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		<title>Symbols of the Republic</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is part of a series of issues towards the commemoration of the Portuguese Republic&#8217;s centenary on 5 October 2010. This issue depicts various official flags, namely the flag of Portugal, adopted in 1910; the Presidential banner (with green background), adopted in 1930; the flag of the Parliament (with white background), first used in 2007; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discovery of America: 500th Anniv. 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Oct 1991 07:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the first of two Brazilian issues commemorating the European discovery of America by Columbus in 1492. The stamps in this issue feature Ferdinand Magellan, the Portuguese explorer who commanded the first European expedition to cross the Pacific Ocean, entering it in 1520 via the now called Strait of Magellan, and Francisco de Orellana, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Portuguese Viticulture</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2004 20:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This issue shows various aspects of viticulture, an important sector of Portugal&#8217;s economy. I like how the historic artistic depictions on the stamps complement the contemporary photos on the miniature sheet, but I dislike the composite design because it breaks up the art works. A normal design with one single, larger picture per stamp would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Heritage Sites</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2002 18:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This issue shows four of Portugal&#8217;s sites on the UNESCO World Heritage list: the Monastery of the Hieronymites (Jerónimos in Portuguese) in Lisbon, a unique example of the Portuguese manueline style; the Alto Douro wine region, the world&#8217;s third oldest demarcated wine region; the very large Gothic Alcobaça monastery; and the historic centre of Guimarães, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fountains of Portugal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2003 17:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This issue depicts public fountains (chafarizes in Portuguese) in six different cities and villages of Portugal. The set was designed by Sofia Martins, using photos by Jorge Barros, lithographed by Litografia Maia on enamelled paper sheets of 10×5 stamps with perforation 12×12½, and issued on 1 October 2003. Stamp Print run Afinsa Gibbons Michel Scott [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Portuguese Scientists</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 1966 08:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Luís da Câmara Pestana (1863–1899) was the foremost pioneer of bacteriology in Portugal. After his study of Medicine in Lisbon, he was sent by the government to Paris to learn about Koch&#8217;s and Pasteur&#8217;s discoveries. He was the first director of the Bacteriological Institute of Lisbon, which now bears his name. He published several papers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Lisbon-Rio flight: 50th Anniv.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 1972 08:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This issue commemorates the first flight across the South Atlantic, from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro, in 1922, to commemorate the centenary of Brazil&#8217;s independence. Due to various problems and accidents, navigator Gago Coutinho and pilot Sacadura Cabral had to use three Fairey IIID seaplanes and be rescued twice from the ocean to complete the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Portuguese Bread 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This issue presents bread types from five Portuguese regions, one of which represented in the miniature sheet, in addition to the eight regions represented in the first issue.  Broa (which derives from the Gothic word for bread) is a type of yeast bread made from a mixture of corn and rye (or wheat) flours. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Portuguese Cheese 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This issue shows some of Portugal&#8217;s cheeses with Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status. Serra da Estrela and Azeitão cheese is made from milk of Bordaleira sheep, which is then curdled with cardoon, while the other types of cheese in this issue are curdled with animal rennet. Rabaçal cheese is made of ¾ of sheep&#8217;s milk and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ships of the Discoveries 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 1991 07:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This issue depicts four 16th century ships. The caravel was developed by the Portuguese for their early discovery voyages: it was a small, fast, highly manoueverable ship that could sail both on the ocean and in rivers. Its limited capacity was the main drawback, which led to the development of the nau (or carrack), a large [...]]]></description>
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