Other names: Fazenda do Matto Alto
This small settlement was originally a fazenda (farm) established around 1700, which was mainly dedicated to cattle breeding. It was in the Freguesia de Guaratiba in the Município Neutro, 60 km west of the capital Rio de Janeiro. The fazenda still exists today and even has its own 3.8-kilometre-long railway line. It is often used as a location for telenovelas.
As Nova Monteiro writes in Administrações e Agencias Postaes do Brasil Imperio (Brasil Filatelico/RJ, 1934–1935; reprinted by SPP 1994–1999), there has been a post office there since October 1867. However, postal services had already been available locally for ten years prior to that.
The only imperial postmark to date is MMN-1090b (illustration: Koester in Carimbologia XXVII)
Andere Namen: Fazenda do Matto Alto
Diese kleine Siedlung war ursprünglich eine seit ca. 1700 bestehende Fazenda, die sich vorwiegend der Rinderzucht widmete. Sie lag in der Freguesia de Guaratiba im Município Neutro, 60 km westlich der Hauptstadt Rio de Janeiro. Die Fazenda existiert heute noch und verfügt sogar über eine eigene 3,8 Kilometer lange Bahnlinie. Sie wird gerne als Drehort für Telenovelas genutzt.
Wie Nova Monteiro in Administrações e Agencias Postaes do Brasil Imperio (Brasil Filatelico/RJ, 1934–1935; Nachdruck SPP 1994–1999) schreibt, gab es dort seit Oktober 1867 ein Postamt. Allerdings gab es bereits zehn Jahre zuvor Postdienste vor Ort.
Der bisher einzige kaiserliche Poststempel ist MMN-1090b (Abb. Koester in Carimbologia XXVII)
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