Golden Oxen's First Amendment Forum

                                                                   

Strangely, given the extent of the British Empire in the 1840s, the next stamps did not come from any British territories, but as a purely local issue from Zurich on 1st March 1843, followed by a 'proper' issue from Brazil on 1st August 1843, with a famous stamp known as the 'Bull's Eye' which was valid for general postage.