- Source: Legendary Heroes of Africa
Legendary Heroes of Africa was a series of postage stamps simultaneously issued and released as a joint issue by the countries of Gambia, Liberia, and Sierra Leone in March 2011 to celebrate Jewish heroes of the South African Liberation struggle.
Description
The joint issue explicitly recognizes Jews as a people for their contribution, noting:
In the anti Apartheid South African Liberation Struggle it was estimated that Jews were represented by 2,500% in proportion to the white population. This stamp issue acknowledged the extraordinary sacrifices made by Jews to the liberation of their African brethren, and these stamps recognized some of the most significant contributors to global humanity in the 20th Century.
All twelve Jews portrayed were of Litvak descent, that is, with roots in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Each country issued a sheet of four multicoloured postage stamps as follows:
= Gambia
=Denomination: 25 D
Ruth First
Hilda Bernstein
Lionel "Rusty" Bernstein
Ronald Segal
= Liberia
=Denomination: $75
Helen Suzman
Eli Weinberg
Esther Barsel
Hymie Barsel
= Sierra Leone
=Denomination: 4500 LE
Yetta Barenblatt
Ray Alexander Simons
Baruch Hirson
Norma Kitson
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daftar film Universal Pictures
- Dolly Parton
- Whitney Houston
- Georgius
- Penghargaan Grammy ke-52
- Permainan video dalam tahun 2008
- Fred Tatasciore
- Paramount Pictures
- Daftar buku terlaris
- Daftar julukan kota di Amerika Serikat
- Legendary Heroes of Africa
- Postage stamps and postal history of the Gambia
- List of African deities and mythological figures
- History of the Jews in South Africa
- West African mythology
- Culture hero
- Internal resistance to apartheid
- Ruth First
- List of legendary creatures by type
- List of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess characters
