Brazil

1996 National Stamp Exhibition “BRAPEX ’96” – Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil – Folk Legends

1996 The 150th Anniversary of the Apparition of Our Lady at La Salette, France

1996 The 15th Anniversary of the International Orchid Conference, Rio de Janeiro

1996 The 100th Anniversary of the Death of Carlos Gomes, Opera Composer, 1836-1896

1996 The 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Princess Isabel the Redeemer, 1846-1921

1996 Education Year

1996 Anti-drug Abuse Campaign

1996 World Anti-desertification Day

1996 International Telecommunications Exhibition “Americas Telecom 96” – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1996 National Heritage – Caverns