Description: This vivid multi-colored postage stamp from the Republic of Equatorial Guinea honors Uruguayan football legend Alcides Ghiggia. Released to commemorate the 1974 FIFA World Cup in West Germany, the active illustration showcases a player in a light blue jersey sprinting forward while deftly controlling a soccer ball along a curved green pitch layout. Floating in the upper right quadrant is a detailed portrait of a mature Ghiggia, flanked by the national flag of Uruguay and a golden Jules Rimet Trophy graphic. The composition is bounded by the large vertical word "ECUATORIAL" on the right, balanced by a "0.45 PESETA" face value block resting securely in the lower right corner and a partial black postal cancellation ink mark along the bottom left.
Circa: 1974
Condition: Hinged CTO
Notes:
The small year "1950" printed on the stamp references the legendary World Cup final where Ghiggia scored the shocking winning goal against host nation Brazil, an event famously known as the Maracanazo.
Ghiggia famously remarked years later that only three people had ever managed to silence the packed Maracanã Stadium with a single movement; Frank Sinatra, Pope John Paul II, and himself.