Commemorative postal sheet, Brazil

Stamp, Postage

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