Steve - Yes. If good writing is about what you leave out, I suppose good philately is what you get rid of. Sorting and disposing is less fun than sticking in albums, but, after a certain stage, it's probably more important.
I just haven't updated any of my Portugal pages for a long time. IIRC I'm a heck of a lot more complete than shown. :) Maybe I'll do that next after revamping my Argentina pages...
Google had Carro da mala "Suitcase Cart" (Image seems to have bench seats inside)
Hearse..Google had "Carro fúnebre" in translation.
No Reference in the Azores list it points back to Portugal Scott A446 which is a Mail Coach Carrao da Mala Looks too shoddy to be a hearse? The cynosure of the Europa issue is "Transport and Communication" Maxicard
The signage on the street adjacent to the horse has TIMBRES POST
Quote: Introduction "Postage stamps might be seen as insignificant pieces of illustrated gummed paper, the focus of interest for an introverted band of desiccated philatelists and boy hobbyists. "
Tiny transmitters of nationalist and colonial ideology: the postage stamps of Portugal and its Empire
IGOR CUSACK Department of Politics and Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, University of Bristol; Department of Hispanic Studies, University of Birmingham, UK
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