A Carreira Da India / The India Run

Hardcover. Brown cloth with illustrative colour inset. 99 pp. Fully illustrated in colour; maps, including some ancient maps. Published on the occasion of the issuing of a special set of Portuguese commemorative stamps on Portuguese exploration and settlement of India. Includes the whole set of 12 commemorative stamps in transparent pocket on title page verso, and numbered colour proof under transparent gatefold on half-title. Errata slip (laid in) corrects edition statement from “10,000 copies, containing 4 stamps” to “12,000 copies, containing 12 stamps”. Colour proof is in b/w. #4977/12,000. Text in English & Portuguese. Rare!