Post by Gordon Lee on Sept 6, 2013 16:03:36 GMT -5
Greetings Fellow SB (ver. 2.0) Boarders
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What an interesting stamp and the story it depicts. I just looked it up. (I could only find the story written in Portuguese and needed Google Translate to decipher, but I think I got the gist.)
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The stamp is Scott 449 Brites de Almeida.
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It seems she was an orphan girl. She was big-boned, ugly as sin, strong as an ox, and poor as dirt. She also had six fingers and six toes on her hands and feet. However, a soldier tried to force himself on her and she killed him. She fled, afraid of being imprisoned, she boarded a ship. The ship was eventually captured by Moorish pirates and she was sold into slavery.
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Again she, and a couple of other Portuguese escaped, fled by ship. But this ship got caught in a storm and crashed on a beach in Portugal. Still afraid that she might be thrown into the clinker for killing the soldier, she chopped off her hair, disguised herself as a man and joined a party of buccaneers.
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After several years she tired of that life, found a farmer to marry her, and opened a bakery shop. Life was good until the Spanish army invaded. She, along with her husband, picked up arms and went and fought the Spaniards. The Portuguese won.
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After the battle she went back to her bakery and found seven Spanish soldiers hiding in her oven. She grabbed her oven shovel and quickly dispensed them. Thus, becoming a national heroine.
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I love stamps that tell a story.
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Respectfully,
Gordon Lee
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What an interesting stamp and the story it depicts. I just looked it up. (I could only find the story written in Portuguese and needed Google Translate to decipher, but I think I got the gist.)
.
.
The stamp is Scott 449 Brites de Almeida.
.
It seems she was an orphan girl. She was big-boned, ugly as sin, strong as an ox, and poor as dirt. She also had six fingers and six toes on her hands and feet. However, a soldier tried to force himself on her and she killed him. She fled, afraid of being imprisoned, she boarded a ship. The ship was eventually captured by Moorish pirates and she was sold into slavery.
.
Again she, and a couple of other Portuguese escaped, fled by ship. But this ship got caught in a storm and crashed on a beach in Portugal. Still afraid that she might be thrown into the clinker for killing the soldier, she chopped off her hair, disguised herself as a man and joined a party of buccaneers.
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After several years she tired of that life, found a farmer to marry her, and opened a bakery shop. Life was good until the Spanish army invaded. She, along with her husband, picked up arms and went and fought the Spaniards. The Portuguese won.
.
After the battle she went back to her bakery and found seven Spanish soldiers hiding in her oven. She grabbed her oven shovel and quickly dispensed them. Thus, becoming a national heroine.
.
I love stamps that tell a story.
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Respectfully,
Gordon Lee
