Born on this day in 1763: the great Brazilian statesman
José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva, naturalist, mineralist, professor and poet, champion of Brazilian independence, abolitionist and the discoverer of four new minerals. Wow! i bet most of us go through our lives and don't even discover
one mineral, and this guy...!
from "Stamp Tips" in Tip Top Comics v.8 #12 [#96] (United Feature, June 1944), creator uncredited and unknown
Following his death in 1838, the Bonifácio was pressed flat and turned into a stamp by Colonel Gumm.