COVER N.129 - BRASIL (please allow me to maintain the Portuguese ortography as a sign of respect for one of the most beautiful languages in the world).

Postmark: AC Resende Resende - RJ 15.06.22
Posted on the 15th June; received on the 28th June 2022
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"Independence or death! The famed cry on the banks of the Ipiranga river that is considered to be the seminal moment in the establishment of a new state in the South American continent was uttered, exactly two hundred years ago this coming 7th September, by D. Pedro IV, The Emperor of Brasil, who for a brief period was also King of Portugal and who would be responsible for  ensuring the end of absolutism in his own motherland, defeating through the force of arms his absolutist brother D, Miguel.

Brasil (or Brazil, in Anglo-Saxon ortography), the land so called because upon arriving on its shores, in 1500, the expeditionaries led by Pedro Álvares Cabral and those that followed, found a land rich in resources such as Pau-Brasil (Paubrasilia echinata), famed for its exotic timber and resin that was used as a red dye for deluxe textiles.

A country united in history and blood with my own. Muito Obrigado,  Pedro! I Finally have the great pleasure of adding the land of Caetano, Maria Bethânia, Simone, Ney, Chico, Vinícius, Jorge Amado and so many others to my philatelic atlas. 

Stamps, left to right:

Stamp of the 1º Porte de Carta tariff (Domestic, up to 20g) part of a se-tenat pair issued on 14JAN2022, celebrating the Feast of Our Lord Jesus of Bonfim, a religious feast, held at the Church of Our Lord of Bonfim, wherein Catholicism and Candomblé, an Afro-Brazilian  cult  rooted in the African slave origins  of a significant part of the Brazilian population, go hand in hand.

The stamp is illustrated with a couple wearing white, the traditional colour to be worn by the participants in the feast, on their way to the church that can be seen in the background, its towers being adorned with the famous Senhor do Bomfim cloth bracelets.

2,15 Reais Single stamp set issued on 03DEC2019, celebrating the diplomatic relations between Brazil and Finland.

The stamp is part of a series that the  Brazilian Post office regularly issues celebrating diplomatic relations between Brazil and other countries.

The stamp is illustrated with a reproduction of a painting made by Brazilian painter Eila Ampula in 1973 for the offical residence of the Finish Ambassador in Brasília.

 Stamp of the 1º Porte de Carta tariff (Domestic, up to 20g) issued on 27JUL2021, celebrating the centenary of the discovery of insulin, a scientific exploit that has meant so much to so many since Frederick Banting and Charles Herbert Best, first isolated it at  J. J. R. Macleod laboratory in the University of Toronto..

The post mark tells us that the letter was mailed from the city of Resende in the State of Rio de Janeiro.