Brazil 1987 Soccer Championship

• Label : "Brazil Correios"; 1987; commemorative se-tenant to the "Brazil Cup Soccer Championship 1987"; se-tenant to four honoring Brasilian soccer clubs, postmarked with a special postmark to a fifth Brasilian club; issue os 4 stamps

Stamps datas:

• Issue date : 29 August 1987
• Catelogue numbers : se-tenant of Michel No. 2224-2227; Yvert & Tellier : 1848-1851; Scott: No. 2112
• Colors : multicolored
• Watermark : none
• Nominal value : 12 (Cruzados) (= 4 x 3.00 Cruzados)
• Designed by : Rui de Olivera
• Printed by : "De La Rue", Rio de Janeiro (probably)
• Print process : Lithography (other source: Offset printing) on Couché-paper with luminescent stamp frames
• Print Run : 750,000 se-tenants
• Perforation :
  

- Comb perforation, K 11 : 11½

- Comb perforation, K 11½ : 12 (other source)

• Postmark : Special postmark from Brasilia D, 14-06-1988 to the "Club Nautica Marcilio Dias", (sports club with trophies in rowing, tennis and football (soccer))
  

Note:

- Marcilio Dias (1838-1865) was a seaman of the Imperial Brazil Navy and was one of the heroes in the battle at Riachuelo. He was killed during the Paraguay-war ("Triple Alliance War") at a combat at the Rio Paraná. The club with his name was founded in 1919.

Se-tenant to the issue "Brazil Cup Soccer Championship 1987"

Se-tenant, Michel 2224-2227, mint

Se-tenant, Michel 2224-2227, postmarked

- stamp upper left : The stamp motive shows a graphic to the Brasilian soccer club "SC International".
- stamp below left : The stamp motive shows a graphic to the Brasilian soccer club "Guarani FC".
- stamp upper right : The stamp motive shows a graphic to the Brasilian soccer club "Sao Paolo FC".
- stamp below right : The stamp motive shows a graphic to the Brasilian soccer club "Club de Regatas de Flamengo"
- special postmark from Brasilia D, 16-06-1988, to the Brasilian soccer club "Club Nautico Marcilio Dias"