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- ↑ "Liberia - Postage Stamps". stampworld.com. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
- ↑ "Sierra Leone - Postage Stamps". stampworld.com. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
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- ↑ Siegel-Itzkovich, Judy (1 March 2011). "12 Jews honored on Africa stamps as Apartheid fighters". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ↑ "Legendary Litvak heroes of Africa". vilnews.com. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
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