🌎 Country

Brazil

📅 Year

1843

💰 Denomination

30 réis

📮 Issue type

Definitive

🖼 Topic

Heraldry & Numerals

The "Bull's Eyes" of August 1843 were the first postage stamps of the Americas. They show only a large numeral on an engine-turned background, with no country name and no portrait of the Emperor.

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