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Lavras, Ceará (LCE-0190)

Atlas do Imperio do Brasil, 1868

Other names: Lavras da Mangabeira (1943)

The Freguesia de São Vicente Ferrer das Lavras da Mangabeira on the west bank of the Rio Salgado, 420 kilometres south of the later provincial capital Fortaleza, had existed since August 1813 and belonged to the Vila de Icó. The village became a Vila in June 1816, which became the town of S. Vicente das Lavras in August 1884 and has been called Município de Lavras da Mangabeira since December 1943.

Lavras da Mangabeira post office, ca. 1950 (IBGE)

R. Koester writes in Carimbologia XXVI that there had been a post office there since September 1846. The only postmark in the 19th century to date, LCE-0190b (fig. Koester, op. cit.), shows the imperial seal:

LCE-0190b (RK)
Villiers de l’Ile Adam: Carta (…) da Provincia do Ceará, 1849

Andere Namen: Lavras da Mangabeira (1943)

Seit August 1813 bestand die zur Vila de Icó gehörende Freguesia de São Vicente Ferrer das Lavras da Mangabeira am Westufer des Rio Salgado, 420 km südlich der späteren Provinzhauptstadt Fortaleza. Bereits im Juni 1816 wurde der Ort zur Vila, die im August 1884 zur Stadt S. Vicente das Lavras wurde und seit Dezember 1943 Município de Lavras da Mangabeira heißt.

Postamt Lavras da Mangabeira, ca. 1950 (IBGE)

R. Koester schreibt in Carimbologia XXVI, dass es dort seit September 1846 ein Postamt gab. Der bisher einzige Poststempel im 19. Jahrhundert LCE-0190b (Abb. Koester, op. cit.) zeigt den kaiserlichen Siegel:

LCE-0190b (RK)

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