Welcome to Mauritania Stamps
A historic collection of 317 Mauritania postage stamps
✨ Discovery of the day
Year: 1941
Defense of the Empire - White Goumier
This semi-postal stamp highlights the theme of colonial military contribution and regional defense during World War II, issued as part of the French colonial "Defense of the Empire" series in Mauritania. The illustration features a "Goumier Blanc" (a French or European officer or soldier in the camel cavalry units) mounted on a dromedary camel, equipped with a rifle slung over his back and a traditional turban and robe suited for desert conditions. This iconography symbolizes surveillance, military readiness, and the strategic mastery of the vast Saharan landscape, carrying a message of imperial defense and coordination. In the Mauritanian historical context, the stamp reflects the territory's identity as a vast desert expanse dependent on mobile camel corps (Méharistes/Goums) for security, highlighting how nomadic traditions and indigenous environments were integrated into the geopolitical military framework of French West Africa.
View Stamp Details →Collection Gallery
Ostrich (Struthio camelus)
Great White Egret (Ardea alba)
Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum)
Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius)
African Monarch (Danaus chrysippus)
Diadem or Danaid Eggly (Hypolimnas misippus)
Crimson Tip (Colotis danae)
Common Figtree Blue (Myrina silenus)
Dark Chanting-goshawk (Melierax metabates)
Reed Cormorant (Microcarbo africanus)
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse (Pterocles lichtensteinii)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Arabian Bustard (Ardeotis arabs)
Paradise Wydah (Steganura paradisea)
Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)
Guineafowl
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Great Snipe (Gallinago media)
Variable Sunbird (Cinnyris venustus)
Eurasian Golden Oriole
