BRAZIL 1919 INSURRECTION & CENSORSHIP

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100rs red on white postal stationery envelope (H&G B19) used with ADM DOS C. DO R.G DO SUL (4AS: MANHA) cds dated 3 APR 1919. Addressed to 'Gazeta de St Cruz' (Newspaper) in SANTA CRUZ and censored with printed black on buff 'S.P. ABERTA PELA CENSURA' censor strip tied by triangular 'CORREIO BRAZIL CENSURA' censor mark and oval '63' both in magenta on front & reverse. These censors were in place due to the Food Riots and Peasant revolts in the South of Brazil during 1917-1919.