152 pp. - about 400 colour ill. - hardbound - printed 2019
In German
Limited edition of 100 copies

BRAZIL 1843-1870
The eyes of ox, goat and cat
Royal Mail since 1727 - Pre-philately since 1798

Probably the most important collection of ancient Brazil that a German philatelist has ever put together, a unique set of material, with an introduction to the collection on the historical development and postal history of the country, from its beginnings, but mostly focusing on the 18th and 19th centuries.

The author shows numerous documents from the prefilatelic period and the stamps starting from the legendary bull's eyes, the first stamps, letters with single and multiple frankings, cancellations with the rarest stamps (always on single stamps or letters, on judicial documents with large frankings, ...). And then the prints, the different plates, the plating ...