Legendary Heroes of Africa


Legendary Heroes of Africa was a series of postage stamps simultaneously issued and released as a joint issue by the countries of Gambia, Liberia, and Sierra Leone in March 2011 to celebrate Jewish heroes of the South African Liberation struggle.

Description

The joint issue explicitly recognizes Jews as a people for their contribution, noting:
All twelve Jews portrayed were of Litvak descent, that is, with roots in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Each country issued a sheet of four multicoloured postage stamps as follows:

Gambia

Denomination: 25 D
Denomination: $75
Denomination: 4500 LE