Congratulations to our members Luís Barreiros, Bento Dias, Luís Frazão, Claudino Pereira, Manuel Lima Torres, and Isabel Vieira, for winning 4 Large Gold, 5 Gold and 6 Silver-gilt awards at the last National Philatelic Exhibition! The exhibits’ themes included the pre-stamp period, classic issues, maritime mail, Mozambique railway mail, Portuguese India, and WW I. The detailed list of the exhibits and awards is in this month’s bulletin.
Category: philately
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Airmail rates
The following article has come to the attention of our President:
Andrew Fischer, Airmail Rates of Portuguese East Africa, Asia Pacific Exhibitor, vol. 28 no. 1, pp. 61-67, May 2014.
Members can obtain a copy from our Librarian. John Cross mentioned another article, with more extensive information:
Altino Silva Pinto and Giorgio Micali, O início da VIA AÉREA e as respectivas tabelas de porte, Boletim do Clube Filatélico de Portugal no. 424, pp. 55-66, June 2009.