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 Netherlands Antilles The numbers of stamps issued each year gradually crept upward, but still at a relatively restrained pace. The focus of issues was generally on local wildlife and tourism themes. After Aruba obtained the status of country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, it formed its own postal area. After the Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles, three issuing identities formed: Curaçao, Sint Maarten and the Caribbean Netherlands. Postage stamps and postal history of the Netherlands Antilles This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the postal areas Netherlands Antilles as well as its predecessor Curaçao. The area