GUINEA BISSAU
Stamps inscribed 'Republica da Guinea Bissau', 'Guiné Bissau' or 'Guiné-Bissau'
<- 1974 See Portugese Guinea
1974 -> Independence
From 1974: 1 Guinea Bissau Peso (GWP) = 100 Centavos (= PTE 1)
From 1994: 1 West African CFA Franc (XOF) = 100 Centimes (= GWP 65)
Checklists > Countries > Guinea Bissau Wild Cats Also see Guinea Bissau Domestic Cats
Guinea Bissau Prhistoric Cats
Guinea Bissau Mythic Cats
Guinea Bissau Heraldic CatsList status: Incomplete / under construction.
If you have corrections or addendae to this list, please send an e-mail to checklists@catstamps.org.WILD CATS
Issue Item code Item type Face valueRemarks SC 1977 400th Birth Anniversary of Peter Paul Rubens GW19771115 ST 35_00 Stamp 35.00Tiger
Wild Cat Art
Tiger Painting
Detail from "The Four Continents" by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
MI 451AGW19771115 IMP 35_00 Imperforate stamp 35.00Tiger
Wild Cat Art
Tiger Painting
Detail from "The Four Continents" by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
MI 451BGW19771115 MS 35_00 Miniature Sheet 35.00Tiger
Wild Cat Art
Tiger Painting
Detail from "The Four Continents" by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
Single-stamp MS
MI B81AGW19771115 IMS 35_00 Imperforate Miniature Sheet 35.00Tiger
Wild Cat Art
Tiger Painting
Detail from "The Four Continents" by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
Single-stamp MS
MI B81B1978 Rare Animals GW19780417 ST 35_00 Stamp 35.00Cheetah
MI 475AGW19780417 IMP 35_00 Imperforated stamp 35.00Cheetah
MI 475BGW19780417 MS 35_00 Miniature sheet 35.00Cheetah
MI B101AGW19780417 IMS 35_00 Imperforated miniature sheet 35.00Cheetah
MI B101B1984 Wild Cats GW19840628 ST 3_00 Stamp 3.00Tiger
MI 779GW19840628 ST 6_00 Stamp 6.00Lion
MI 780GW19840628 ST 10_00 Stamp 10.00Clouded leopard
MI 781GW19840628 ST 12_00 Stamp 12.00Cheetah
MI 782GW19840628 ST 15_00 Stamp 15.00Eurasian lynx
MI 783GW19840628 ST 35_00 Stamp 35.00Leopard
MI 784GW19840628 ST 40_00 Stamp 40.00Snow leopard
MI 7851984 UNESCO World Heritage GW19840815 ST 15_00 Stamp 15.00Leopard Figurine
14th Century Ivory Figurine from Benin
British Museum, London
MI 7901988 Animals GW19880000 ST 5_00 Stamp 5.00Lion
MI 9821989 Animal Definitives GW19891124 ST 1000 Stamp 1000Leopard (wrongly marked as Cheetah in Latin on stamp, and also in most catalogues)
MI 1102GW19891124 ST 1500 Stamp 1500Lion
MI 11032001 Raptors
(this set has been reported as issued both 1 April 2001 and
1 May 2001)GW20010401 ST 400 1 Stamp 400Lions Club Emblem (Falcon on branch)
Stamp from sheetlet without white border
MI 1437GW20010401 ST 400 3 Stamp 400Lions Club Emblem (Falcon on rock)
Stamp from sheetlet without white border
MI 1439GW20010401 ST 400 5 Stamp 400Lions Club Emblem (Fish Eagle (?))
Stamp from sheetlet without white border
MI 1441GW20010401 ST 400 34 Stamp 400Lions Club Emblem (Falcon on branch)
Stamp from MS with white border
MI UnlistedGW20010401 ST 400 36 Stamp 400Lions Club Emblem (Falcon on rock)
Stamp from MS with white border
MI UnlistedGW20010401 ST 400 38 Stamp 400Lions Club Emblem (Fish Eagle (?))
Stamp from MS with white border
MI UnlistedGW20010401 ST 2000 4 Stamp 2000Lions Club Emblem (Egyptian Vulture)
Stamp from MS
MI 1467GW20010401 MS 1200 1 Miniature Sheet 1200Lions Club Emblem
3-stamp MS with
GW20010401 ST 400 34
GW20010401 ST 400 36
and a third stamp
MI UnlistedGW20010401 MS 1200 2 Miniature Sheet 1200Lions Club Emblem
3-stamp MS with
GW20010401 ST 400 38
and two other stamps
MI UnlistedGW20010401 MS 2000 4 Miniature Sheet 2000Lions Club Emblem (on stamp) (Egyptian Vulture)
Single-stamp MS
MI B325GW20010401 SH 2100 1 Sheetlet 2100Lions Club Emblem (on three stamps)
Sheetlet with
GW20010401 ST 400 1
GW20010401 ST 400 3
GW20010401 ST 400 5
and 3 other stamps
MI KB1437-14422003 Circus GW20030515 ST 450 21 Stamp 450Tigers
Circus
MI 2077GW20030515 ST 450 22 Stamp 450Lions
Circus
MI 2078GW20030515 ST 450 23 Stamp 450Lions
Circus
MI 2079GW20030515 ST 3000 3 Stamp 3000Tigers
Circus
Stamp from MS
MI 2081GW20030515 MS 1800 6 Sheetlet 1800Tigers (on one stamp)
Lions (on two stamps)
Circus
Sheetlet with
GW20030515 ST 450 21
GW20030515 ST 450 22
GW20030515 ST 450 23
and one more stamp
MI KB2077-2080GW20030515 MS 3000 3 Miniature Sheet 3000Tigers (on one stamp)
Lions (on two stamps)
Circus
single-stamp MS
MI B3862003 Horses GW20030515 ST 600 14 Stamp 600Lions Club Emblem
(9 horses)
MI 2153GW20030515 ST 600 15 Stamp 600Lions Club Emblem
(2 horses)
MI 2154GW20030515 MS 2400 4 Miniature Sheet 2400Lions Club Emblem (on 2 stamps)
4-stamp MS
MI KB2152-21552003 African Fauna (with Scout Lily, Rotary and Lions Club Emblems) GW20030625 ST 350 13 Stamp 350Lion
MI 2438GW20030625 ST 350 15 Stamp 350Cheetah
MI 2440GW20030625 ST 450 98 Stamp 450Serval
MI 2445GW20030625 ST 450 99 Stamp 450Lions Club Emblem (Sable Antelope)
MI 2446GW20030625 ST 450 101 Stamp 450Lions Club Emblem (Kudu)
MI 2448ILS GW20030625 ST 3000 9 Stamp 3000Leopard
Stamp from MS
MI 2450GW20030625 MS 2100 3 Miniature Sheet 2100Lion
Cheetah (on one stamp each)
6-stamp MS
MI KB2438-2443GW20030625 MS 2700 17 Miniature Sheet 2700Serval (on one stamp)
Lions Club Emblem (on two stamps)
6-stamp MS
MI KB2444-2449GW20030625 MS 3000 10 Miniature Sheet 3000Leopard (on stamp)
Lions Club Emblem (on selvedge)
Single-stamp MS
MI B427GW20030625 MS 4000 3 Miniature Sheet 4000Leopard (on selvedge)
Single-stamp MS
MI B4282003 Art Treasures of the World GW20031015 ST 450 52 Stamp 450Lion
Wild Cat Art
Lion sculpture
Head of a Lioness from the Neo-Babylonian Temple, Ebabbar at Sippar, Iraq. 7th - 6th c. BC
MI 2661GW20031015 MS 2700 9 Stamp 2700Lion (on one stamp)
Wild Cat Art
Lion sculpture
Head of a Lioness from the Neo-Babylonian Temple, Ebabbar at Sippar, Iraq. 7th - 6th c. BC
6-stamp MS
MI KB2658-26632005 Dogs and Cats (with scouts' lily emblem) GW20050315 MS 2100 1 Miniature Sheet 2100Various unidentifeid wild and domestic cats (on selvedge)
Three stamps show domestic cats
This item is also listed under Domestic Cats
MI KB2811-2816GW20050315 MS 2500 Miniature Sheet 2500Unidentified small wild cat and Maine Coon (on selvedge)
Chartreux on stamp (? - looks longhair to me)
This item is also listed under Domestic Cats
MI B4702005 African Fauna (with portraits of Dr. Albert Schweitzer) GW20050315 ST 350 7 Stamp 350Lion (turning right)
MI 2818GW20050315 ST 350 8 Stamp 350Lion (with cub)
MI 2819GW20050315 ST 350 9 Stamp 350Lion (turning left)
MI 2820GW20050315 ST 350 10 Stamp 350Jaguar (wrongly marked Clouded Leopard in Latin)
From the spots this could also be of a Leopard, but according to the designers, a picture of a Jaguar was actually used.
MI 2821GW20050315 ST 350 11 Stamp 350Cheetah
MI 2820GW20050315 ST 350 2 Stamp 350Serval (wrongly marked as Cheetah in Latin)
MI 2821GW20050315 ST 2500 2 Stamp 2500Lion
Stamp from MS
MI 2830GW20050315 MS 2100 2 Miniature sheet 2100Lion
Jaguar (wrongly marked Clouded Leopard in Latin)
Cheetah
Serval
MS with the six 350 F stamps
MI Unnumbered sheetletGW20050315 MS 2500 2 Miniature sheet 2500Lion (on stamp)
Serval (on selvedge)
MI B4712005 European and American Paintings GW20050615 MS 3000 2 Miniature sheet 3000Tigers (on selvedge)
Wild Cat Art
Tiger Painting
Detail from "Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening" by Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
(Stamp shows a painting by Picasso)
MI B5092005 Albert Schweitzer / African Mammals GW20051025 ST 350 7 Stamp 350Lion (hunting)
Leopard (tail)
MI 3209GW20051025 ST 350 8 Stamp 350Leopard (tail)
MI 3210GW20051025 ST 350 9 Stamp 350Ocelot (since when it's African we don't know...)
MI 3211GW20051025 ST 350 10 Stamp 350Leopard (hind leg and tail)
MI 3212GW20051025 ST 350 11 Stamp 350Leopard
MI 3213GW20051025 ST 400 1 Stamp 400Ocelot
MI 3215GW20051025 ST 500 11 Stamp 500Ocelot (tail)
MI 3269GW20051025 ST 500 12 Stamp 500Ocelot
MI 3270GW20051025 MS 2100 2 Miniature Sheet 2100Lion (on stamp, labels and selvedge)
Ocelot (on stamp and selvedge)
Leopard (on stamps)
Serval (on selvedge)
Six-stamp MS
MI KB3209-3214GW20051025 MS 2400 1 Miniature Sheet 2100Ocelot (on stamp and selvedge)
Lion (on labels and selvedge)
Six-stamp MS
MI KB3215-3220GW20051025 MS 2500 8 Miniature Sheet 2500Cheetah (on selvedge)
Single-stamp MS
MI B544GW20051025 MS 3000 1 Miniature Sheet 3000Lions
Cheetah
(on selvedge)
Single-stamp MS
MI B537GW20051025 MS 3000 3 Miniature Sheet 3000Ocelot (on two stamps)
Six-stamp MS
MI KB3269-3274GW20051025 LB 6 Label -Lion (torso and head)
Undenominated, stamp-size label from
GW20051025 MS 2100 2GW20051025 LB 7 Label -Lion (back part and tail and shaded head in backgroound)
Undenominated, stamp-size label from
GW20051025 MS 2100 2GW20051025 LB 8 Label -Lion (shaded torso and midriff)
Undenominated, stamp-size label from
GW20051025 MS 2100 2GW20051025 LB 10 Label -Lion (cub and mother's hind part)
Undenominated, stamp-size label from
GW20051025 MS 2400 1GW20051025 LB 11 Label -Lion (male, female and cub)
Undenominated, stamp-size label from
GW20051025 MS 2400 12007 Nobel Peace Prize - Al Gore GW20071126 ST 500 37 Stamp 500Leopard
Stamp from MS
MI 3669GW20071126 ST 500 38 Stamp 500Tiger
White Tiger
Stamp from MS
MI 3670GW20071126 MS 2000 3 Miniature Sheet 2000Leopard
Tiger (White)
4-stamp MS
MI KB3668-3671GW20071126 MS 3000 12 Miniature Sheet 3000Leopard (on selvedge)
Single-stamp MS
MI B6212008 Guinea Bissau Fauna GW20080505 ST 350 1 Stamp 350Lion
MI 3784GW20080505 ST 500 13 Stamp 500Lion (female lying with raised head)
MI 3785GW20080505 ST 500 14 Stamp 500Lion (female resting, head down)
MI 3786GW20080505 ST 500 15 Stamp 500Lion (male)
MI 3787GW20080505 ST 3000 1 Stamp 3000Lion
Stamp from MS
MI 3832GW20080505 MS 1850 1 Miniature Sheet 1850Lions
MS with the 4 lion stamps
MI KB3784-3787GW20080505 MS 3000 1 Miniature Sheet 3000Lion
Single-stamps MS
MI B6432008 EXPO 2008 in Zaragoza GW20080805 ST 500 57 Stamp 500Lion
Wild Cat Art
Lion Statue
Part of the Batallador Monument in Zaragoza
MI 3916GW20080805 MS 2000 12 Stamp 2000Lion (on one stamp)
Wild Cat Art
Lion Statue
Part of the Batallador Monument in Zaragoza
This item also shows a Heraldic Lion
MI KB3914-39172009 Global Warming and Endangered Species GW20090729 ST 700 8 Stamp 700Tiger
Siberian Tiger
MI 4422GW20090729 MS 3600 1 Miniature Sheet 3600Tiger (on one stamp)
5-stamp MS with
GW20090729 ST 700 8
and 4 other stamps
MI KB4420-44242010 Chess / Centenary of Lions Club (in 2017!) GW20100131 ST 550 8 Stamp 550Lions Club Emblem
MI 4617GW20100131 ST 650 3 Stamp 650Lions Club Emblem
MI 4618GW20100131 ST 800 13 Stamp 800Lions Club Emblem
MI 4619GW20100131 ST 850 1 Stamp 850Lions Club Emblem
MI 4620GW20100131 ST 1000 8 Stamp 1000Lions Club Emblem
MI 4621GW20100131 ST 2900 1 Stamp 2900Lions Club Emblem
MI 4622GW20100131 MS 2900 2 Miniature Sheet 2900Lions Club Emblem (on stamp)
Single-stamp MS
MI B751GW20100131 MS 3850 1 Miniature Sheet 3850Lions Club Emblem (on stamps)
5-stamp MS
MI KB4617-46222010 The Lunar Zodiac GW20100803 ST 500 1 Stamp 500Tiger
Stylized Tiger
Year of the Tiger
MI 4781GW20100803 MS 3100 2 Miniature Sheet 3100Tiger (on one stamp)
Stylized Tiger
Year of the Tiger
6-stamp MS
MI KB4779-47842010 Year of the Tiger GW20100810 ST 600 7 Stamp 600Tiger (purple bakground)
Year of the Tiger
MI 4856GW20100810 ST 600 8 Stamp 600Tiger (aquamarine background)
Year of the Tiger
MI 4857GW20100810 ST 600 9 Stamp 600Tiger (green background)
Year of the Tiger
MI 4858GW20100810 ST 600 10 Stamp 600Tiger (orange background)
Year of the Tiger
MI 4859GW20100810 ST 600 11 Stamp 600Tiger (blue background)
Year of the Tiger
MI 4860GW20100810 ST 600 12 Stamp 600Tiger (red background)
Year of the Tiger
MI 4861GW20100810 ST 3300 1 Stamp 3300Tiger
Year of the Tiger
MI 4862GW20100810 MS 3300 2 Miniature Sheet 3300Tiger (on stamp and selvedge)
Year of the Tiger
Single-stamp MS
MI B814GW20100810 MS 3600 2 Miniature Sheet 3600Tiger (on stamps and selvedge)
Year of the Tiger
6-stamp MS
MI KB4856-48612010 Flags of Africa GW20100810 MS 2000 2 Miniature Sheet 2000Leopard (on selvedge)
Flag of Bophuthatswana
MI B8292010 Chinese Dynasties GW20100810 MS 2000 8 Miniature Sheet 2000Tiger
Wild Cat Art
Tiger Figurine
MI B8352010 South American Cats GW20101028 ST 350 17 Stamp 350Colocolo
MI 5041GW20101028 ST 450 1 Stamp 450Kodkod
MI 5042GW20101028 ST 500 19 Stamp 500Tiger Cat
MI 5043GW20101028 ST 500 20 Stamp 500Margay
MI 5044GW20101028 ST 700 7 Stamp 700Jaguarundi
MI 5045GW20101028 ST 900 3 Stamp 900Geoffroy's Cat
MI 5046GW20101028 ST 1500 21 Stamp 1500Andean Mountain Cat (red background)
MI 5047GW20101028 ST 1500 22 Stamp 1500Andean Mountain Cat (green background)
MI 5048GW20101028 MS 3000 11 Miniature Sheet 3000Andean Mountain Cat (on stamps)
Ocelot (on selvedge)
MI B869GW20101028 SH 3300 3 Sheetlet 3300Colocolo
Kodkod
Tiger Cat
Margay
Jaguarundi
Geoffroy's Cat (on one stamp each)
MI KB5041-50462010 Jaguars GW20101028 ST 350 22 Stamp 350Jaguar
MI 5105GW20101028 ST 550 2 Stamp 550Jaguar
MI 5106GW20101028 ST 600 11 Stamp 600Jaguar
MI 5107GW20101028 ST 700 11 Stamp 700Jaguar
MI 5108GW20101028 ST 800 7 Stamp 800Jaguar
MI 5109GW20101028 ST 1000 2 Stamp 1000Jaguar
MI 5110GW20101028 ST 1500 38 Stamp 1500Jaguar
Stamp from MS
MI 5111GW20101028 ST 1500 39 Stamp 1500Jaguar
Stamp from MS
MI 5112GW20101028 MS 3000 19 Miniature Sheet 3000Jaguar
MI 877GW20101028 SH 4000 2 Sheetlet 4000Jaguar
MI KB5105-51102010 Belgian Stamps GW20101109 ST 550 4 Stamp 550Lions Club Emblem
Catstamps on stamps
Stamp showing
BE19670114 ST 3_00
MI 5130GW20101109 MS 3000 5 Minisature Sheet 300Lions Club Emblem (on selvedge)
Single-stamp MS
MI B880GW20101109 MS 3360 1 Miniature Sheet 3360Lions Club Emblem (on one stamp)
Catstamps on stamps
Stamp showing
BE19670114 ST 3_00
MI KB5127 - 51322010 Sacred Animals in Hinduism GW20101109 ST 800 1 Stamp 800Tiger
MI 5183GW20101109 SH 2900 1 Sheetlet 2900Tiger (on one stamp)
4-stamp sheetlet with
GW20101109 ST 800 1
and 3 other stamps
MI KB5180-5183GW20101109 MS 3000 4 Miniature Sheet 3300Tiger (on selvedge)
Single-stamp MS
BE19770326 ST 14 and several other Belgian stamps shown on selvedge
MI B8882011 60th Anniversary of Indian Independence GW20110210 ST 3100 1 Stamp 3100Tiger
Stamp from MS
MI 5243GW20110210 MS 3100 1 Miniature Sheet 3100Tiger (on stamp)
Lions (on selvedge)
Wild Cat Art
Lion Statue
Ashoka Pillar
MI B8972011 Chinese Personalities and the Lunar Zodiac GW20110728 ST 500 9 Stamp 500Tiger
Year of the Tiger
Catstamp on stamp
(CN19860105 ST 0_08 1)
MI ???GW20110728 MS 3000 5 Miniature Sheet 3000Tiger (on one stamp)
Year of the Tiger
Catstamp on stamp
(CN19860105 ST 0_08 1)
6-stamp MS
MI ???2011 Endangered Animals GW20110927 ST 2000 1 Stamp 2000Cheetah
Stamp from MS
MI ???GW20110927 MS 2000 1 Miniature Sheet 2000Cheetah (on stamp and selvedge)
Single-stamp MS
MI ???2011 Isaac van Amburgh GW20110927 ST 1000 22 Stamp 1000Tiger
Circus
MI ???GW20110927 ST 1000 23 Stamp 1000Lion
Circus
MI ???GW20110927 ST 1000 24 Stamp 1000Leopard
Circus
MI ???GW20110927 ST 2500 3 Stamp 2500Tiger
Circus
Stamp from MS
MI ???GW20110927 MS 2500 3 Miniature Sheet 2500Tiger (on stamp)
Lions (on selvedge)
Circus
Single-stamp MS
MI ???GW20110927 MS 3000 8 Miniature Sheet 2500Tiger
Leopard (on one stamp each)
Lion (on one stamp and on selvedge)
Circus
Three-stamp MS
MI ???2012 Banknotes Showing Fauna GW20120105 MS 3000 26 Miniature Sheet 3000Leopard
Lion (on banknotes on selvedge)
Single-stamp MS
MI ???List compiled by Geir Arveng with additional information from Greg Balagian, Marci Jarvis, Greg Balagian, Emilie
Roch-Pautet and Rintje van Kemp.
Latest update: 26 December 2013