Madeira Postage Stamp

Portuguese postage stamp showing woman from Madeira working her embroidery, 1968. Portuguese postage stamp showing woman from Madeira working her embroidery, 1968. Courtesy Textile Research Centre, Leiden, acc. no. TRC 2016.2072.

The Textile Research Centre (TRC) in Leiden houses an envelope with a stamp issued in 1968 showing a woman from Madeira dressed in traditional local dress and working her embroidery, presumably Madeira work. 

Textile Research Centre online catalogue (retrieved 22 February 2017).

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