
- 2CORREIO
- 31500-1900
- Inscription
- E. U. DO BRASIL · CORREIO · 100 REIS · 1500-1900
- Meaning
- E. U. DO BRASIL is “United States of Brazil”, the republic’s name; CORREIO is Portuguese for post.
- Issued by
- Brazil (United States of Brazil)
- Today
- Brazil Flag of Brazil
- Year
- 1900. Issued 1900 for 400 years since 1500.
- Made by
- Carlos Eckmann (designer credited by Selo a Selo); Litografia Paulo Robin & Pinho (lithographic printing organisation)
One fact
Brazil’s 1900 set marked 400 years since the Portuguese fleet of Pedro Álvares Cabral reached Brazil in 1500.
Source and public-domain rule
Brazil, government publication before the 1998 law. A Brazilian government publication of 1900: under the Civil Code of 1916 and Law 5988 of 1973 such works fell into the public domain 15 years after publication, long before the 1998 law. Under the Civil Code of 1916 (Art. 662) and Law 5988 of 1973 (Art. 46), works published by the Brazilian government fell into the public domain 15 years after publication. Government stamps published before 1983 had done so before the 1998 Copyright Law repealed those rules, which did not revive expired works. Legal sources: Lei 3.071 de 1916 (Civil Code), Art. 662, Lei 5.988 de 1973, Art. 46.
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