Postage stamps and postal history of the Azores

Postage stamps and postal history of the Azores surveys the postal history of the Portuguese archipelago, situated in the north Atlantic. == Early history == The first stamps used in the Azores were Portuguese stamps issued in 1853 depicting the effigy of Queen D. Maria II, which were designed by Francisco de Borja Freire and printed by the Casa da Moeda.

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