Maximum Card 1.º Centenário de Prudente de Moraes (1941)

Country: Brazil

Issue: Brazil – 600 Réis “Prudente de Moraes”

Date of Issue: November 15, 1910

Postmark: Commemorative Circular Date Stamp – “1.º Centenário de Prudente de Moraes” – São Paulo – 04 October 1941 (Expiry date: 01/11/1942)

Postcard: Monochrome printed portrait of Dr. Prudente de Moraes, first civilian President of the Republic of Brazil (1894–1898), presented in a formal photographic style with his name and presidential title printed below. (Edition Papelaria Rio Branco)

Justification of Maximum Concordance:

This maximum card demonstrates full thematic, geographic, and temporal concordance. The 600 Réis stamp issued on November 15, 1910 portrays Prudente de Moraes, Brazil’s first civilian President, providing explicit thematic alignment with the postcard, which also presents his portrait in a formal photographic style.

The commemorative cancellation “1.º Centenário de Prudente de Moraes”, struck in São Paulo on 04 October 1941, further reinforces thematic relevance by marking the 100th anniversary of his birth and directly referencing the historical figure represented on both the stamp and the postcard. geographically, São Paulo is the state most closely associated with Prudente de Moraes’s political life and presidency, ensuring strong geographic concordance.

Temporal concordance is also fully achieved: the stamp remained valid for postal use until 01 November 1942, and the 1941 cancellation falls entirely within this period of postal validity, confirming proper chronological alignment for a historical maximum card.