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São José da Boa Morte, Rio de Janeiro (SRJ-0948)

Villiers de l’Ile Adam: Carta (..) da Provincia do Rio de Janeiro, 1850

Another name: São José

São José da Boa Morte (= of the Good Death) was from 1837 a freguesia in the municipality of Santo Antonio de Sá, located about 100 km northeast of Rio de Janeiro. At that time, a devastating and long-standing malaria epidemic caused an unstoppable decline of Santo Antonio. After its end in November 1868, the town of São José was transferred to the newly founded municipality of Sant’Anna de Macacu, which from December 1898 was called Sant’Anna de Japuíba. Since March 1938, this municipality has been called Cachoeiras de Macacu, of which Sao José is a rural suburb, whose main attraction is the ruins of the old chapel.

In 2019 (Photo: Claudio Menezes)

According to Paulo Novaes (agenciaspostais.com.br), there was a post office in São José da Boa Morte from June 1887 to September 1914. However, this agency was probably located in the neighbouring Subaio, as can be read in the Rio press:

Gazeta de Noticias, 21 July 1887

The only cancel so far to be attributed to this agency is SRJ-0948a (Coll. Paulo Novaes): a double circle with the inscriptions S JE. DA BÔA MORTE above and (PROVA. DO RIO) below. Copies were seen with dates of 1894 and 1895 inside.

Almanak Laemmert, 1892

Anderer Name: São José

São José da Boa Morte (= des guten Todes) war ab 1837 eine Freguesia im Município von Santo Antonio de Sá, die ca. 100 km nordöstlich von Rio de Janeiro lag. Zu dieser Zeit befand sich Santo Antonio de Sá durch eine verheerende und langjährige Malaria-Epidemie bereits in einem Niedergang, der nicht mehr aufzuhalten war. Nach dessen Ende im November 1868 ging São José zum neu gegründeten Município von Sant’Anna de Macacu über, der ab Dezember 1898 Sant’Anna de Japuíba hieß. Seit März 1938 trägt dieser Município den Namen Cachoeiras de Macacu; davon ist São José ein ländlicher Vorort, dessen Hauptattraktion die Ruinen der alten Kapelle sind.

In 2019 (Foto: Claudio Menezes)

Laut Paulo Novaes (agenciaspostais.com.br) gab es ein Postamt São José da Boa Morte vom Juni 1887 bis September 1914. Allerdings lag diese Agentur wohl in der Nachbargemeide Subaio, wie aus der Rio-Presse zu entnehmen ist:

Gazeta de Noticias, 21 Juli 1887

Der einzige Stempel bisher mit Sicherheit dieser Agentur zuzuordnen ist SRJ-0948a (Samml. Paulo Novaes): ein Doppelkreis mit den Inschriften S JE. DA BÔA MORTE oben und (PROVA. DO RIO) unten. Gesehen mit Daten von 1894 und 1895 in der Mitte.

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Brazilian-German philatelist who lives in Germany since 1981.

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