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Independencia, Piauí/Ceará (ICE-0170)

Carta da Republica dos Estados Unidos do Brazil, 1892

Other names: Pelo Sinal

From September 1836, the village was a distrito called Pelo Sinal (Signum Crucis), which belonged to the Vila de Crateús in the province of Piauí and was located on the west bank of the Riacho Florisbela, 300 kilometres southwest of the later provincial capital Fortaleza. The town was elevated to a freguesia in October 1853 and to a Vila de Independencia in July 1857; since October 1880 Independência (as it is spelt today) has belonged to the province or state of Ceará.

As Nova Monteiro writes in Administrações e Agencias Postaes do Brasil Imperio (Brasil Filatelico/RJ, 1934-5; reprint SPP 1994-1999), there was a post office there since November 1861. Unfortunately, no imperial postmark could be assigned to this place with certainty.

Atlas do Imperio do Brasil, 1868

Andere Namen: Pelo Sinal

Der Ort war seit September 1836 ein Distrito namens Pelo Sinal (Signum Crucis), der zur Vila de Crateús in der Provinz Piauí gehörte und am Westufer des Riacho Florisbela lag, 300 km südwestlich der späteren Provinzhauptstadt Fortaleza. Der Ort wurde im Oktober 1853 zur Freguesia und im Juli 1857 zur Vila de Independencia erhoben; seit Oktober 1880 gehört Independência (wie es heute geschrieben wird) zur Provinz bzw. zum Bundesstaat Ceará.

Wie Nova Monteiro in Administrações e Agencias Postaes do Brasil Imperio (Brasil Filatelico/RJ, 1934-5; Reprint SPP 1994-1999) schreibt, gab es dort ein Postamt seit November 1861. Leider konnte bisher kein kaiserlicher Poststempel mit Sicherheit diesem Ort zugeordnet werden.

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Brazilian-German philatelist who lives in Germany since 1981.

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