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A historic collection of 317 Mauritania postage stamps
✨ Discovery of the day
Year: 1963
Guinea Baboons
This definitive stamp highlights the social complexity of Mauritania's wildlife by depicting a group of Guinea baboons (Papio papio), collectively labeled on the issue as babouins. The multi-color design illustrates three baboons interacting beneath a canopy of green leaves, with one meticulously grooming another while a third looks on thoughtfully from the background. This expressive composition conveys a message of ecological variety, community behavior, and habitat preservation, illustrating species that thrive near the rocky plateaus and riverine ecosystems of the south. In the post-independence context, the stamp expands the narrative of the Mauritanian landscape beyond its vast Saharan dunes, celebrating the rich and lively ecosystems that form the nation's southern natural heritage.
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Summer Olympic Games 1964 - Tokyo - 85 CFA
Summer Olympic Games 1964 - Tokyo - 50 CFA
Summer Olympic Games 1964 - Tokyo - 15 CFA
100th Anniversary of the International Union of Railways (UIC)
Spatial Telecommunications - SYNCOM Satellite
World Meteorology Day
Preserving the Monuments of Nubia - 60 CFA
Preserving the Monuments of Nubia - 25 CFA
Preserving the Monuments of Nubia - 10 CFA
Dark Chanting-goshawk (Melierax metabates)
Reed Cormorant (Microcarbo africanus)
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse (Pterocles lichtensteinii)
EUROPAFRICA Economic agreement
15th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Introduction of the Air Afrique DC-8 Jetliner
Space Telecommunications (Relay Satellite)
World Meteorology Day (TIROS Satellite)
Space Telecommunications (Telstar Satellite)
African and Malagasy Postal and Telecommunications Union
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Arabian Bustard (Ardeotis arabs)
Paradise Wydah (Steganura paradisea)
Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
