Guyana

Trivia

• The 1856 British Guiana 1c magenta stamp is considered the rarest in the world, with only one copy known to exist.
• The 1959 film Green Mansions, starring Audrey Hepburn and Anthony Perkins, was filmed in Guyana (then British Guiana).
• Guyana is the only South American country where the death penalty is still in use for ordinary crimes and where homosexuality remains illegal.