Objects
Viewing Record 207 of 298Previous Record Next Record
Switch Views: Lightbox | Image List | List
Padre Damiao
PHILATELY
postage stamp
Brazilian Post Office
South America: Brazil
1952
paper
overall: 29 x 42 mm
1999.373/30
PHILATELY
postage stamp
Brazilian Post Office
South America: Brazil
1952
paper
overall: 29 x 42 mm
Postage stamp. Landscape format. Printed in brown on white. Value 10 Cts. Features head and shoulders portrait of the Belgian priest Padre Damiao (Father Damien) born Joseph de Veuster, (1840-1889) on the right, wearing a pair of metal-frame spectacles. On the left a boy and a girl against a bright background.
1999.373/30
Gift of Mr O.P. Raphael, FBOA, 1955