Accession Number: 2017.10.15
Description: Souvenir postal sheet, issued on November 20, 1979, with a perforated 3,20 cruzados Brazil postage stamp in middle; the sheet and stamp have image of two hands in white reaching out to touch four rows of eleven braille cells, the background is shades of brown and the positive dots in the cells are indicated by a rainbow of colors; legend reads "150 ANOS DA PRIMEIRA PUBLICACAO EM BRAILLE/Brasil 79/Ao tocar os relevos do papel o cego participa da revolucao do mundo".
Date Made: 1979
Place of Origin: Brazil
Credit Line: Museum Purchase, 2017.10
Subjects: Braille Postage stamps
Dimension Notes: 3 7/16 x 5"
Material: Paper
Updated: 06/28/2021