Date (from) 12/06/1989Date (to) 12/06/1989Year 12-06-1989
Stamp from Grenada, island state Del
South Eastern Caribbean Sea. Issued on 12/06/1989 for
celebrate the 1990 Italian Football World Cup. Cut from
60 cents Eastern Caribbean. Paolo Rossi is
depicted wearing the blue uniform, probably
worn at the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, number 21, in
this case barely visible on the left side of the
shorts. The star athlete from Prato is curiously
portrayed with an olive complexion, as if to
emphasise common recognition of his talent at
all latitudes, appropriating a somatic connotation
somatic connotation typical of that geographical area, synonymous with
universal sharing and brotherhood.