This issue depicts tiles found on the islands of Santa Maria (150$00 stamp) and São Miguel (all other values), in the Azores. All tiles are from the 17th century, except for the 18th century tile on the 100$00 stamp.
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- Floral pattern (Our Lady of Sorrows church, Caloura)
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- Cross pattern (Our Lady of Sorrows church, Caloura)
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- Adoration of the Wise Men (Our Lady of Hope monastery, Ponta Delgada)
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- São Brás (altar front, Our Lady of Angels chapel, Anjos)
The set was designed by Ana Bela Silva and circulated from 28 March 1994 to 31 March 1999. The Mint, in Lisbon, lithographed 1 million stamps of 40$00 and 500 thousand stamps of each other value, on enamelled paper sheets of 5×10 stamps, with perforation 12×12½. The Mint also produced 50 thousand booklets, each with a se-tenant set of stamps without horizontal perforation.
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