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First Day Cover

Stamps Brochure

  Since 2006, the CTT Correios de Portugal (Portuguese Postal Operator) have associated themselves to the National Reading Plan, an initiative from the Ministry of Education in articulation with the Ministry of Culture and the Cabinet of the Ministry of Parliamentary Matters, with the aim of increasing the literacy level of the Portuguese, and created the program: Onde te leva a Imaginação? (Where will your imagination take you?). This year, which is the 5th edition of this program, the country’s schools have been called upon to take part in various initiatives under the motto “Imagine and create a more sustainable tomorrow”, viz. development of the activity “Where will a stamp take you?” following the new positioning of the brand: “CTT – with you for a sustainable future”.

Technical Details

Date of Issue: 9 October 2012

Values: stamps of 0,32€, 0,68€ and 0,80€

Designer: Martim dos Santos Onofre (0,32€); Matilde Amaro Nunes (0,68); Ana Carolina Marques (0,80)

Photos:

Credits:

Brochure cover: Martim dos Santos Onofre

Ackowledgements:

Printer: Joh. Enschedé

Process: Offset 4 Colors

Size: 30,6 x 40,0 mm

Perforation: Cross of Christ 13 x 13

Paper: 110 g./m2 TRUE WHITE TR CPST 331

Watermark:

Sheet: with 50 stamps

MONACO – Postcard from Monte Carlo, Monaco to Braga, Portugal

 

Christmas postcard sent by de ‘Office des Emissions de Timbre-Poste’ posted on November, 22 2012.

CTT will withdraw a third of the postboxes of Lisbon and Oporto

Portuguese postboxes

Publicado em 07 de Dezembro de 2012.

As cidades de Lisboa e Porto vão ficar diferentes nos próximos meses, à medida que os CTT vão retirando os icónicos marcos de correio das suas ruas. Segundo o jornal i, que cita fonte dos CTT, serão retirados 30,3% dos actuais 524 marcos em Lisboa. No Porto, este número atinge 37,5% dos 221 marcos.

Nos últimos dois anos, foram removidos 349 marcos do correio de todo o País, num total de 15 mil que ainda existem. Muitos outros vão desaparecer, à medida que os CTT tenta adequar a oferta e localização dos pontos de recolha, que tinham uma média diária de sete cartas e alternativas próximas.

Segundo os CTT, não foi apenas a fraca utilização dos marcos do correio que pesou na decisão de os remover. Há dificuldades na recolha do correio, em termos de trânsito e de impacto no ambiente, uma vez que as rotas definidas para a recolha são feitas em viaturas ligeiras.

Published on December 7, 2012.
The cities of Lisbon and Porto will be different in the coming months, as the CTT will remove the iconic letterboxes of its streets. According to the newspaper ‘i’, citing a source from CTT will be removed 30.3% of the current 524 postboxes in Lisbon. In Oporto, this figure reaches 37.5% of the 221 postboxes.

Over the past two years, were removed 349 letter boxes throughout the country, a total of 15 000 that still exist. Many others will disappear as the CTT tries to match supply and location of collection points, which had a daily average of seven letters and alternatives nearby.

According to CTT, was not only the poor use of letter boxes that weighed in the decision to remove them. There are difficulties in collecting mail in terms of traffic and environmental impact, since the routes are defined for the collection made ​​in light vehicles.

Hong-Kong – Cover from Tuen Mun, Hong-Kong to Braga, Portugal

Registered cover with stamps posted on January, 17 2012.