What is "bull's eye"

n. (context informal English) Any of the first postage stamps produced in Brazil from 1843.

1. n. in target shooting: a score made by hitting the center of the target; "in repeated sets of five shots his numbers of bull's-eyes varied"

2. the center of a target [syn: bull]

3. something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal; "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer"; "scored a bull's eye"; "hit the mark"; "the president's speech was a home run" [syn: bell ringer, mark, home run]

Bull's Eye may refer to:

• Bullseye (shooting competition), a shooting sport, in which participants shoot handguns at paper targets at fixed distances and time limits
• Bullseye (target), the centre of a target
• An oculus in architecture.
• A porthole
• Crown glass (window)
• Bull's Eye!, a 1968 jazz album
• Bull's Eye (postage stamp), an 1843 Brazilian postage stamp
• Bull's eye (rigging), an item used to guide and control a line
• Bull's Eye (serial), a 1917 film serial
• A common name for the plant Euryops chrysanthemoides
• Bull's Eye, a Japanese pop song sung by Nano (singer)
• Bull's-Eye Barbecue Sauce

The Bull's Eye ( Portuguese Olho-de-boi) postage stamps were the first stamps issued by Brazil, on 1 August 1843, having face values of 30, 60, and 90 réis. Brazil was the second country in the world, after the United Kingdom, to issue postage stamps valid within the entire country (as opposed to a local issue). Like the United Kingdoms's first stamps, the design does not include the country name.

The unusual name derives from the ornamental value figures inside the oval settings, and the arrangement of the stamps in the sheet, which permitted se-tenant pairs that looked like a pair of bull's eyes. The unusual naming of Brazilian stamps continued with the later issue of smaller, but rectangular designs, which were nicknamed snake's eyes, and the issue of similar designs to the Bull's Eyes, but smaller, of which the blue were called goat's eyes, and the black, cat's eyes.

There were 1,148,994 30 réis stamps printed, 1,502,142 of the 60 réis value, and 349,182 of the 90 réis stamp. The 90 réis issue were reserved for international mail only.

The most important recent Bull's Eyes collection to be sold was that of Hugo Goeggel in 2013.

Bull's Eye is a 1917 American film serial directed by James W. Horne. It is now considered to be a lost film.