Guinea-Bissau
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First day of issue: July 15, 2005
Width: 142 mm
Height: 107 mm
Perforation: Imperforate
Location: Ice Hockey Volume LVI
Stamp ID = 6794

This souvenir sheet was issued in preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. PEQUIM is Portugese for Beijing. Guinea-Bissau was a Portugese colony and Portugese is still the official langue. Why it included two hockey players and a motorcycle is a mystery.


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.