Azores
Date of Issue: 9th May 2023
one stamp (1.05 €) and one souvenir-sheet (3.- €)
the stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps
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Tuesday, May 9
Tuesday, May 10
Azores 2022
AzoresDate of Issue: 9th May 2022
one stamp (0.95 €) and one souvenir-sheet (2x 0.95 €)
the stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps
The Legend of Pêro Botelho’s Caldera - A little moral tale, recounting the punishment for a sulphurous temper. Silence is what Pêro Botelho gets back in return whenever he begs “Get me out of here! Get me out of here!”, from the bottom of the Furnas cave, on the island of São Miguel, where he has been trapped since immemorial time. A man of deplorable character, he had the habit, like the other inhabitants of the region, of boiling wicker and corn in volcanic calderas of boiling water. In one of them, which exudes a strong smell of sulphur, it was more common, however, to use its mud to cure various diseases, such as rheumatism. It is said that, one day, when going there to find the balsamic material, Pêro Botelho lost his footing and fell into the caldera. He attempted an appeal for help, but no one would have heard him. And he was never seen again. The only sign of life would be the cry for a hypothetical rescue. Or, all things considered, a little more. For if anyone were to approach the warm cavity and call out to him, they would receive a smoky puff of stones, ashes and mud in response. In addition to the more or less recurrent plea, Pêro Botelho would respond in an ill-tempered manner to any attempt to engage in dialogue, even when kind-hearted. And when children and adults threw stones into the caldera, saying “Give us a sneeze, Pêro Botelho!”, they would be expelled back out at them. So, whenever anyone approached the cave to find the therapeutic mud, they were always scared of what might come from there. From then on, the residents of Povoação began to call the smoking orifice Caldeira de Pêro Botelho, or Pêro Botelho’s Caldera.
Monday, May 3
Azores 2021
AzoresDate of Issue: 7th May 2021
one stamp (0.88 €) and one souvenir-sheet (2x 0.88 €)
the stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps
Thursday, May 14
Azores 2020
AzoresDate of Issue: 25th May 2020
one stamp (0.86 €) and one souvenir-sheet (2x 0.86 €)
the stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps
Thursday, May 9
Azores 2019
AzoresDate of Issue: 9th May 2019
one stamp (0.86 €) and one souvenir-sheet (2x 0.86 €)
the stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps
Tuesday, May 8
Azores 2018
AzoresDate of Issue: 9th May 2018
one stamp (E20g value = 0.86 €) and one souvenir-sheet (2x E20g value = 2x 0.86 €)
the stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps
Wednesday, May 10
Azores 2017
AzoresDate of Issue: 9th May 2017
one stamp (0.80 €) and one souvenir-sheet (2x 0.80 €)
the stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps
Tuesday, May 10
Azores 2016
AzoresDate of Issue: 9th May 2016
one stamp (0.75 €) and one souvenir-sheet (2x 0.75 €)
the stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps
Saturday, May 9
Azores 2015
AzoresDate of Issue: 8th May 2015
one stamp (0.72 €) and one souvenir-sheet (2x 0.72 €)
the stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps
Friday, April 25
Azores 2014
AzoresDate of Issue: 9th May 2014
one stamp (E20g value = 0.72 €) and one souvenir-sheet (2x E20g value)
the stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps
NOTE ! - On the 21st of May 2020 the Europa stamp has been issued in a reprinted and self-adhesive version in a booklet with a new value of E20g
Friday, May 10
Azores 2013
AzoresDate of Issue: 9th May 2013
one stamp (0.70 €) and one souvenir-sheet (2x 0.70 €)
the stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps
Friday, May 4
Azores 2012
AzoresDate of Issue: 9th May 2012
one stamp (0.68 €) and one souvenir-sheet (2x 0.68 €)
the stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps
NOTE ! - On the 23rd of Octobre 2015 the Europa stamp has been issued in a reprinted and self-adhesive version in a booklet of 30 stamps (6x 5 different stamps) with a E20g value
Saturday, April 30
Azores 2011
AzoresDate of Issue: 9th May 2011one stamp (0.68 €) and one souvenir-sheet (2x 0.68 €)
the stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps
NOTE ! - On the 23rd of Octobre 2015 the Europa stamp has been issued in a reprinted and self-adhesive version in a booklet of 30 stamps (6x 5 different stamps) with a E20g value
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