Monday, December 31, 2012

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New Year 2013



I want to wish you all a wonderful new year 2013!
That 2013 can bring you all Good Health, Happiness, Success and Joy.

Sunday, December 30, 2012

BRASIL – Cover from S. Paulo, Brasil to Braga, Portugal



Cover with stamp of R$2.00 from the Portugal-Brazil Joint Issue: The Power of Language- Cruz e Sousa posted on November, 8 2012.
Special cancellation of the 'Portugal Day' at LUBRAPEX 2012 - International Stamps Exhibition.
(A very special thanks to my friend João Augusto)

Cruz e Sousa
This issue has been designed in the form of a se-tenant, with two stamps, focusing in the center, the poet Cruz e Sousa.
On the seal on the left you can see, beyond the image of the author's signature. On the right side of the stamp, it has been fragment of poetry Ser Pássaro, from the book Derradeiro (1945).
As a complement to poetry, illustration of a black swan, nickname of the author in literary circles Symbolists.

Fernando Pessoa
This se-tenant, with two stamps, brings at the center, the poet Fernando Pessoa, and the stamp  on the right side you can see is signature and, on the left, a piece of poetry Mar Português, the book Mensagem (1934).
The caravel appearing alongside a symbol of poetry is directly related to the content, as it leads to the sea.

Both stamps have the logo of the Lubrapex 2012 international stamps exhibition.
The technique was illustrated with watercolor to pen and digital finishing in Illustrator program.

Technical Details
Date of Issue: 07 September 2012
Values: two se-tenant stamps of R$2.00
Designer: Luis Duran
Printer:
Process: offset
Size:
Perforation:
Paper: couchet gummed
Watermark:
Sheet: sheets of 24 stamps

Issues Plan 2013 - Portugal



Plano de emissões 2013 - Portugal
Segundo o director de Filatelia dos CTT, o plano de emissões para 2013, já aprovado, será o seguinte:

A – Vultos da História e da Cultura da Lusofonia
1 - Ilse Losa (notável escritora infantil); Raul Rego (figura cimeira da política portuguesa); João dos Santos (Fundador da Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicanálise, cientista , médico e benemérito); Prof. Engº Edgar Cardoso (eminente Engenheiro e cientista) ; João Villaret (grande ator e declamador);

B – Emissões Temáticas
2 - Sabores do Ar e do Fogo (2ª série)
3 - A Rota das Catedrais (2ºsérie)
4 - O Ouro Arcaico – Tesouros Nacionais (série única)
5 - Falcoaria ( a milenar arte da cetraria e a sua utilização atual)
6 - Natal
7 – Apicultura - Continente
8 – Vultos do Desporto Luso-Brasileiro

C – Emissões Temáticas Açores e Madeira
9 – Apicultura – Açores
10 – Apicultura – Madeira

D – Emissões Protocoladas
11 – EUROPA 2013 – Portugal Continente, Portugal Açores , Portugal Madeira (tema: Veículos Postais).
12– Correio Escolar (concurso promovido pelo Min. Educação)

E – Datas da História
13 – 1000 Anos da publicação do Código de Avicena
14 –500 anos dos contatos por via marítima entre Portugal e a República Popular da China
15 – Evocação das Missões Católicas em África
16 – Centenário das Missões Laicas em África
17 – Bicentenário do nascimento de Giuseppi Verdi e Richard Wagner

F – Eventos de projeção Internacional
18 - 2013 – Ano Internacional da Estatística (celebrando os 300 Anos da publicação da Ars Conjectandi -Bernnoulli; Da Lei dos Grandes Números e do Paradoxo de S. Petersburg).

G – Etiquetas de Franquia de Máquinas Automáticas (ATM)
- Ano Internacional do Cidadão (UNESCO)
- 150 anos da Cruz Vermelha Internacional


H – Emissão-Base : Festas Tradicionais Portuguesas (última série)

Issues Plan 2013 - Portugal
According to the Director of Philately CTT, the emissions plan for 2013, as approved, will be as follows:

A – Personalities of History and Culture of Lusofonia
1 - Ilse Losa (notable writer infant); Raul Rego (Portuguese political figure Summit); João dos Santos (Founder of the Portuguese Society for Psychoanalysis, scientist, physician and benefactor); Prof. Eng Edgar Cardoso (eminent scientist and engineer), João Villaret (great actor and reciter);

B - Thematic Issues
2 - Flavours of Air and Fire (2nd series)
3 - The Route of the Cathedrals (2nd series)
4 - The Ancient Gold - National Treasures (serial only)
5 - Falconry (the ancient art of falconry and its current use)
6 - Christmas
7 - Beekeeping - Continent
8 - Shades of Sport Luso-Brazilian

C - Thematic Issues Azores and Madeira
9 - Beekeeping - Azores
10 - Beekeeping - Wood

D - Emissions filed
11 - EUROPE 2013 - Mainland Portugal, Portugal Azores Portugal Madeira (theme: Postal Vehicles).
12 - Post School (contest sponsored by Education Min)

E - Dates of History
13-1000 Years of publication of the Code of Avicenna
14 -500 years of contacts by sea between Portugal and the People's Republic of China
15 - Summoning of Catholic Missions in Africa
16 - Centennial Lay Mission in Africa
17 - Bicentennial of the birth of Giuseppi Verdi and Richard Wagner

F - International Events projection
18 - 2013 - International Year of Statistics (celebrating the 300 years of the publication of Ars-Conjectandi Bernnoulli; Da Law of Large Numbers and the St. Petersburg Paradox).

G - Labels Franchise Automatic Machine (ATM)
- International Year of the Citizen (UNESCO)
- 150 years of the International Red Cross

H - Definitives: Traditional Portuguese Festivals (last series)