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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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Tobacco Pouch and Pipe
Tea Service Set
Fight against cancer
Decorated House of Oualata
Earthen Well
Mosque of Chinguetti
Palm Grove in Adrar
Centenary of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
100th Anniversary of the Death of Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
Traditional Musicians
Tidinit
Tobul
Hardine (Traditional Musical Instrument)
Caralluma retrospiciens
Desert Rose (Adenium obesum)
Acacia Gommier (Acacia senegal)
Lotus Water Lily (Nymphaea lotus)
First death anniversary of John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
Cooperation France and the African-Malagasy Union
Meagre (Sciaena aquila)
Royal Spiny Lobster (Panulirus regius)
Pink Spiny Lobster (Palinurus mauritanicus)
Flathead Grey Mullet (Mugil cephalus)
