Cuba, 1962, 1st Anniversary of the Bay of Pigs Invasion

Cuba · 1962 · 1¢

This stamp commemorates the first anniversary of the Cuban victory at the Bay of Pigs (Playa Girón). The design features a soldier holding a rifle with a bayonet, standing before the Cuban flag. The inscription reads "PRIMER ANIVERSARIO DE LA VICTORIA DE PLAYA GIRON" (First Anniversary of the Victory at Playa Girón).

Issued in 1962, this stamp celebrates Cuba's defeat of the CIA-sponsored paramilitary invasion by Cuban exiles at the Bay of Pigs in April 1961, a pivotal event in the early years of Fidel Castro's rule and the Cold War.