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Barreiro de Baixo, São Paulo (BSP-0115)

Almanak Laemmert, 1892

The chapel of Sto. Antonio do Barreiro de Baixo was built around 1850 in the Município of Bananal and was located on the Barreiro de Baixo River, 300 km northeast of the provincial capital of São Paulo. The village developed very slowly due to the decline of the coffee industry on the Paraíba do Sul valley and became a rural suburb in the Município of Arapeí in December 1991.

As R. Koester writes in Carimbologia III, there had been a post office there since January 1885, which started operating the following month, as reported by the Rio press:

Brazil/RJ, 13.02.1885

The imperial postmark is BSP-0115a, also known through R. Koester (op. cit.):

BSP-0115a (RK) 1885-1894
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Die Kapelle von Sto. Antonio do Barreiro de Baixo wurde ca. 1850 im Município von Bananal errichtet und lag am Fluss Barreiro de Baixo, 300 km nordöstlich der Provinzhauptstadt São Paulo entfernt. Der Ort entwickelte sich durch den Niedergang der Kaffeewirtschaft am Paraíba do Sul-Tal sehr langsam und wurde im Dezember 1991 zu einem ländlichen Vorort im Município von Arapeí.

Wie R. Koester in Carimbologia III schreibt, gab es dort ein Postamt seit Januar 1885, das im folgenden Monat seinen Betrieb aufnahm, wie die Presse aus Rio meldete:

Brazil/RJ, 13.02.1885

Der kaiserliche Poststempel ist BSP-0115a, der ebenfalls durch R. Koester (op.cit.) bekannt ist:

BSP-0115a (RK) 1885-1894
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