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A historic collection of 317 Mauritania postage stamps
✨ Discovery of the day
Year: 1963
Dromedary
This definitive stamp highlights Mauritania’s foundational pastoral culture and desert identity by featuring the dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius). The illustration captures a maternal scene of an adult camel standing in the sand dunes with its young calf, set against a cross-hatched sky backdrop. This imagery carries a strong message of biological continuity, endurance, and economic survival, celebrating an animal that serves as a vital source of transport, milk, and wealth for Saharan nomadic communities. Within the Mauritanian context, the issue honors the camel not merely as wildlife, but as an indispensable pillar of the nation's traditional heritage and rural economy.
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Great White Pelican
Rüppell's Vulture (Gyps de ruppell)
Gray Crane (Grus grus)
Chameleon
Dorcas Gazelle
Crested Porcupine
Patas Monkeys
Aardvark
Antelopes
Leopard
Dromedary
Guinea Baboons
Cheetah
Spotted Hyena
Striped Hyena
Slender-billed Gull (Goeland Railleur)
Spoonbill (Spatule)
Greater Flamingo (Flamant Rose)
White Oryx
Fennec Foxes
