Previous                 Philately Goes Bananas                 Next Cape Verde Cape Verde produced 9,015 tonnes of bananas in 2019 ranking it 87th in the world after Guinea-Bissau and before Kiribati. Brinhola are pan fried banana fritters from Cape Verde made from mashed bananas, flour or cornmeal, baking soda and a pinch of salt. In other parts of Cape Verde they are called fidjos. Date of Issue: October 15, 1968 Series: Pictorial Definitives > Date of Issue: August 16, 1994 Series: Bananas (Souvenir Sheet for PHILAKOREA '94 and SINGPEX '94) Previous                                                Next Return to the Banana Stamps from Around the World Index Page.