Guinea-Bissau
gun-20050715-s-001
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First day of issue: July 15, 2005
Width: 38 mm
Height: 38 mm
Perforation: Perforated 13.50 x 13.25
Location: Ice Hockey Volume LVI
Stamp ID = 4913

This stamp was issued in preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Why it included two hockey players and a motorcycle is a mystery. That is NOT a pulled perf on the left side of the stamp. There actually is a large cutout. See the souvenir sheet gun-20050715-w-001.


From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page.

Guinea-Bissau (1974-)
Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 1,178,584. Independent republic on the coast of Africa, bordered by Senegal and Guinea.