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Legendary Heroes of Africa
Legendary Heroes of Africa is a series of postage stamps simultaneously issued and released by the countries of Gambia, Liberia, and Sierra Leone in March 2011 to celebrate Jewish heroes of the South African Liberation struggle. In the anti Apartheid South African Liberation Struggle it was estimated that Jews were represented by 2,500% in proportion to the white population. This stamp issue acknowledges the extraordinary sacrifices made by Jews to the liberation of their African brethren, and these stamps recognize some of the most significant contributors to global humanity in the 20th Century. This stamp series was the brainchild of the Honorary Consul of Togo, Grant Arthur Gochin, and was coordinated and launched through the philatelic services of each countries Post Offices.

Each country issued four postage stamps as follows:

Gambia

 * [Ruth First]
 * [Hilda Bernstein]
 * [Lionel “Rusty” Bernstein]
 * [Ronald Segal]

Liberia:

 * [Helen Suzman]
 * [Eli Weinberg]
 * [Esther Barsel]
 * [Hymie Barsel]

Sierra Leone:

 * [Yetta Barenblatt]
 * [Ray Alexander Simons]
 * [Baruch Hirson]
 * [Norma Kitson]