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 Faroe Islands while the second arrow is green, a symbol of the ocean and the islands. http://en.stamps.fo/ Postage stamps and postal history of the Faroe Islands The postage stamps and postal history of the Faroe Islands began in the 1860s with a message exchange system called "Skjúts", which was before a regular boat service was established between the islands. Postage is now under the control of Postverk Føroya, the Postage Stamp Department of which has taken over all the work relating to Faroese postage stamps. Skjúts relied on a "Skjútsskaffari" (i.e., agent) being appointed in every village with the duty of organising