Brazil remembers Gandhi

A very beautiful cover from Brazil - I especially love the AirMail cover colours - yellow and green - of Brazilian flag ! 

The cover has two stamps particularly close to my heart ! 

Brazil issued a stamp in 2018 remembering Gandhi in his 150th birth anniversary ! The stamp also carries his famous message on non- violence 

“ an eye for an eye will only make the entire world blind” 

This stamp also issued in 2018 marks the 70 years of diplomatic relations with India ! The stamp art features iconic elements from India and Brazil that represent diversity and, at the same time, the similarity between the two countries. In architecture, the presentation of the Taj Mahal, India's best-known monument, stands in opposition to the simple but noble lines of the Cathedral of Brasilia, a national landmark. Next to these images are the characteristic animals of the two countries: the Indian tiger and the Brazilian macaw. At the center, flora gifts received from each country. Mango and jackfruit, so popular in our backyards, came from India. And the cashew, originated from northeastern of Brazil, taken to the Indian subcontinent, has become an important economic product for that country. The stamp are bordered in the national colors of India, saffron, white and dark green, and, on the Brazilian side, the traditional, yellow, blue and green. 

Postal library - In the foreground, the stamp image shows an open book from which some items used in the operations carried out by Correios appear: bags and mail bags, residential mail boxes, old and current post boxes, date stamps and mail. The objects hanging over the book represent the different postal activities carried out over time, whose procedures are registered and available for consultation and studies at the Postal Library in Brasilia. In the background, a bookshelf refers to the historical collection and records of operations carried out by Correios, from its foundation, during in which Brazil still was an Empire, to the present day.

Diplomatic relations between Brazil and Luxembourg 

The 50th anniversary of the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Brazil 


Thanks Felipe for this beautiful cover ! 

Update - 08-02-2019

Another cover from Brazil with same stamps :)