Guinea 2015 25th Anniversary of Nelson Mandela's Liberation

The Republic of Guinea celebrated the 25th Anniversary of Nelson Mandela's with 2 souvenir sheets, on 22 June 2015, where the designs feature important events in Mandela's life after his liberation. This one shown above has the third stamp showing the victorious 1995 Springbok captain, Francois Pienaar, sharing the glory of the Web Ellis Cup with Mandela dressed in Springbok jersey.

Guinea 2014 Rugby at the Asian Games

This stamp on rugby is found in a Republic of Guinea souvenir sheet with 4 sports stamps released on 27 October 2014 for the 2014 Asian Games, held in Incheon, Republic of Korea.

Guinea 2008 Tortoises & Rugby Players

This issue has a curious mixture of themes, but that is the nature of philatelic material created specially for collectors, and little postal utility. The theme is African tortoises, and here they are all associated with international South African rugby players! We might imagine the rugby forwards ploughing through the field like these giant tortoises, but a few of these players are in wing positions! The players featured are Bismarck du Plessis, Bryan Gary Habana (IRB 2007 Player of the Year), John Philip "Bakkies" Botha, Jaque Fourie & Schalk Burger. The tortoises are Aldabra Giant Tortoise (Geochelone gigantea), African Spurred Tortoise (Geochelone sulcata), Leopard tortoise (Geochelone pardalis) & Karoo Cape Tortoise (Homopus femoralis).