Postage stamps and postal history of Brazil 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 in the world, after Great Britain, to issue postage stamps valid within the entire country (as opposed to a local issue). Like Great Britain's first stamps, the design does not include the country name. The first stamps of Brazil were issued on 1 August 1843 and are known as "Bull's Eyes" due to their distinctive appearance. On 1 July 1844 a new series was issued which is known as
Postage stamps and postal history of Nauru control of the island and British stamps overprinted "NAURU" were issued in October 1916. From 1924, stamps were issued for Nauru as a mandated territory, then as a trust territory after WWII. The first stamps of independent Nauru were issued in 1968. Postage stamps and postal history of Nauru This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Nauru. The "Republic of Nauru" is an island country in Micronesia in the South Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Kiribati, to the east. As part of German Marshall Islands Protectorate, the first post office on the