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A historic collection of 317 Mauritania postage stamps
✨ Discovery of the day
Year: 1943
Nomadic Encampment - 60 centime
This definitive stamp honors the social and domestic fabric of Saharan life by depicting a bustling nomadic encampment (frik) in the Mauritanian desert. The detailed line engraving illustrates an extended family gathered around a traditional tent structure, featuring women engaged in domestic work—including one carrying a basket on her head—alongside a kneeling dromedary being tended to, which carries a powerful message of community resilience, shared labor, and deep-rooted pastoral traditions. Produced under the federation of French West Africa (Afrique Occidentale Française), this issue reflects a colonial-era philatelic effort to document the authentic cultural landscapes and daily survival strategies of the Saharan interior. By elevating this intimate domestic scene onto an official postage stamp, the program celebrates the central role of family and livestock management in sustaining Mauritania's nomadic identity across the arid Saharan expanses.
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5th Anniversary of the West African Monetary Union
Advancement of Women - 50 CFA
Advancement of Women - 30 CFA
Advancement of Women - 20 CFA
Advancement of Women - 10 CFA
Advancement of Women - 5 CFA
Introduction of Air Afrique DC-8F Service
15th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
MIFERMA Port-Etienne Shipping Terminal
MIFERMA Zouerate Iron Ore Mine
Air Mauritania Douglas DC-3 over Nouakchott Airport
First Anniversary of the Congress for Unity
Second Anniversary of Independence
First Anniversary of UN Admission
Modern Transport and Nomadic Life
1st Anniversary of the African and Malagasy Union (UAM)
Admission to the United Nations - 85 franc
Admission to the United Nations - 25 franc
Admission to the United Nations - 15 franc
