Blue and white were traditional colours used by the Portuguese nation and represented the Portuguese Constitutional Monarchy borne in the Azores. The nine stars symbolize the archipelago's nine islands.
The archipelago's name comes from the Portuguese word açor, meaning goshawk, because it was supposed to be a common bird at the time of the discovery. However, these birds never existed on the islands - they were a local subspecies of the buzzard. The shield of Portugal in the top left corner of the flag represents the Portuguese patriotism of the Azorean people.
EUROPA stamp 2017 - "Castles"
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