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What does this paper seal say
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2022 10:47 am
by Le Gamin de Paris
Hi folks
Can anyone tell me what these letters and numbers represent?
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Thanks
Re: What does this paper seal say
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2022 12:24 pm
by Yev Nyden
I was wondering about the same thing after I got one of these off. I think the first row refers to the law 75/79 passed in April of 1979 (
https://dre.tretas.org/dre/210087/decre ... 6-de-abril), which could help with dating the bottling year. Is it a selo from one of Justino's bottles purchased at Christie's last year by any chance? I was very curious about the bottling year of that madeira as I have acquired a few of those lots. There was a forum thread somewhere where we were trying to nail it down.
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Re: What does this paper seal say
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2022 6:54 am
by Le Gamin de Paris
Hi Yev, sorry I forgot to reply to say thanks
No it wasn't a selo from Justinos, it was a Henriques & Henriques bottle from 70s/80s
Re: What does this paper seal say
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 1:14 pm
by Yev Nyden
No problem.
I was reading this wonderful article this morning -
https://www.fortheloveofport.com/the-id ... guarantee/ - and the follow up comments, and wondered if there was a similar write up on madeira seals.
Re: What does this paper seal say
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 5:01 am
by Mario Ferreira
"Dec Lei" stands for "Decreto-Lei", in english "Decree Law", followed by the law's number and its year of publishing in the Official Gazette.
As per the picture, that specific legistation was published in the year of 1979.