Item no. S629 (stamp)

Type: stamp

Country: Republique du Congo

Date of issue: 2018

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Stamp issued in form of a souvenir sheet, issued to commemorate 90th anniversary of birth of ERNESTO GUEVARA (1928 – 1967) [90ème anniversaire de naissance de Ernesto Che Guevara], Argentine Marxist revolutionary, author, guerilla leader – major figure in Cuban Revolution. The stamp present him as a photographer. A photograph of Guevara holding a 35 mm SLR camera, upon which the design of the stamp is based, was taken in 1963 by French photographer Roger Pic (1920 – 2001).