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Jardim, Rio Grande do Norte (JRN-0095)

Atlas do Imperio do Brasil, 1868

Other names: Conceição do Azevedo, Jardim do Seridó (ca. 1892)

The Freguesia de N. Sra. da Conceição do Azevedo, which had existed since September 1856, belonged to the Vila de Acary and was located on the east bank of the Seridó, 240 km south-west of the provincial capital Natal. In September 1858 it was elevated to Vila de Jardim and in August 1874 to a town, which has been called Jardim do Seridó since around 1892 to avoid confusion with Vila de Jardim de Angicos, which was established in Rio Grande do Norte at the time.

As R. Koester writes in Carimbologia XXV, there had been a post office there since May 1887. So far, no imperial postmark could be assigned to this place with certainty.

Carta da Republica dos Estados unidos do Brazil, 1892

Andere Namen: Conceição do Azevedo, Jardim do Seridó (ca. 1892)

Die seit September 1856 bestehende Freguesia de N. Sra. da Conceição do Azevedo gehörte zur Vila de Acary und lag am Ostufer des Seridó, 240 km südwestlich der Provinzhauptstadt Natal. Im September 1858 wurde sie zur Vila de Jardim und im August 1874 zur Stadt erhoben, die seit etwa 1892 Jardim do Seridó heißt, um Verwechslungen mit der damals in Rio Grande do Norte entstandenen Vila de Jardim de Angicos zu vermeiden.

Wie R. Koester in Carimbologia XXV schreibt, gab es dort seit Mai 1887 ein Postamt. Bisher konnte 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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