The city of Sao Paulo was founded on this day (25-Jan) by Manuel da Nobrega, the Portuguese Jesuit priest and first Provincial of the Society of Jesus in colonial Brazil in the year 1554...
Portuguese Postal Administration commemorated the 400 years of the city of Sao Paulo with the release of a 2.30 $Portuguese escudo postage stamp in the year 1954...
The stamp features the Portuguese wordings "MANUEL DA NOBREGA FUNDADORDA CIDADE DE S.PAULO" meaning "Manuel da Nobrega, Founder of the City of Sao Paulo"
This stamp can be collected under the themes:
(a) Religion / Christianity...
(b) Anniversaries...
(c) Clergy...
(d) Languages on Stamps / Portuguese...
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