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A historic collection of 317 Mauritania postage stamps
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Year: 1960
Pastoral Well
This definitive stamp honors Mauritania's traditional rural economy and nomadic heritage by depicting a pastoral well, a vital life-sustaining resource in the arid Sahelian and Saharan landscapes. The illustration shows a local herder dressed in traditional attire and a head wrap, actively pulling up a heavy leather water skin from a wooden well structure to fill a trough, while long-horned cattle wait in the background. This imagery carries a powerful message of resilience, hard work, and the essential relationship between water management and livestock rearing, which forms the backbone of Mauritanian culture and identity. Within the post-independence context, the stamp serves to celebrate the enduring traditions of the country’s rural communities while documenting the foundational importance of water resources to national stability and nomadic survival.
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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)
