Accession Number: 2006.11
Description: Souvenir sheet has a single stamp illustrated with a pair of white hands that are touching braille. A sentence is both printed and embossed in braille across the sheet and the stamp in Portuguese. It reads [translated]: "By touching the dots [braille] of the paper the blind person participates in an evolution of the world." Printed at the top left corner of the stamp [translated]: "150th Anniversary of the First Braille Publication." The name of the designer(?) is printed at bottom left of sheet.
Height: 3.5
Width: 5
Date Made: 1979
Maker: Martinez, Marcelo, [designer?]
Place of Origin: [Rio de Janeiro?]
Subjects: Postage stamps Braille Brazil
Dimension Notes: Stamp measures 1.5 x 2.25 inches.
Made: [Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telégrafos]
Material: Paper
Updated: 06/28/2021