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A historic collection of 317 Mauritania postage stamps
✨ Discovery of the day
Year: 1963
Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
This triangular postage due stamp (timbre taxe) showcases Mauritania's ground-dwelling avifauna by featuring a partridge, labeled on the issue as perdrix rouge. The distinctive three-sided composition frames the rotund gamebird walking alertly amidst light green ground cover, highlighting its distinct facial markings, barred flanks, and bright red bill and legs against a pale background. This imagery conveys a message of ecological variety and survival across the semi-arid brushlands and rocky hillsides of the country's transitional zones. Within the early administrative operations of the Islamic Republic, the stamp integrates functional postage collection with symbols of local wildlife.
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Crossing the Desert ,85 centime
Crossing the Desert ,65 centime
Crossing the Desert ,50 centime
Crossing the Desert ,30 centime
Crossing the Desert ,10 centime
Crossing the Desert ,50 centime
Crossing the Desert , 30 centime
Crossing the Desert , 25 centime
Crossing the Desert , 10 centime
Crossing the Desert , 5 centime
Crossing the Desert , 5 franc
Crossing the Desert , 2 franc
Crossing the Desert , 1 franc
Crossing the Desert , 15 centime
Crossing the Desert , 75 centime
Crossing the Desert , 50 centime
Crossing the Desert , 45 centime
Crossing the Desert , 40 centime
Crossing the Desert , 35 centime
Crossing the Desert , 30 centime
Crossing the Desert , 25 centime
Crossing the Desert , 20 centime
Crossing the Desert , 10 centime
