The used stamp below was issued in 1980 and depicts a Caravel which is a kind of boat that was used by the Portugese in their exploration. Their speed and agility made it possible for the Portugese to travel down to India and eventually Asia where the spice trade was pretty profitable. Singapore was part of these cross-roads in the spice trade though I don't recall in my history lessons ever reading that it fell to Portugese or Spanish hands.
So the caravel was really an important invention and it did have an impact on the spice trade in Asia.
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cool stuff! It'll be great if the scans for the stamps are done in higher resolution so that they look bigger. Usually I put the resolution at 300 when I scan my stamps into Adobe photoshop. It looks much more attractive!
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