Welcome to Mauritania Stamps
A historic collection of 317 Mauritania postage stamps
✨ Discovery of the day
Year: 1963
Spotted Hyena
This definitive stamp highlights Mauritania’s natural heritage and wilderness protection by featuring the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta). The illustration captures the predator alertly foraging through an open arid landscape near a skeletal desert shrub, with a bleached animal skull resting on the sandy ground in the foreground. This composition conveys a powerful message of adaptation and ecological balance, celebrating the resilient carnivorous species that navigate the challenging transitions between the Sahel belt and hyper-arid zones. Issued by the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, the stamp underscores the intrinsic value of the nation's diverse environments, promoting native wildlife as core elements of the country's ecological identity.
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Launching of the French Satellite D 1
Tunnel of Choum
Wharf of Nouakchott
Tunnel of Choum
Decorated House of Oualata
Earthen Well
Mosque of Chinguetti
Palm Grove in Adrar
Preserving the Monuments of Nubia - 60 CFA
Preserving the Monuments of Nubia - 25 CFA
Preserving the Monuments of Nubia - 10 CFA
Nomadic Encampment - 1 franc
Nomadic Encampment - 60 centime
Caravan and Airplane - 50 franc
Caravan and Airplane - 20 franc
Caravan and Airplane - 10 franc
Nomadic Encampment - 1 franc
Nomadic Encampment - 70 centime
Nomadic Encampment - 60 centime
Nomadic Encampment - 1.4 franc
Nomadic Encampment - 1.6 franc
Nomadic Encampment - 1.5 franc
Airmail Airplane over Landscape - 6.9 franc
