REGION: Europe
COUNTRY: Portugal
YEAR PRINTED: 2005
VALUE: 0.74 euros
This stamp, issued by the Portuguese government in 2005, is one of a set of five celebrating Portuguese masquerading traditions. The mask depicted on this stamp is used in the Boys’ Festival (Festa dos Rapazes) held between Christmas Eve and Epiphany every winter in the town of Aveleda near Bragança.