South Africa issues Nelson Mandela stamp

By Christopher Torchia

Published February 11, 2014 2:41pm ET

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South Africa issues Nelson Mandela stamp — FILE - In this, Saturday, May 9, 2009 file photo, South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela smiles as newly appointed President Jacob Zuma makes his speech during his Inauguration in Pretoria, South Africa. The families of two women who have sought to be recognized as children of Nelson Mandela have contacted the executors of the will of the anti-apartheid leader, but are not seeking money, a lawyer said Monday, Feb. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, Pool, File) | Themba Hadebe

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — When Nelson Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993, South Africa’s post office issued a stamp with his image. It released another when Mandela was inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president in the following year. Then one more when the former president turned 90 in 2008.

The postal service issued a fourth commemorative stamp with a portrait of Mandela on Tuesday, the 24th anniversary of his release from prison during white minority rule. He died Dec. 5 at the age of 95.

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