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Star Punches On 19th Century Portugal

 
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mark_tuba
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I'm finding late 19th century Portugal with star punches - does anyone know what the significance of these punches is?
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Can you show a picture please?


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https://goscf.com/t/28460
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You can find the Portuguese star-punched stamps here on this Portuguese telegraph stamps site:

https://gb-precancels.org/Telegraph...ndex-Pt.html
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Nicely found, Don and Jill.
Had me stumped.
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Joy Daschaudhuri
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This is what Especializado Selos Postais e Marcas Pré-Adesivas Portugal Açores Madeira (Pub. Mundifil) mentions about the telegraph stellate punches on Portugal Luís I issues.

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rod222
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Rough translation.
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Edited by rod222 - 07/10/2021 07:40 am
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