Mãe Stella de Oxóssi Commemorative Stamp

Brazil · 2015 · unknown

The stamp features a portrait of Mãe Stella de Oxóssi, a revered Afro-Brazilian religious leader, against a background that appears to include symbolic elements. Text on the stamp likely includes her name and a commemorative message.

Issued in 2015, this personalized stamp commemorates the 90th birthday of Mãe Stella de Oxóssi, a prominent ialorixá (priestess) of the Candomblé religion. Its launch was part of a Brazilian government initiative against religious intolerance.