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 Cats

List status: Incomplete / under construction.
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WILD CATS

Issue Item code Item type
Face value
Remarks SC
1977 400th Birth Anniversary of Peter Paul Rubens GW19771115 ST 35_00 Stamp
35.00
Tiger
Wild Cat Art
Tiger Painting
Detail from "The Four Continents" by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
MI 451A
GW19771115 IMP 35_00 Imperforate stamp
35.00
Tiger
Wild Cat Art
Tiger Painting
Detail from "The Four Continents" by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
MI 451B
GW19771115 MS 35_00 Miniature Sheet
35.00
Tiger
Wild Cat Art
Tiger Painting
Detail from "The Four Continents" by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
Single-stamp MS
MI B81A
GW19771115 IMS 35_00 Imperforate Miniature Sheet
35.00
Tiger
Wild Cat Art
Tiger Painting
Detail from "The Four Continents" by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
Single-stamp MS
MI B81B
1978 Rare Animals GW19780417 ST 35_00 Stamp
35.00
Cheetah
MI 475A
GW19780417 IMP 35_00 Imperforated stamp
35.00
Cheetah
MI 475B
GW19780417 MS 35_00 Miniature sheet
35.00
Cheetah
MI B101A
GW19780417 IMS 35_00 Imperforated miniature sheet
35.00
Cheetah
MI B101B
1984 Wild Cats GW19840628 ST 3_00 Stamp
3.00
Tiger
MI 779
GW19840628 ST 6_00 Stamp
6.00
Lion
MI 780
GW19840628 ST 10_00 Stamp
10.00
Clouded leopard
MI 781
GW19840628 ST 12_00 Stamp
12.00
Cheetah
MI 782
GW19840628 ST 15_00 Stamp
15.00
Eurasian lynx
MI 783
GW19840628 ST 35_00 Stamp
35.00
Leopard
MI 784
GW19840628 ST 40_00 Stamp
40.00
Snow leopard
MI 785
1984 UNESCO World Heritage GW19840815 ST 15_00 Stamp
15.00
Leopard Figurine
14th Century Ivory Figurine from Benin
British Museum, London
MI 790
1988 Animals GW19880000 ST 5_00 Stamp
5.00
Lion
MI 982
1989 Animal Definitives GW19891124 ST 1000 Stamp
1000
Leopard (wrongly marked as Cheetah in Latin on stamp, and also in most catalogues)
MI 1102
GW19891124 ST 1500 Stamp
1500
Lion
MI 1103
2001 Raptors
(this set has been reported as issued both 1 April 2001 and
1 May 2001)
GW20010401 ST 400 1 Stamp
400
Lions Club Emblem (Falcon on branch)
Stamp from sheetlet without white border
MI 1437
GW20010401 ST 400 3 Stamp
400
Lions Club Emblem (Falcon on rock)
Stamp from sheetlet without white border
MI 1439
GW20010401 ST 400 5 Stamp
400
Lions Club Emblem (Fish Eagle (?))
Stamp from sheetlet without white border
MI 1441
GW20010401 ST 400 34 Stamp
400
Lions Club Emblem (Falcon on branch)
Stamp from MS with white border
MI Unlisted
GW20010401 ST 400 36 Stamp
400
Lions Club Emblem (Falcon on rock)
Stamp from MS with white border
MI Unlisted
GW20010401 ST 400 38 Stamp
400
Lions Club Emblem (Fish Eagle (?))
Stamp from MS with white border
MI Unlisted
GW20010401 ST 2000 4 Stamp
2000
Lions Club Emblem (Egyptian Vulture)
Stamp from MS
MI 1467
GW20010401 MS 1200 1 Miniature Sheet
1200
Lions Club Emblem
3-stamp MS with
GW20010401 ST 400 34
GW20010401 ST 400 36
and a third stamp
MI Unlisted
GW20010401 MS 1200 2 Miniature Sheet
1200
Lions Club Emblem
3-stamp MS with
GW20010401 ST 400 38
and two other stamps
MI Unlisted
GW20010401 MS 2000 4 Miniature Sheet
2000
Lions Club Emblem (on stamp) (Egyptian Vulture)
Single-stamp MS
MI B325
GW20010401 SH 2100 1 Sheetlet
2100
Lions Club Emblem (on three stamps)
Sheetlet with
GW20010401 ST 400 1
GW20010401 ST 400 3
GW20010401 ST 400 5
and 3 other stamps
MI KB1437-1442
2003 Circus GW20030515 ST 450 21 Stamp
450
Tigers
Circus
MI 2077
GW20030515 ST 450 22 Stamp
450
Lions
Circus
MI 2078
GW20030515 ST 450 23 Stamp
450
Lions
Circus
MI 2079
GW20030515 ST 3000 3 Stamp
3000
Tigers
Circus
Stamp from MS
MI 2081
GW20030515 MS 1800 6 Sheetlet
1800
Tigers (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 KB2077-2080
GW20030515 MS 3000 3 Miniature Sheet
3000
Tigers (on one stamp)
Lions (on two stamps)
Circus
single-stamp MS
MI B386
2003 Horses GW20030515 ST 600 14 Stamp
600
Lions Club Emblem
(9 horses)
MI 2153
GW20030515 ST 600 15 Stamp
600
Lions Club Emblem
(2 horses)
MI 2154
GW20030515 MS 2400 4 Miniature Sheet
2400
Lions Club Emblem (on 2 stamps)
4-stamp MS
MI KB2152-2155
2003 African Fauna (with Scout Lily, Rotary and Lions Club Emblems) GW20030625 ST 350 13 Stamp
350
Lion
MI 2438
GW20030625 ST 350 15 Stamp
350
Cheetah
MI 2440
GW20030625 ST 450 98 Stamp
450
Serval
MI 2445
GW20030625 ST 450 99 Stamp
450
Lions Club Emblem (Sable Antelope)
MI 2446
GW20030625 ST 450 101 Stamp
450
Lions Club Emblem (Kudu)
MI 2448
ILS
GW20030625 ST 3000 9 Stamp
3000
Leopard
Stamp from MS
MI 2450
GW20030625 MS 2100 3 Miniature Sheet
2100
Lion
Cheetah (on one stamp each)
6-stamp MS
MI KB2438-2443
GW20030625 MS 2700 17 Miniature Sheet
2700
Serval (on one stamp)
Lions Club Emblem (on two stamps)
6-stamp MS
MI KB2444-2449
GW20030625 MS 3000 10 Miniature Sheet
3000
Leopard (on stamp)
Lions Club Emblem (on selvedge)
Single-stamp MS
MI B427
GW20030625 MS 4000 3 Miniature Sheet
4000
Leopard (on selvedge)
Single-stamp MS
MI B428
2003 Art Treasures of the World GW20031015 ST 450 52 Stamp
450
Lion
Wild Cat Art
Lion sculpture
Head of a Lioness from the Neo-Babylonian Temple, Ebabbar at Sippar, Iraq. 7th - 6th c. BC
MI 2661
GW20031015 MS 2700 9 Stamp
2700
Lion (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 KB2658-2663
2005 Dogs and Cats (with scouts' lily emblem) GW20050315 MS 2100 1 Miniature Sheet
2100
Various unidentifeid wild and domestic cats (on selvedge)
Three stamps show domestic cats
This item is also listed under Domestic Cats
MI KB2811-2816
GW20050315 MS 2500 Miniature Sheet
2500
Unidentified small wild cat and Maine Coon (on selvedge)
Chartreux on stamp (? - looks longhair to me)
This item is also listed under Domestic Cats
MI B470
2005 African Fauna (with portraits of Dr. Albert Schweitzer) GW20050315 ST 350 7 Stamp
350
Lion (turning right)
MI 2818
GW20050315 ST 350 8 Stamp
350
Lion (with cub)
MI 2819
GW20050315 ST 350 9 Stamp
350
Lion (turning left)
MI 2820
GW20050315 ST 350 10 Stamp
350
Jaguar (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 2821
GW20050315 ST 350 11 Stamp
350
Cheetah
MI 2820
GW20050315 ST 350 2 Stamp
350
Serval (wrongly marked as Cheetah in Latin)
MI 2821
GW20050315 ST 2500 2 Stamp
2500
Lion
Stamp from MS
MI 2830
GW20050315 MS 2100 2 Miniature sheet
2100
Lion
Jaguar (wrongly marked Clouded Leopard in Latin)
Cheetah
Serval
MS with the six 350 F stamps
MI Unnumbered sheetlet
GW20050315 MS 2500 2 Miniature sheet
2500
Lion (on stamp)
Serval (on selvedge)
MI B471
2005 European and American Paintings GW20050615 MS 3000 2 Miniature sheet
3000
Tigers (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 B509
2005 Albert Schweitzer / African Mammals GW20051025 ST 350 7 Stamp
350
Lion (hunting)
Leopard (tail)
MI 3209
GW20051025 ST 350 8 Stamp
350
Leopard (tail)
MI 3210
GW20051025 ST 350 9 Stamp
350
Ocelot (since when it's African we don't know...)
MI 3211
GW20051025 ST 350 10 Stamp
350
Leopard (hind leg and tail)
MI 3212
GW20051025 ST 350 11 Stamp
350
Leopard
MI 3213
GW20051025 ST 400 1 Stamp
400
Ocelot
MI 3215
GW20051025 ST 500 11 Stamp
500
Ocelot (tail)
MI 3269
GW20051025 ST 500 12 Stamp
500
Ocelot
MI 3270
GW20051025 MS 2100 2 Miniature Sheet
2100
Lion (on stamp, labels and selvedge)
Ocelot (on stamp and selvedge)
Leopard (on stamps)
Serval (on selvedge)
Six-stamp MS
MI KB3209-3214
GW20051025 MS 2400 1 Miniature Sheet
2100
Ocelot (on stamp and selvedge)
Lion (on labels and selvedge)
Six-stamp MS
MI KB3215-3220
GW20051025 MS 2500 8 Miniature Sheet
2500
Cheetah (on selvedge)
Single-stamp MS
MI B544
GW20051025 MS 3000 1 Miniature Sheet
3000
Lions
Cheetah
(on selvedge)
Single-stamp MS
MI B537
GW20051025 MS 3000 3 Miniature Sheet
3000
Ocelot (on two stamps)
Six-stamp MS
MI KB3269-3274
GW20051025 LB 6 Label
-
Lion (torso and head)
Undenominated, stamp-size label from
GW20051025 MS 2100 2
GW20051025 LB 7 Label
-
Lion (back part and tail and shaded head in backgroound)
Undenominated, stamp-size label from
GW20051025 MS 2100 2
GW20051025 LB 8 Label
-
Lion (shaded torso and midriff)
Undenominated, stamp-size label from
GW20051025 MS 2100 2
GW20051025 LB 10 Label
-
Lion (cub and mother's hind part)
Undenominated, stamp-size label from
GW20051025 MS 2400 1
GW20051025 LB 11 Label
-
Lion (male, female and cub)
Undenominated, stamp-size label from
GW20051025 MS 2400 1
2007 Nobel Peace Prize - Al Gore GW20071126 ST 500 37 Stamp
500
Leopard
Stamp from MS
MI 3669
GW20071126 ST 500 38 Stamp
500
Tiger
White Tiger
Stamp from MS
MI 3670
GW20071126 MS 2000 3 Miniature Sheet
2000
Leopard
Tiger (White)
4-stamp MS
MI KB3668-3671
GW20071126 MS 3000 12 Miniature Sheet
3000
Leopard (on selvedge)
Single-stamp MS
MI B621
2008 Guinea Bissau Fauna GW20080505 ST 350 1 Stamp
350
Lion
MI 3784
GW20080505 ST 500 13 Stamp
500
Lion (female lying with raised head)
MI 3785
GW20080505 ST 500 14 Stamp
500
Lion (female resting, head down)
MI 3786
GW20080505 ST 500 15 Stamp
500
Lion (male)
MI 3787
GW20080505 ST 3000 1 Stamp
3000
Lion
Stamp from MS
MI 3832
GW20080505 MS 1850 1 Miniature Sheet
1850
Lions
MS with the 4 lion stamps
MI KB3784-3787
GW20080505 MS 3000 1 Miniature Sheet
3000
Lion
Single-stamps MS
MI B643
2008 EXPO 2008 in Zaragoza GW20080805 ST 500 57 Stamp
500
Lion
Wild Cat Art
Lion Statue
Part of the Batallador Monument in Zaragoza
MI 3916
GW20080805 MS 2000 12 Stamp
2000
Lion (on one stamp)
Wild Cat Art
Lion Statue
Part of the Batallador Monument in Zaragoza
This item also shows a Heraldic Lion
MI KB3914-3917
2009 Global Warming and Endangered Species GW20090729 ST 700 8 Stamp
700
Tiger
Siberian Tiger
MI 4422
GW20090729 MS 3600 1 Miniature Sheet
3600
Tiger (on one stamp)
5-stamp MS with
GW20090729 ST 700 8
and 4 other stamps
MI KB4420-4424
2010 Chess / Centenary of Lions Club (in 2017!) GW20100131 ST 550 8 Stamp
550
Lions Club Emblem
MI 4617
GW20100131 ST 650 3 Stamp
650
Lions Club Emblem
MI 4618
GW20100131 ST 800 13 Stamp
800
Lions Club Emblem
MI 4619
GW20100131 ST 850 1 Stamp
850
Lions Club Emblem
MI 4620
GW20100131 ST 1000 8 Stamp
1000
Lions Club Emblem
MI 4621
GW20100131 ST 2900 1 Stamp
2900
Lions Club Emblem
MI 4622
GW20100131 MS 2900 2 Miniature Sheet
2900
Lions Club Emblem (on stamp)
Single-stamp MS
MI B751
GW20100131 MS 3850 1 Miniature Sheet
3850
Lions Club Emblem (on stamps)
5-stamp MS
MI KB4617-4622
2010 The Lunar Zodiac GW20100803 ST 500 1 Stamp
500
Tiger
Stylized Tiger
Year of the Tiger
MI 4781
GW20100803 MS 3100 2 Miniature Sheet
3100
Tiger (on one stamp)
Stylized Tiger
Year of the Tiger
6-stamp MS
MI KB4779-4784
2010 Year of the Tiger GW20100810 ST 600 7 Stamp
600
Tiger (purple bakground)
Year of the Tiger
MI 4856
GW20100810 ST 600 8 Stamp
600
Tiger (aquamarine background)
Year of the Tiger
MI 4857
GW20100810 ST 600 9 Stamp
600
Tiger (green background)
Year of the Tiger
MI 4858
GW20100810 ST 600 10 Stamp
600
Tiger (orange background)
Year of the Tiger
MI 4859
GW20100810 ST 600 11 Stamp
600
Tiger (blue background)
Year of the Tiger
MI 4860
GW20100810 ST 600 12 Stamp
600
Tiger (red background)
Year of the Tiger
MI 4861
GW20100810 ST 3300 1 Stamp
3300
Tiger
Year of the Tiger
MI 4862
GW20100810 MS 3300 2 Miniature Sheet
3300
Tiger (on stamp and selvedge)
Year of the Tiger
Single-stamp MS
MI B814
GW20100810 MS 3600 2 Miniature Sheet
3600
Tiger (on stamps and selvedge)
Year of the Tiger
6-stamp MS
MI KB4856-4861
2010 Flags of Africa GW20100810 MS 2000 2 Miniature Sheet
2000
Leopard (on selvedge)
Flag of Bophuthatswana
MI B829
2010 Chinese Dynasties GW20100810 MS 2000 8 Miniature Sheet
2000
Tiger
Wild Cat Art
Tiger Figurine
MI B835
2010 South American Cats GW20101028 ST 350 17 Stamp
350
Colocolo
MI 5041
GW20101028 ST 450 1 Stamp
450
Kodkod
MI 5042
GW20101028 ST 500 19 Stamp
500
Tiger Cat
MI 5043
GW20101028 ST 500 20 Stamp
500
Margay
MI 5044
GW20101028 ST 700 7 Stamp
700
Jaguarundi
MI 5045
GW20101028 ST 900 3 Stamp
900
Geoffroy's Cat
MI 5046
GW20101028 ST 1500 21 Stamp
1500
Andean Mountain Cat (red background)
MI 5047
GW20101028 ST 1500 22 Stamp
1500
Andean Mountain Cat (green background)
MI 5048
GW20101028 MS 3000 11 Miniature Sheet
3000
Andean Mountain Cat (on stamps)
Ocelot (on selvedge)
MI B869
GW20101028 SH 3300 3 Sheetlet
3300
Colocolo
Kodkod
Tiger Cat
Margay
Jaguarundi
Geoffroy's Cat (on one stamp each)
MI KB5041-5046
2010 Jaguars GW20101028 ST 350 22 Stamp
350
Jaguar
MI 5105
GW20101028 ST 550 2 Stamp
550
Jaguar
MI 5106
GW20101028 ST 600 11 Stamp
600
Jaguar
MI 5107
GW20101028 ST 700 11 Stamp
700
Jaguar
MI 5108
GW20101028 ST 800 7 Stamp
800
Jaguar
MI 5109
GW20101028 ST 1000 2 Stamp
1000
Jaguar
MI 5110
GW20101028 ST 1500 38 Stamp
1500
Jaguar
Stamp from MS
MI 5111
GW20101028 ST 1500 39 Stamp
1500
Jaguar
Stamp from MS
MI 5112
GW20101028 MS 3000 19 Miniature Sheet
3000
Jaguar
MI 877
GW20101028 SH 4000 2 Sheetlet
4000
Jaguar
MI KB5105-5110
2010 Belgian Stamps GW20101109 ST 550 4 Stamp
550
Lions Club Emblem
Catstamps on stamps
Stamp showing
BE19670114 ST 3_00
MI 5130
GW20101109 MS 3000 5 Minisature Sheet
300
Lions Club Emblem (on selvedge)
Single-stamp MS
MI B880
GW20101109 MS 3360 1 Miniature Sheet
3360
Lions Club Emblem (on one stamp)
Catstamps on stamps
Stamp showing
BE19670114 ST 3_00
MI KB5127 - 5132
2010 Sacred Animals in Hinduism GW20101109 ST 800 1 Stamp
800
Tiger
MI 5183
GW20101109 SH 2900 1 Sheetlet
2900
Tiger (on one stamp)
4-stamp sheetlet with
GW20101109 ST 800 1
and 3 other stamps
MI KB5180-5183
GW20101109 MS 3000 4 Miniature Sheet
3300
Tiger (on selvedge)
Single-stamp MS
BE19770326 ST 14 and several other Belgian stamps shown on selvedge
MI B888
2011 60th Anniversary of Indian Independence GW20110210 ST 3100 1 Stamp
3100
Tiger
Stamp from MS
MI 5243
GW20110210 MS 3100 1 Miniature Sheet
3100
Tiger (on stamp)
Lions (on selvedge)
Wild Cat Art
Lion Statue
Ashoka Pillar
MI B897
2011 Chinese Personalities and the Lunar Zodiac GW20110728 ST 500 9 Stamp
500
Tiger
Year of the Tiger
Catstamp on stamp
(CN19860105 ST 0_08 1)
MI ???
GW20110728 MS 3000 5 Miniature Sheet
3000
Tiger (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
2000
Cheetah
Stamp from MS
MI ???
GW20110927 MS 2000 1 Miniature Sheet
2000
Cheetah (on stamp and selvedge)
Single-stamp MS
MI ???
2011 Isaac van Amburgh GW20110927 ST 1000 22 Stamp
1000
Tiger
Circus
MI ???
GW20110927 ST 1000 23 Stamp
1000
Lion
Circus
MI ???
GW20110927 ST 1000 24 Stamp
1000
Leopard
Circus
MI ???
GW20110927 ST 2500 3 Stamp
2500
Tiger
Circus
Stamp from MS
MI ???
GW20110927 MS 2500 3 Miniature Sheet
2500
Tiger (on stamp)
Lions (on selvedge)
Circus
Single-stamp MS
MI ???
GW20110927 MS 3000 8 Miniature Sheet
2500
Tiger
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
3000
Leopard
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