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Baha’i World News Service – Congo Republic issues stamp for World Religion Day

The Post & Telecom service in my old home, Congo-Brazzaville, site of my Peace Corps service, has issued a 120 F(CFA) stamp in honor of World Religion Day. This holiday was first celebrated in the United States in 1950 when it was established by the national governing body of the Baha’is of the United states to call attention to the essential oneness of the world’s religions. “God is the Source of All Religions,” says the stamp along the top edge. The rest of the stamp reads, “World Religion Day Observed the 3rd Sunday of January Republic of Congo.” The design shows symbols of 11 religions surrounding a globe with the words, “So powerful is the light of unity that it can illumine the whole Earth.”

I’m pretty tickled by this. At the moment, I’m wondering who I can get in touch with over there to get me one. I’m not sure I really have much hope of it. If I were to get one, I’d have to frame it since I don’t have any sort of stamp collection otherwise. It would be nice to have a reminder of Congo around.

In Charlottesville, Va
Jeff Lavezzo

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