Portugal, 1882 (25 réis)
A king’s portrait in an ornate frame, almost hidden by a large round postmark.
Illustration of a historical stamp for learning, shown at screen size. Not valid for postage.
How to read it
Look past the postmark: PORTUGAL across the top, and the postmark says LISB… for Lisboa, Lisbon.
- 1PORTUGAL, under the postmark
- 2Postmark: LISB(OA), Lisbon
- Inscription
- PORTUGAL (under the postmark) · postmark LISB(OA)
- Meaning
- The country name runs across the top; the postmark names Lisbon, the capital.
- Issued by
- Portugal
- Today
- Portugal Flag of Portugal
- Year
- 1882. First issued 1 February 1882; this one was postmarked in Lisbon in 1886.
- Made by
- Louis-Eugène Mouchon (portrait design and engraving, died 1914); Venâncio Pedro de Macedo Alves (frame design and engraving, died 1933)
One fact
King Luís I faces the viewer on this issue, known in Portuguese as “de frente”. The portrait is by Louis-Eugène Mouchon, the frame by Venâncio Alves.
Source and public-domain rule
Creators died more than 70 years ago. Portrait by Louis-Eugène Mouchon (died 1914), frame by Venâncio Alves (died 1933). Commons tags it PD-old-100, which does not fit Alves; the 70-year rule does. Copyright lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years, counted from 1 January of the year after death. Every named designer and engraver of the stamp died before 1 January 1956; any contributor who was never named counts as anonymous, whose term is 70 years from publication, and the stamp was published before 1956. Legal sources: Directive 2006/116/EC, Art. 1(1) life + 70 years; Art. 1(3) anonymous works 70 years from publication; Art. 7(1) comparison of terms for works from outside the EU; Art. 8 terms run from 1 January, Switzerland, Norway.
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