Portugal 1972 Buildings and Views

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  • Issue Date:
    • 1st Group: 01-03-1972
    • 2nd Group: 06-12-1972
    • 3rd Group: 05-09-1973
    • 4th Group: 18-09-1974
  • Withdrawn: All groups on 31-12-1983
  • Designed by: Serviços Artísticos dos CTT
  • Engraving:
  • Printed by: Casa da Moeda
  • Print Process: Offset
  • Paper: Polished
  • Size: ($05, $50, 1$00, 1$50, 2$50, 3$00, 3$50, 8$00)
    • Width: 22 mm
    • Height: 17,5 mm
  • Size: (10$00, 20$00, 50$00, 100$00)
    • Width: 31 mm
    • Height: 22 mm
  • Perforations:
    • 12½ ($05 to 8$00)
    • 13½ (10$00 to 100$00)
  • Format:

Phosphorescent band since 03-11-1975

Stamps

1st Group

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  • 1$00 - Torre dos Clérigos

Was sent by erecting D. Jerónimo de Noronha Tavora Leme e Sernache, at the request of the Irmandade dos Pobres Clérigos. Its architect, Nasoni, contrib for many years to build the great tower of the clergy without receiving anything in return, and only a few years after it happened. Considered by many the ex libris of the city of Porto, this bell tower is part of the clergy of the Church built between 1754 and 1763 from a project of Nicolau Nasoni.

  • 1$50 - Torre de Belém

During the reign of John II and under the guidance of Francisco Arruda was builted in the years 1515-1519 the wonderful Tower of S. Vicente de Belém, work Gothic-Manuelino architecture. Built on cliffs existing in the river, is formed by a four-story tower, protected by a bulwark. As sands were swept away by the river forming a sandbar between the north tower and right bank of the Tagus until the tower ended up along its banks. Diminished the importance of military the fortress, this served as a state prison, beginning in the reign of Philip I.

  • 50$00 - Palácio de Sintra

The Palácio Nacional de Sinra, also known as Palácio da Vila, located in the parish of São Martinho in the town of Sintra, Lisbon District, Portugal. Presents characteristics of medieval architecture, Gothic, Manueline, Renaissance and romantic. It is considered an example of organic architecture, the set of bodies apparently separate, but they are part of a whole articulated among themselves, through courtyards, stairways, corridors and galleries. The palace was used by the Royal Family until almost the end of the monarchy in 1910. It was one of the Royal Palaces and today is owned by the Portuguese State, which uses it for tourism and cultural.Actualy in urban deployment, its construction began in the fifteenth century, with traces of unknown author.

  • 1000$00 - Lagoa das Sete Cidades

Located in the western part of São Miguel Island in the Azores, occupies the crater of an extinct volcano and is composed of two distinct ponds - Lagoa azul with a depth of 30 meters located to the north and Lagoa verde with a depth of 26 meters situated south. The two lakes are separated by a narrow tongue land on which the road was built to serve the many tourists. Given the slow flow of waters of the lagoon, which endangered the village of Seven Cities, was built a channel drifttion maintaining the water at a constant level.

2nd Group

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  • $50 - Universidade de Coimbra

The University of Coimbra, located in the city of Coimbra it is one of the oldest universities still in operation in Europe and the world and oldest Portugal. Its history dates back to the century following the very foundation of the Portuguese nation, as it was created in the thirteenth century, in 1290, on March 1, when it was signed in Leiria by King Dinis I, the document Scientiae thesaurus mirabilis, which created its own university and asked the Pope for confirmation.

3rd Group

$05
2$50
3$50
8$00

4th Group

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  • $10 - Ponte de Lima
Vila de Rei

Ponte de Lima is a Portuguese town in the district of Viana do Castelo, north and sub​​-region of Minho-Lima, with about 2800 inhabitants. It is characterized by its medieval architecture and the surrounding area, bordered by the River Lima. It is the seat of a municipality with 320.26 km ² and 43,498 inhabitants (2011), divided into 51 parishes.

  • $30 - Mosteiro de Alcobaça

The Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Alcobaça, also known as the Real Abadia de Santa Maria de Alcobaça or more simply as the Mosteiro de Alcobaça, is the first work fully Gothic erected on Portugal. It was started in 1178 by Cistercian monks and it is classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and a National Monument since 1910

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1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 (no date) (R) and 1981 (no date) (R)
CTT and year date printed on back of stamps:
Phosphorescent band (F)

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value AF MI YT NVPH SG
$05 1126 POR 1212 0 POR 229-1 0
$10 1127 POR 1240 0 POR 238-1 0
$30 1128 POR 1241 0 POR 238-2 0
$50 1129 POR 1189 0 POR 222-1 0
1$00 1130 POR 1156 0 POR 213-1 0
1$50 1131 POR 1156 0 POR 213-2 0
2$00 1132 POR 1242 0 POR 238-3 0
2$50 1133 POR 1213 0 POR 229-2 0
3$00 1134 POR 1190 0 POR 222-2 0
3$50 1135 POR 1214 0 POR 229-3 0
4$00 1136 POR 1243 0 POR 238-3 0
4$50 1137 POR 1244 0 POR 238-4 0
5$00 1138 POR 1245 0 POR 238-5 0
6$00 1139 POR 1246 0 POR 238-6 0
7$50 1140 POR 1247 0 POR 238-7 0
8$00 1141 POR 1215 0 POR 229-4 0
10$00 1142 POR 1191 0 POR 222-3 0
20$00 1143 POR 1192 0 POR 222-4 0
50$00 1144 POR 1158 0 POR 213-3 0
100$00 1145 POR 1159 0 POR 213-4 0
  • AF-Afinsa (Portugal & former Colonies)
  • MI-Mitchel
  • YT-Yvert et Tellier
  • NVPH-Dutch Catalogue
  • SG-Stanley Gibbons
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