Brazil 1940 – Child and Southern
Cross
One of a set of four stamps issued in
favour of child welfare, hence the wording “Pro
Juventude”, this stamp shows a child looking at the
Southern Cross. The asymmetric shape of the Cross is well
captured but, as with the Brazil stamp of 1930, it is a mirror
image of the constellation as seen in the sky. This same stamp
was reissued in 1944 overprinted AEREO (i.e. for airmail use)
with five separate surcharge values (SG nos. 693–7).
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