Vatican Post Office Prints First Braille Stamps for Anniversary
The Vatican post office says it has issued its first Braille stamps to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille, the French creator of the writing and reading system for the blind.
The stamps feature a portrait of Braille and his system's raised dots that spell out Braille, Vatican City State and the price.
Braille was born in France in 1809 and lost his sight at an early age. He then developed a reading and writing system based on patterns of raised dots that allow blind people to recognize the alphabet with the tips of their fingers.
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The stamps feature a portrait of Braille and his system's raised dots that spell out Braille, Vatican City State and the price.
Braille was born in France in 1809 and lost his sight at an early age. He then developed a reading and writing system based on patterns of raised dots that allow blind people to recognize the alphabet with the tips of their fingers.