Brazil 1894 – Sugar-loaf mountain and
star
Only the fifth entry on the list and
already we have to ask: does this deserve to be categorized as
an astro stamp? The Gibbons catalogue describes the subject
simply as Sugar-loaf Mountain, but there is undoubtedly a
brilliant star in the sky above. Is this perhaps Venus in one
of its morning or evening appearances, or is it a more symbolic
depiction of the Christmas Star? Either way, I have included
this largely because it is such an early example.
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