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Serie Descobrimentos – Espanha 84 – Pedro Alvares Cabral (Maximum Card)
This series of official maximum cards from Correios e Telegrafos came out in 1984 and we have one of this design, serially numbered 017688, unused, aging noticeably and with some postmark ink transfer on the reverse. Grade: 2
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Fungos – Calvatia sp. (Maximum Card)
In English, Fungos = fungi, on this unused maximum card issued in 1984 by Correios e Telegrafos, with serial number 022275. Notably aging. Grade: 2
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VI Jogos Infantis (Maximum Card)
Very far from being the first maximum card (that honour may go to an Egyptian card in 1893, according to one online source), this is still one of the oldest we have. Unused, totally blank on the reverse, issued in 1956 and still in great condition. Grade: 1
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Preservacao Da Fauna – Macaco Muriqui (Maximum Card)
Unused, official maximum card issued by Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telegrafos in 1984, a big year for maximum cards in Brazil. The scientific name of the animal is Brachyteles arachnoides, and that’s our nod to the search engines. The card is aging significantly, with foxing on the reverse, and has the serial number 030261. Grade: 2
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Serie 150 Anos da Ligacao Maritima e Empresarial Rio/Niteroi: Urca – 1981 (Maximum Card)
Unused, official maximum card issued by Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telegrafos in 1985. The card is aging significantly, and has serial number 022095. Grade: 2
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Serie 150 Anos da Ligacao Maritima e Empresarial Rio/Niteroi: Especuladora – 1835 (Maximum Card)
Unused, official maximum card issued by Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telegrafos in 1985. The card is aging, and has serial number 012638. Grade: 2
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Serie 150 Anos da Ligacao Maritima e Empresarial Rio/Niteroi: Terceira – 1911 (Maximum Card)
Unused, official maximum card issued by Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telegrafos in 1985. The card is aging significantly, and has serial number 022187. Grade: 2
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Serie 150 Anos da Ligacao Maritima e Empresarial Rio/Niteroi: Segunda – 1862 (Maximum Card)
Unused, official maximum card issued by Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telegrafos in 1985. The card is aging significantly, and has serial number 008643. Grade: 3
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Serie Preservacao do Patrimonio – Ferroviario Brasileiro – Locomotiva Baldwin No. 1 (Maximum Card)
Unused, official maximum card issued by Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telegrafos in 1983. The card is aging significantly, and has serial number 029216. Grade: 3
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Serie Preservacao do Patrimonio – Ferroviario Brasileiro – Locomotiva Hohenzollern No. 980 (Maximum Card)
Unused, official maximum card issued by Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telegrafos in 1983. The card is aging significantly, and has serial number 011704. Grade: 3
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São Miguel das Missões – RS – Serie Patrimonio Mundial da Humanidade (Maximum Card)
Unused maximum card issued by Correios e Telegrafos in 1985. It’s starting to show its age, and has serial number 015747. Grade: 2
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Mensageiro – Reparticao Geral Dos Telegrafos – Rua Paissandu (Maximum Card)
Unused maximum card issued by Correios e Telegrafos in 1981, with two postmarks. Notable mottling (foxing) on the reverse. Serial number 009050. Grade: 3
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Carteiro – Departamento Dos Correios e Telegrafos – Largo da Gloria (Maximum Card)
Unused maximum card issued by Correios e Telegrafos in 1981, with two postmarks. Aging somewhat. Serial number 014555. Grade: 2
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Carteiro – Departamento Dos Correios e Telegrafos – Av. Rio Branco
Unused maximum card issued by Correios e Telegrafos in 1981, with two postmarks. Aging significantly. Serial number 009429. Grade: 3
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Brasiliana 83 – 60 (Maximum Card)
Two of these unused cards are available, and what you see is what there is, except that there is a serial number (004435 or 004436) on the otherwise-blank reverse of each card. Grades: 1
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Brasiliana 83 – 90 (Maximum Card)
Similar to 20203428, but we only have one, and the serial number is 024350. Grade: 1
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Brasiliana 83 – 30 (Maximum Card)
Similar to 20203428, but we only have one, and the serial number is 007063. Grade: 1
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Ouro Preto – MG – Serie Patrimonio Mundial Da Humanidade (Maximum Card)
Unused maximum card issued by Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telegrafos in 1985, slightly aging and with serial number 018942. Grade: 1-
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Olinda, Serie Patrimonio Mundial Da Humanidade (Maximum Card)
Unused maximum card issued by Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telegrafos in 1985, aging and with serial number 016325. Grade: 2
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XIII Exposicao Filatelica Luso-Brasileira – Os Candangos (Maximum Card)
Unused maximum card issued by Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telegrafos in 1990, slight aging and with serial number 006905. Grade: 1
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XIII Exposicao Filatelica Luso-Brasileira – A’ Justica (Maximum Card)
Unused maximum card issued by Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telegrafos in 1990, aging and with serial number 006996. Grade: 2
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XIII Exposicao Filatelica Luso-Brasileira – Evangelista São João (Maximum Card)
Unused maximum card issued by Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telegrafos in 1990, aging and with serial number 007118. Grade: 2
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XIII Exposicao Filatelica Luso-Brasileira – As Banhistas (Maximum Card)
Unused maximum card issued by Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telegrafos in 1990, aging and with serial number 007207. Grade: 1-
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Maria-Fumaça
There’s lots more in the caption of this unused card, and it’s all in Portuguese. Grade: 1
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Ponte Internacional da Amizade – Brasil-Paraguay
Unused but noticeably aging card. Grade: 2
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Rio de Janeiro, Botanical Garden, Orchidarium
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Ouro Preto – MG – Serie Museus, Museu da Inconfidencia (Maximum Card)
Issued in 1985, Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telegrafos, this Maximum Card is unused and with serial number 011342 on the reverse. Slight aging. Grade: 2
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Ouro Preto – MG – Brasiliana 79 – Serie Chafarizes – Chafariz dos Contos (Maximum Card)
Just in case you don’t speak Portuguese (as we don’t), Chafariz = Fountain. This unused and official Maximum Card was issued in 1979 with two stamps and two different postmarks barely reaching those. The only printing on the reverse is a serial number: 0008109. Grade: 1
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75 Anos da Coroacao da Imagem de N.Sra. Aparecida (Maximum Card)
Unused, official Maximum Card issued in Sao Paulo in 1979. The only printing on the reverse is the serial number: 0032060. Slight age foxing. Grade: 2
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22nd World Congress of the International Road Transport Union (Maximum Card)
Distinctive, unused Maximum Card (serial number: 013362) issued in May 1990 in conjunction with this event in Rio de Janeiro. Note the two se-tenant stamps. Grade: 2
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Serie Preservacao da Fauna – Parque Nacional Marinho Dos Abrolhos – Benedito, Anous stolidus (Maximum Card)
Official, unused Maximum Card from 1985. Two are available. The serial numbers on the reverses are 002534 and 002538. And if you didn’t know, Anous stolidus is the brown or common noddy, a seabird from the tern family. Minor aging, not enough to downgrade. Grades: 1
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A Arte Urbana dos Grafiteiros (Maximum Card)
Unused Maximum Card, Lubrapex 2006, therefore issued in 2006 and still in excellent condition. No serial number this time. Grade: 1
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Joao Baptista de O. Figueiredo visit to Peru
In 1981, the Brazilian President visited Peru, commemorated by this unused card (serial no. 009381) that would be a Maximum Card except that the postmarked stamp is on the reverse. Aging postcard. Grade: 2
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Brasilia – DF – Supreme Federal Court
Starting a series of cards showing Brazil’s capital, we thought we might use some extra space and give you this extract from Wikipedia: “Brasília is the federal capital of Brazil … located atop the Brazilian highlands in the country’s center-western region. It was founded on April 21, 1960, to serve as the new national capital. Brasília and its metro (encompassing the whole of the Federal District) had a population of 2,556,149 in 2011, making it the 4th most populous city in Brazil. Brasília was planned and developed by Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer in 1956 in order to move the capital from Rio de Janeiro to a more central location. The city’s design divides it into numbered blocks as well as sectors for specified activities, such as the Hotel Sector, the Banking Sector and the Embassy Sector.” Unused, mildly aging postcard. Grade: 2
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Brasilia – DF – Swans, Museum, Tribunal
Unused, aging, and not-too-inspiring card whose caption (also in Portuguese) reads: “Swans in the National Congress’ lake and the Museum and the Federal Supreme Tribunal in the back”. Grade: 2
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Brasilia – DF – Residential Blocks
The front of this unused card is good. The back is not: very, very heavily aged, though otherwise unmarked. Grade: 3
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Brasilia – DF – 1960-1985 25 Anos festivities
This helps date the card, and so does the long message from 1986 written on the back. The card was not postally mailed and has aged quite a bit. Grade: 4
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Brasilia – DF – 1960-1985 25 Anos – airport and Constellation
A long caption in Portuguese only on the reverse of this unused, aging card. A person’s name and address in Belo Horizonte are rubber-stamped at the bottom of the address area. Grade: 4
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Brasilia – DF – Palace of the Archs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Unused, very heavily aged card. Grade: 3
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Brasilia – DF – Army’s Ministery (sic)
Unused card, heavily aged but otherwise unmarked. Note golden embossment on lower left front. Grade: 2