I’m playing catch up with Brazil’s 2022 stamps. I know, I know, I’m late in posting this. Which is a shame, because Brazil offers some fantastic cancels to chase down. One of the year’s best was the joint Ireland celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Ulysses.
I would love to have seen that on a cover!
If you are a collector or, thinking of starting a Brazilian stamp collection, don’t miss the information Brazil posts on their website. It’s chocked full of details about each stamp, complete with first class images. Correios also issues info sheets for every stamp, including details on theme, type of paper, print method, etc. They are free to download and in both Portuguese and English. Here’s a sample of what you get:
I reference these information sheets quite a bit throughout the post, so thanks to Brazil for making a writer’s life a bit easier.
Alas, 2022 had no food issues, unlike the cheese fun rom 2021. Have to admit, I was a little disappointed because I was looking forward to a few tasty stamps.
But, we are rewarded in another way with August’s solid bit of 1st flight artwork.
Beautiful artwork from the brush of Brazilian-American painter Gustavo Ramos. I’ve included a few tidbits of history around this flight and a bit of a philatelic scandal post-flight to amuse you.
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January
Feast of The Lord Good Jesus of Bonfim
2 stamps, cancel
offset
Designer: Ateliê 15
Release date: January 14, 2022
April
Centenary of Modern Art Week
4 stamps on souvenir sheet, cancel
offset
This stamp is broken down into what are called the “Four Artistic Pillars” of modern art:
- literature – Carybé (1911-1997) was Brazilian artist, journalist and historian
“Carybé influenced the pillar of Literature, in his illustrations made for the book Macunaíma. With a hint of irreverence, the
main character is lying on Mário de Andrade’s glasses painting.” - painting – Zina Aita (1900 – 1967) anchors the painting pillar their work ““À Sombra” which depicts ” workers are motorcycle delivery men, characters in Brazilian daily lives in large urban centers”
- music – Villa-Lobos (1887- 1959) represents the 3rd pillar with “Trenzinho do Caipira” (Countrymen Little Train)
- architecture – the last pillar is fittingly MASP (São Paulo Museum of Art), a museum devoted to Modernism
All quotes are from Brazil’s info sheet EDITAL 2/2022
In the right center of the souvenir sheet there is a already grown tree in reference to the one created by Di Cavalcanti for the event poster. Illustrations inspired by the works of Tarsila do Amaral are elements of connection between the postage stamps and giving motion to the entire composition. The background of the souvenir sheet, in silver, shows a mosaic with different patterns that refer to the mix of Brazilian culture: Yoruba patterns, Ipanema sidewalk, São Paulo sidewalks, Marajoara ceramics, the tiles of the São Luís mansions and the tiles of Cândido Portinari. EDITAL 2/2022
Designers: Juliana Souza and Paulo Baptista
Release date: April 15, 2022
May
Sunset
15 Stamps on a sheet, cancel (there are numerous cancel locations to collect)
offset
Cancel release locations:
- Figueiredo-AM
- Boa Vista-RR
- Aracaju-SE
- Conde-BA
- Salvador-BA
- Rio de Janeiro
- Fernando de Noronha-PE
- Acreúna-GO
- Quirinópolis-GO
- Alto Paraíso-Go
- Goiânia-GO
- Ouro Preto-MG
- Arraial do Cabo-RJ
- Presidente Epitácio, SP
- São Paulo-SP
- Bauru-SP
- Porto Alegre-RS
- Florianópolis-SC
15 stamps from 5 regions of Brazil, with 3 stamps for each region. Not sure if I got all the cancel locations, so if I’m missing one, leave it in the comments.
Photographers:
Rosinaldo Azevedo Santos
Neivo Soares Guimarães
Francisco Ronaldo Neves da Silva
Mônica Alves Guimarães
Márcia Tereza Dias de Oliveira
Patrícia Fernandes Cardoso
Rauphe Cassimiro da Silva
Carlos Moura Júnior
Virggillius G. E. Ferreira Maia
Ana Paula Soares
Priscila Verginia C. Frattini
Ariane Cristina Dutra.
Antônio Sérgio de Sena Vaz
Ayrton Castro de Oliveira
Lucy Juliana Reiter Kleinowski
Release date: May 3, 2022
Firefighters
Series: Professions
1 stamp, cancel (3 locations)
offset & embossed
Designer: Adriana Shibata
Shibata’s first design for Brazil was the 2012 Bicentennial of Chinese Immigration in Brazil
Release date: May 4, 2022
Tribute to Daniel Azulay (1947 – 2020)
1 stamp, cancel
offset, embossing, intaglio ink
Daniel Azulay was a Brazilian media figure, active in many disciplines, from paintings, children’s books, TV shows, video games to comics. Early in his career he made the superhero parody comics ‘Capitão Sol’ (1967) and ‘Capitão Cipó’ (1968-1969), but he is best remembered for the ‘Turma do Lambe-Lambe’ (1975) franchise, which inspired both a children’s TV show as well as its own 1983-1984 comic magazine. Always dressed in colourful ties, shirts and suspenders, Azulay gave children a positive outlook on life with respect for the environment. Daniel Azulay – Lambiek Comiclopedia
Designer: Lidia Marina Hurovich Neiva
“it not just a profession, for me, Art is a way of life, of thinking and expressing my emotions and hopes,a way of transforming and creating my own world, despite everything terrible that happens everywhere.” lidia marina hurovich neiva artist illustrator art about
Artist: Daniel Azulay
Release date: May 30, 2022
June
Joint Issue Brazil & Ireland – Centenary of the first publication of Ulysses
Series: Diplomatic Relations
1 stamp, sheets of 8, cancel
offset
Designer: Daniel Effi
Release date: June 16, 2022
Independence of Brazil
Series: 200 years of independence of Brazil
1 stamp, cancel
Spot color (green and yellow)
The stamp shows the official logo of the Bicentennial of Independence.
The purpose of this series in honor of the Bicentennial is to visually show that Independence went through different expressions
in Brazilian territory, with a multiplicity of actions and political projects. Commemorative Postal Issue | Bicentenary of Independence – Oficial Logo (febraf.com.br)
Designer: Philately Manager
Release date: June 17, 2022
Bicentenary of Independence – Popular Movements
Series: 200 years of independence of Brazil
1 stamp, cancel (2 locations)
offset
Although difficult to see on a small stamp, the image is composed of “thousands of letters, phrases and words”.
Using the word as a symbolic object, the artist creates an image composed of thousands of letters, phrases and words that propose the reinvention of the Brazilian utopia through the power of memory… Emissão Postal Comemorativa EDITAL 8/2022
Designer: Hal Wildson
Release date: June 25, 2022
Joint Issue Brazil and Portugal – Bicentennial of Brazil’s Independence
Series: 200 years of independence of Brazil & Diplomatic Relations
1 stamp, sheets of 12, cancel
offset
In January 1822, with the “Dia do Fico” (‘I shall stay’ Day), for the first time, Dom Pedro deliberately disobeyed orders coming from Lisbon. The process of convincing Dom Pedro to disobey the courts and assume the leadership of the Brazilian resistance movement was the result of the combination of many efforts and the most diverse civil society organizations. Emissão Postal Comemorativa EDITAL 9/2022
Designer: Ely Borges and Isabel Flecha de Lima
Paintings:
“Sessão do Conselho de Ministros” by Georgina Moura Andrade de Albuquerque. Held by the National History Museum.
“Dom Pedro I” by Simplício Rodrigues. Held by the Imperial Museum
Release date: June 29, 2022
July
Cayenne Villages and Populations of Brazil
1 stamp, sheets of 12, cancel
offset
Photographer: Daniel Chapaval
Co-designer: Mariana Balduzzi
Art-finishing: Lidia Marina Hurovich
Release date: July 1, 2022
August
Centenary of the First Aerial Crossing of the South Atlantic
3 se-tenant stamps, sheet of 12, cancel (2 locations)
offset embossed
Artur de Sacadura Freire Cabral and Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho flew a modified Fairey III-D seaplane “the Lusitânia” from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro. Taking off March 30, 1922 they landed June 17, 1922. How the dramatic first South Atlantic aerial crossing influenced modern navigation | World Air Sports Federation (fai.org) has an good write up on the flight and how it “didn’t go to plan”, which was pretty much the norm for pioneer flights.
In total, the flight took 62 hours and 26 minutes.
Portugal issued a commemorative 16 stamp issue a year after the flight, on May 30, 1923. The same design was used on all the stamps – both the Brazilian and Portuguese presidents where in the top corners and pilots Cabral and Goutinho in the centre of the image. There were some shenanigans involved in the sale of this stamp, courtesy Portuguese postal officials. According to Sanabria’s Air Post Catalogue 1944 the developemnt and sale were rigged to make them scarce
This issue was manipulated by a syndicate of employee of the Post Office who had the privilege of buying ll remainders at a large discount from face value. The time of sae was so arranged that the public had only half a day in which to purchase the stamps. They were sent to only a few cities and complete sets were not obtainable anywhere. Sanabria, p. 696
Artist: Gustavo Ramos
Release date: August 1, 2022
Personalities – Bicentennial of Brazil’s Independence
Series: 200 years of independence of Brazil
4 stamps on souvenir sheet, cancel (two locations)
offset, silk printing
- Cipriano Barata – Conspiracy of Tailors
- Frei Caneca
- Pedro Pedroso
- Maria Quitéria
Designer: Cordeiro de Sá
Release date: August 20, 2022
September
Centenary of Radio in Brazil
4 stamps on souvenir sheet, cancel (two locations)
offset
The man in the stamp is Edgard Roquette-Pinto:
Roquette Pinto (1884-1954), professor, physician, director of the National Museum and anthropologist, partner of Cândido Rondon, researched radio-electricity for physiological purposes, followed everything and, enthusiastic about the transmissions, convinced the Brazilian Academy of Sciences to sponsor the creation of the Rádio Sociedade do Rio de Janeiro, which would become PRA-2. The radio only began operating, however, on April 30, 1923, with a transmitter donated by Casa Pekan, from Buenos Aires, installed at the Escola Politécnica, in the then federal capital, Rio de Janeiro. His staunch defense of educational radio made him donate his station to the Ministry of Education and Culture in 1936, and today it is Rádio MEC. He also created, in 1934, the Rádio Escola (Radio School) do Rio de Janeiro, which today carries his name: Rádio Roquette-Pinto. Emissão Postal Comemorativa EDITAL 13/2022
The first radio transmission went out September 7, 1922, to celebrate Brazil’s Centenary.
Designer: Felipe Honda
Release date: September 7, 2022
Mercosur Emission – Fauna and flora – Succulents
4 stamps, sheets of 16, cancel (two locations)
offset
- Okra-da-lapa cactus (Uebelmannia pectinifera)
- Mandacaru (Cereus jamacaru)
- Stone Plant (Lithops lesliei)
- Sisal (Agave sisalana)
Photographer: Fábio Raya
Release date: September 22, 2023
October
Participation of the Post Office – Bicentenary of Independence
Series: 200 years of independence of Brazil
1 stamp, cancel (3 locations)
offset
Designer: Taisa Borges
Release date: October 9, 2022
Christmas 2022
1 stamp on souvenir sheet, cancel (28 locations)
offset + spot UV glitter varnish + gold hot stamping
Designer: Adriana Shibata
Release date: October 31, 2022
November
Centenary of the Army Physical Education School – Cota – Article 9 of Ordinance No. 2,014/2021/MCOM
1 stamp, cancel
offset
Designer: André de Souza Ferraz Alves
Release date: November 9, 2023
Historic Buildings – Bicentennial of Independence
Series: 200 years of independence of Brazil
2 stamps on 2 souvenir sheets, 2 cancels
offset
First image: National Historical Museum of Rio de Janeiro for 100th anniversary
Museu Histórico Nacional | Conteúdo completo sobre o Museu Histórico Nacional (museus.gov.br)
Second image: façade of the Palácio dos Correios
Palace of Boxes and Packaging (palaciodascaixas.com)
Designer: photos of National Historical Museum from the MHN/Ibram collection with art-finishing by Jamile Costa Sallum – Correios (MHN)
Correios Palace – Lidia Marina Hurovich Neiva – Correios
Release date: November 15, 2023
Vaccines
6 stamps, cancel
offset
Designer: Alan Magalhães
Release date: November 22, 2022
December
Upaep: Arte – Forró – Intangible Cultural Heritage
Series: America
1 stamp on souvenir sheet, cancel (2 locations)
offset
Forró was declared an Intangible Cultural Heritage (UNESCO) in 2021. Forró is a combination of dance and music, involving a broad number of instruments such as the accordion, guitars (accoustic and electric), violins, and zambumba (to name a few).
What is Forró by Y IVAN DIAS E SANDRINHO DUPAN is a fun resource that goes into some depth on the music and dance that makes up Forró, as well as it’s origins.
Designer: Daniel Effi
Release date: December 13, 2022
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