Brazilian postage stamp commemorating the visit of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I in December 1960. On December 13, the same day that Selassie was meeting with Brazilian president Juscelino Kubitschek in the newly-inaugurated capital of Brasilia, members of the Emperor’s Imperial Guard staged an unsuccessful coup attempt in Ethiopia which was quickly suppressed by the country’s military.
(Source: fylatinamericanhistory)
Mumia Stamp Published by French Postal Service
A stamp honoring U.S. death row political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal has been issued by the French postal service.
Cuban stamp commemorating the martyred communists Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, executed by U.S. imperialism on June 19, 1953.