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 the Republic of the Congo "Republic of the Congo" was issued on 28 November 1959. Congo gained full independence on 15 August 1960. Between 1970 and 1991, the country was known as "The People's Republic of the Congo". Postage stamps and postal history of the Republic of the Congo This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the Republic of the Congo, a former French colony known as Middle Congo or French Congo, and now often known simply as "The Congo". The Republic of the Congo is a country in central Africa bordered by Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the