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Chief Postmasters * Hereditary Chief Postmasters of the Kingdom and Hereditary Chief Postmasters of Sea Mail * Luís Gomes da Mata Coronel – 5th Chief Postmaster of the Kingdom and 1st Chief Postmaster of Sea Mail from 1606 to 1607. Cover of a letter probably dated from Loios (September 23, 1607) to the Dean and Chapter of the Holy See in Évora. The sender, João Belágua, belonged to the Congregation of Secular Canonesses of St. John the Evangelist, also known as the Congregation of Loios. Reign of Philip II of Portugal and Philip III of Spain.