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2020 150 Years Since the First Submarine Cable in Portugal - First Day Cover

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Issue Date: 27.08.2020
Designer: Atelier Design & etc
Illustrator: João Machado
Printer: bpost Philately & Stamps Printing
Process: Offset
Colours: -
Size: 80 x 30,6 mm
Values: €0.53,€0.91

Technology

About 150 Years Since the First Submarine Cable in Portugal

On 8 June 1870, the rst underwater telegraph cable linking Portugal (Carcavelos) to the United Kingdom (Porthcurno) came into service, with the inauguration involving an exchange of telegrams between King Luís I and Queen Victoria.

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