Three Men and a Revolution

A few more Portuguese colonial issues that caught my eye. The first set commemorates the Portuguese National Revolution in 1926, a military coup d’état that ended the unstable Portuguese First Republic. This collection focuses on the benefits across the Portuguese colonies in terms of new buildings. Click here to see the collection: https://dicksstamps.online/collections/1966-portuguese-national-revolution-40th-anniversary/

The second set honors Portuguese geographer, cartographer, naval officer, historian, and aviator Gago Coutinho, who, with his pilot Artur de Sacadura Cabral, were the first to cross the South Atlantic Ocean by air, in a journey from March to June 1922, which started in Lisbon, Por­tugal, and finished in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, using a Fairey IIID seaplane named “Santa Cruz.” Click here to see the collection: https://dicksstamps.online/collections/1969-admiral-gago-coutinho-birth-centenary/

The third set recognizes Portuguese Colonial Administrative Reform in 1869, and features Portuguese journalist, historian, novelist, and politician, Luís Augusto Rebelo da Silva. I have been able to find out exactly what he had to do with these reforms, but the significant event in 1869 was the abolition of slavery in Portugal and its colonies, so perhaps that is the link. Click here to see the collection: https://dicksstamps.online/collections/1969-portuguese-colonial-administrative-reform-centenary/

And finally, a set honoring Marshall António Carmona, a Portuguese Army officer and politician who served as prime minister of Portugal from 1926 to 1928 and as the 11th president of Portugal from 1926 until his death in 1951. Click here to see the collection: https://dicksstamps.online/collections/1970-marshall-carmona-birth-centenary/