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Postmasters * Hereditary Postmasters of the Kingdom and Hereditary Postmasters of the Sea Letters * Luís Gomes da Mata Coronel – 5th Postmaster of the Kingdom and 1st Postmaster of the Sea Letters from 1606 to 1607. Cover of a letter probably dated from Loios (23.09.1607) to the Dean and Chapter of the Holy See in Évora. The sender, João Belágua, belonged to the Congregation of Secular Canons of St. John the Evangelist, also known as the Congregation of Loios. Reign of Philip II of Portugal and Philip III of Spain.