The designated Postal Operators of Portugal (CTT) and of Brazil (ECT) have support event the “Year of Portugal in Brazil and of Brazil in Portugal”, which held between September 7, 2012 – Independence Day in Brazil – and June 10, 2013 – Day of Portugal, of Camões and of the Portuguese Communities, to develop a joint stamp issue based on the Portuguese language, thereby celebrating the two giants of their literature respectively – the poets Fernando Pessoa ( Portugal) and Cruz e Sousa (Brazil).
