Welcome to Mauritania Stamps
A historic collection of 317 Mauritania postage stamps
✨ Discovery of the day
Year: 1906
French West Africa: Palm Tree 50 centime
Focusing on the natural resources of the region, this stamp features a prominent oil palm tree, symbolizing the economic potential and agricultural diversity of the West African territories. The illustration serves to highlight the ecological landscape of the more fertile southern regions of Mauritania, contrasting with the northern desert expanses. This theme conveys a message of colonial productivity and the systematic cataloging of indigenous flora for imperial economic interests. In the broader context of Mauritanian history, the stamp represents the integration of the territory into the colonial commodity network, using botanical imagery to represent the "civilizing" and productive goals of the French administrative institutions.
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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)
