ANGOLA

ANGOLA (República Portuguesa, Portuguese colony).

500th anniversary of the death of Henry the Navigator (1460-1960).
Western Africa in an antique Potuguese map.
Stamp issued on 29.06.1960.
Face value: 2.50 angolar.
Design: José de Moura.
Engraving and printing: INCM (Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda), Lisboa.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 750,000 copies.
Size: 32 x 25 mm.

Catalogues
- Afinsa-Mundifil No. 410.
- Michel No. 423.
- Scott No. 417.
- StampWorld No. 436.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 542.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 417.

Henrique of Portugal, Duke of Viseu (Porto, March 4, 1394 - Sagres, November 13, 1460), better known as Prince Henry the Navigator (in Portuguese: Infante Dom Henrique, o Navegador), was a central figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and in the 15th-century European maritime discoveries and maritime expansion. He was responsible for the early development of Portuguese exploration and maritime trade with other continents through the systematic exploration of Western Africa, the islands of the Atlantic Ocean, and the search for new routes. The nickname "the Navigator" was coined by two 19th century German historians and later popularized by two British authors who included it in the title of their biographies of the infant: Henry Major in 1868 and Raymond Beazley in 1895.