Postage stamps and postal history of Brazil the "slanted numeral" series. Subsequent stamps were in a similar format until the first pictorial stamps were issued in 1866 depicting Emperor Dom Pedro II In 1866 the emperor was represented on all issues until 1884, first with a black beard. For many years stamps from Brazil had Brasil Correio displayed on them. However today the trend is to just have the country name and year, e.g. Brasil 2000. Postage stamps and postal history of Brazil Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world. It was a colony of Portugal from 1500 until 1815. Brazil was the second country
Postage stamps and postal history of Samoa mandated territory of Western Samoa were issued in 1921. Samoa issued stamps as an independent state on 2 July 1962. Postage stamps and postal history of Samoa This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Samoa. Samoa, formerly known as "Western Samoa", is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and Savai'i. The first stamps of Samoa were issued in 1877. The Samoa Express private post was set up in 1877 and