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A historic collection of 317 Mauritania postage stamps
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Year: 1931
Colonial Exhibition in Paris 1931 , 90 centime
This stamp commemorates the Exposition Coloniale Internationale held in Paris in 1931, an event designed to showcase the vast reach and cultural diversity of the French overseas empire to a global audience. The illustration features a montage of diverse figures and agricultural products, symbolizing the human and economic wealth of the various territories under French administration, including Mauritania. By depicting individuals in traditional attire engaged with local resources—such as livestock and harvested crops—the imagery carries a message of colonial productivity and the exoticized "harmony" of the imperial system. In the Mauritanian context, this program highlights the territory's historical role as a bridge between North African and Sub-Saharan influences, emphasizing its identity as a land of pastoral heritage and resource potential. The stamp serves as a historical document of how Mauritanian life and crafts were curated and presented as part of a larger institutional narrative during the early 20th century.
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Tobacco Pouch and Pipe
Tea Service Set
Fight against cancer
Decorated House of Oualata
Earthen Well
Mosque of Chinguetti
Palm Grove in Adrar
Centenary of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
100th Anniversary of the Death of Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
Traditional Musicians
Tidinit
Tobul
Hardine (Traditional Musical Instrument)
Caralluma retrospiciens
Desert Rose (Adenium obesum)
Acacia Gommier (Acacia senegal)
Lotus Water Lily (Nymphaea lotus)
First death anniversary of John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
Cooperation France and the African-Malagasy Union
Meagre (Sciaena aquila)
Royal Spiny Lobster (Panulirus regius)
Pink Spiny Lobster (Palinurus mauritanicus)
Flathead Grey Mullet (Mugil cephalus)
