500 YEARS OF PORTUGUESE DISCOVERIES

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500 YEARS OF PORTUGUESE DISCOVERIES

Post by aukepalmhof » Sat Dec 30, 2017 9:26 am

In 1989 three stamps were used by Portugal to honour 500 years of Portuguese Discoveries.
The pearls of the history of Portugal are without a shadow of doubt the discovery voyages and the achievement of the Portuguese navigators.
The stamp were designed after drawings by Carlos Alberto Santos.
The 30e stamp, I have not any idea which building is depict.

From Mr. Jean-Louis Araignon I received the following information on the stamp:

On the stamp is written in Portuguese 100 centenary of Se de Braga (the cathedral of Braga).
The picture match with the south side of cathedral, not with the front side which appear in most of pictures:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braga_Cat ... aga-02.jpg

I can not find a connection between Braga and discovery voyages, also Braga is a inland town, that the stamp has not a maritime connection.

The 55e shows us a caravel in front of the Sao Jorge da Mina fortress. On the Gold Coast (now Ghana), de fort is better known as Elmina Castle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmina_Castle
The 60e shows three sailors with a chart and an astrolabe on board most probably a caravel. The vessel in the background is a caravel.

Portugal 1989 30/60p sg2126/28 scott ?
Source Internet. Portuguese Post
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