Item no. S628 (stamp)
Type: stamp
Country: Cuba
Date of issue: 2018
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Stamp of a 4-stamp set issued in form of a souvenir sheet, issued to commemorate 90th anniversary of birth of ERNESTO GUEVARA (1928 – 1967) [Aniversario 90 del natalicio de Ernesto Guevara], Argentine Marxist revolutionary, author, guerilla leader – major figure in Cuban Revolution. The stamps present him as a builder, chess player, political spokesperson and 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).