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BARATA (Martins). ARQUITECTURA Popular Portuguesa. Lisboa. 1989. - BARATA (Martins) ARQUITECTURA Popular Portuguesa . Fotos de Jorge Barros. Lisboa: C.T.T., 1989. 96 pp.: il.; 250 mm. A meticulously printed album, in a bilingual edition (Portuguese and English), part of a series of publications commemorating the thematic issues of postage stamps from the Portuguese Post and Telecommunications Office. José Pedro Martins Barata (Lisbon, 1929), architect, urban planner and graphic artist, was appointed artistic consultant to the Portuguese Post Office (CTT) in 1969, and was responsible for the design of 52 postage stamp issues between 1960 and 1990. The stamps in the Portuguese Popular Architecture issue are by José Luís Tinoco. The photograph is by Jorge Barros. The book documents vernacular forms of Portuguese domestic architecture, highlighting their regional specificities. Copies that retain the original stamps and the proof of the 29$00 stamp are more sought after and reach substantially higher values in the philatelic and bibliophile market. One of the rarest and most sought-after volumes in the CTT collection. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate