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Guinea-Bissau’s earliest stamps were issued in 1881, when it was a colony of Portugal called Portuguese Guinea (in Portuguese, Guiné Portuguesa). The area was concentrated in the coastal towns of Bissau and Cacheu. (This Portuguese colonial relationship had been in place since the fifteenth century.) These first stamps were in fact stamps from Cape Verde, which at that time oversaw Portuguese Guinea, and were overprinted GUINÉ and later GUINÉ PORTUGUESA.

Decades of colonial stamps

Guinea-Bissau remained under the colonial control of Portugal for nearly one hundred years after its first stamps; Portuguese Guinea lasted until 1951 and quite a few stamps were issued for the colony during this time. Many depicted people and things related to the land of the colony, and these are quite popular with collectors and buyers these days who have or are building a Guinea-Bissau (or Portuguese!) stamp collection.

See also: Equatorial Guinea rare stamps for philatelists and other buyers

 

From 1951 — 1973, the colony changed its name (and status) to the Portuguese Guinea Overseas Province (Portuguese: Guiné Portuguesa Província Ultramarina), even while many other colonies in Africa were declaring their independence from other European colonizers. During this time, stamps issued for the colony remained the same (still bearing the inscriptions REPÚBLICA PORTUGUESA and GUINÉ).

Guinea-Bissau’s independence and new stamps

In 1973 the colony declared its independence, and this was recognized in 1974 — the name temporarily became the State of Guinea Bissau, and in 1977 the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (in Portuguese, República da Guiné-Bissau). Stamps from the modern republic are striking and colorful, and remain popular with collectors today.

Note: Guinea-Bissau is separate from the countries of Guinea (a.k.a. Guinea-Conakry) and Equatorial Guinea. 

Guinea-Bissau stamps and postal collectibles for sale

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Guinea-Bissau #765-71 Lot Of 10 Mushroom Sets NH Scott $256

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PORTUGUESE GUINEA 25 REIS STAMP WITH MAROON SON CANCEL SIGNED WITH MALTESE CROSS

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1922 PORTUGUESE GUINEA 1C MINT MH OG STAMP #162 LIGHT GREEN

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Stamps Portuguese Guinea Scott #J1-10 never hinged

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1947 Reg. First Flight Cover FFC Dakar SENEGAL to BISSAU Portuguese GUINEA

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1978 GUINEA-BISSAU AFRICA MINT SOUVENIR SHEET STAMP 25TH ANNIVERSARY

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PORTUGUESE GUINEA 1922 Ceres 3C orange/black U/M block of 4 + other: VARIETIES

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1941 Portugal FAM 18 FFC Airmail Cover Horta to Bolama Portuguese Guinea

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HM701-19 2018 GUINEA-BISSAU BIRDS OF PREY CATS FAUNA ART OLYMPIC GAMES 19+19 MNH

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Package deal: 2 Collections 130 sets (x2) and 2 Collections 28 WWF sets (x2) MNH

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