Other names: Capellinha das Mercês
The Curato de Capellinha das Mercês existed since October 1791 near the north bank of the Pomba River, 130 kilometres south of the future provincial capital Ouro Preto. In April 1841, it became the Freguesia de Nossa Senhora das Mercês, which belonged to the Vila de Pomba, and in August 1911, it was elevated to the status of Vila de Mercês. Mercês has been a city since September 1925.
According to Nova Monteiro, there has been a post office there since July 1859. This is evident from his work Administrações e Agencias Postaes do Brasil Imperio (Brasil Filatelico/RJ, 1934–1935; reprinted by SPP 1994–1999). The oldest postmark to date is the double circle MMG-3395b (Fuad Ferreira Fo. collection).
Before that, stamps were also cancelled by hand, as R. Koester showed in Carimbologia XXVII:
James Dingler and Klerman W. Lopes show a mute postmark from there in Mute Cancellations of the Brazil Empire / Carimbos Mudos do Brasil Império (Brazil Philatelic Association, Rio de Janeiro, 2000) under No. 464, here in an example from Roberto Assef Jr.:
R. Koester (op. cit.) listed another mute cancellation from Mercês:
Andere Namen: Capellinha das Mercês
Der Curato de Capellinha das Mercês bestand seit Oktober 1791 nahe dem Nordufer des Pomba, 130 Kilometer südlich der späteren Provinzhauptstadt Ouro Preto. Im April 1841 wurde er zur Freguesia de Nossa Senhora das Mercês, die zur Vila de Pomba gehörte, und im August 1911 erfolgte die Erhebung zur Vila de Mercês. Seit September 1925 ist Mercês eine Stadt.
Laut Nova Monteiro gab es dort seit Juli 1859 ein Postamt. Dies geht aus seinem Werk Administrações e Agencias Postaes do Brasil Imperio (Brasil Filatelico/RJ, 1934–1935; Nachdruck SPP 1994–1999) hervor. Der bisher älteste Poststempel ist der Doppelkreis MMG-3395b (Sammlung Fuad Ferreira Fo.).
Davor wurden die Briefmarken auch handschriftlich entwertet, wie R. Koester in Carimbologia XXVII zeigte:
James Dingler und Klerman W. Lopes zeigen in Mute Cancellations of the Brazil Empire / Carimbos Mudos do Brasil Império (Brazil Philatelic Association, Rio de Janeiro, 2000) unter Nr. 464 einen stummen Stempel von dort, hier in einem Beispiel von Roberto Assef Jr.:
R. Koester (op. cit.) führte eine weitere stumme Abstempelung von Mercês auf:
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