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São João do Piauhy, Piauí (SPI-0145)

Atlas do Império do Brasil, 1868

From August 1853 on, São João do Piauhy was a district in the municipality of São Raymundo Nonato, situated on the west bank of the Piauhy River, less than 470 km south of Teresina. In August 1871 it was elevated to a villa and in July 1906 to a town.

The local post office was established in November 1881, as can be read in the Rio press:

Jornal do Commercio/RJ, 12 November 1881

So far, the only postmark of the Empire is the beautiful SPI-0145a, which was in circulation at least until 1887 and was already made known by Paulo Ayres (Catalogo de Carimbos Brasil-Império, S. Paulo, 1937, 1942) under no. 1461:

SPI-0145a (P. A. 1461, MPT 360)
Villiers de l’Ile Adam: Carta (…) da Provincia do Piauhy, 1850

Ab August 1853 war São João do Piauhy ein Distrikt im Municipio von São Raymundo Nonato, der am Westufer des Flusses Piauhy, knapp 470 km südlich von Teresina entfernt lag. Im August 1871 stieg er zur Villa und im Juli 1906 zur Stadt auf.

Das örtliche Postamt entstand im November 1881, wie in der Rio-Presse zu lesen ist:

Jornal do Commercio/RJ, 12. November 1881

Der einzige Poststempel des Kaiserreichs bisher ist der schöne SPI-0145a, der zumindest bis 1887 im Umlauf war und bereits durch Paulo Ayres (Catálogo de Carimbos Brasil-Império, S. Paulo, 1937, 1942) mit Nr. 1461 bekannt gemacht wurde:

SPI-0145a (P. A. 1461, MPT 360)

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Brazilian-German philatelist who lives in Germany since 1981.

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