Brazil 30 reis Bull's Eyes interpane block

Angelo Lima, was a philatelist who was a specialist in the

philately Philately (; ) is the study of postage stamps and postal history. It also refers to the collection and appreciation of stamps and other philatelic products. Philately involves more than just stamp collecting or the study of postage; it is poss ...

of the Portuguese area. A collector from a young age, Lima patiently built up his collections until they were strong enough to win the top awards in philately. His display ''Brazil: 1843-1866'' won a Large Gold Medal at Stamp World London 1990. Other awards were the International Grand-Prix at ''PhilexFrance 89'' and the Championship Grand Prix at ''PhilaNippon 91''. Comelli, Paulo. "The 30 Reis Bull's Eyes Interpanel" in
The Dr. Hugo Goeggel Collections (Part 1)
'. Corinphila Auktionen, Zurich, 2013, p. 12. When his Brazilian collection was sold by David Feldman in 1993, it was described as "clearly the greatest single collection of Brazil ever formed". Lima's collection of classic Portugal was sold by

Afinsa Afinsa was a company from Spain, which at one point was the world's third largest collectibles company, after Sotheby's and Christie's, and with its controlling stake in Escala Group operated in many European cities, the United States and Asia. Fo ...

in 1995 and raised 226m pesetas which was a record for a philatelic auction on the Iberian Peninsula."Newsdesk: Auctions" in ''Gibbons Stamp Monthly'', January 1996, p. 14.

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The Patient Philatelist – Legendary Collector #39 Angelo Lima
*https://stampauctionnetwork.com/y/957/PackStripIntro.pdf Philatelists Year of death missing Year of birth missing Philately of Brazil {{Philatelist-stub

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