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A historic collection of 317 Mauritania postage stamps
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Year: 1942
Indigenous Child Protection - Dispensary at Mopti
This semi-postal airmail stamp highlights regional healthcare expansion across French West Africa (AOF) under the humanitarian program "Pour la Protection de l'Enfance Indigène" (For the Protection of Indigenous Childhood). The central illustration depicts a large crowd of local people gathered outside the arched entrance of a colonial-style medical dispensary situated along a riverbank in Mopti. This design conveys a message of institutional modernization, public welfare, and organized medical outreach. Within the context of Mauritania, which shared historical administrative structures within the broader federal network of French West Africa, the stamp illustrates how state-sponsored infrastructure was promoted across neighboring territories to showcase regional health improvements, social care systems, and humanitarian intervention.
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Caravan and Pétain - 1 franc
Defense of the Empire - White Goumier
Defense of the Empire - Colonial Infantry
Defense of the Empire - Moorish Goumier
Warriors on Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius)- 45 centime
Warriors on Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius)- 40 centime
Nomadic Encampment - 1 franc
Nomadic Encampment - 70 centime
Nomadic Encampment - 60 centime
Nomadic Encampment - 1.4 franc
Moorish Couple - 2.5 franc
Nomadic Encampment - 1.6 franc
Nomadic Encampment - 1.5 franc
Airmail Airplane over Landscape - 6.9 franc
Airmail Airplane over Landscape - 4.9 franc
Airmail Airplane over Landscape - 4.5 franc
Airmail Airplane over Landscape - 2.9 franc
Airmail Airplane over Landscape - 1.9 franc
Moorish Couple - 2.25 franc
Nomadic Encampment - 1.25 franc
Nomadic Encampment - 90 centime
150th Anniversary of the French Revolution - 4.25 Franc
150th Anniversary of the French Revolution - 2.25 Franc
