Sometimes, it is just about the color--Portugese edition

This is by far, not the most colorful collection of stamps I own, but this little set has a lot going for it.  The color collection is subtle but very noticeable.   Working the Les Brown collection as it found its way into and through my life, I found many versions of this stamp, many different colors, and I took a strong liking to it.

The stamp itself is a Portugese issue, 1953.  The Medieval Knight complete set consists of fifteen stamps, only 7 of which are shown here.  The complete set has minimal, but some collectible value.

I have a few fantasies in my brain, but none involve riding one-handed very fast on a horse wearing body armor and waving a sword in aggression/ self defense. Kill or be killed.  What were they fighting for?  Land and to be the conqueror?   They had to be scared right?  I cannot fathom in the deepest ridges of my rather inept brain what it must have been like to live and die in those times, and they didn't even have the internet either.  Yikes.   War, what is it good for?  Absolutely nothing.