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A historic collection of 317 Mauritania postage stamps
✨ Discovery of the day
Year: 1939
Nomadic Encampment - 1.25 franc
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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Chest from Mederdra
Damascened Dagger
Tobacco Pouch and Pipe
Tea Service Set
Traditional Musicians
Tidinit
Tobul
Hardine (Traditional Musical Instrument)
Traditional Geometric Mosaic - 25 franc
Traditional Geometric Mosaic - 20 franc
Traditional Geometric Mosaic - 15 franc
Traditional Geometric Mosaic - 10 franc
Traditional Geometric Mosaic - 5 franc
Traditional Geometric Mosaic - 2 franc
Traditional Geometric Mosaic - 1 franc
Cross of Trarza - 200 franc
Cross of Trarza - 100 franc
Cross of Trarza - 50 franc
Cross of Trarza - 30 franc
Cross of Trarza - 25 franc
Cross of Trarza - 20 franc
Cross of Trarza - 15 franc
Cross of Trarza - 10 franc
