Item no. S376 (stamp)
Type: stamp
Country: Guyana
Date of issue: 12 August 2005
Catalog number: Scott no. 3912
Stamp, in form of a souvenir sheet, issued to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day). The stamp presents reproduction of so-called “liberation stamp” that was issued in 1945 in the Netherlands to honor the victory over the Nazi Germany with the lion and the dragon symbolizing “Rising again”. The margin shows reproduction of front cover of a British daily newspaper London Herald showing photograph taken of Royal Family at the balcony of Buckingham Palace (with Prime Minister Winston Churchill who joined in) greeting gathered crowds after announcing the end of the World War II (Tuesday, 8th May 1945).
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