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A historic collection of 317 Mauritania postage stamps
✨ Discovery of the day
Year: 1963
Rüppell's Vulture (Gyps de ruppell)
This triangular postage due stamp (timbre taxe) celebrates Mauritania's arid-zone raptors and biological diversity by depicting a Rüppell's vulture (Gyps rueppelli). The detailed horizontal engraving captures the powerful scavenger perched alertly on a thick branch, showing its mottled plumage and keen profile set against a warm, sun-faded background. This composition conveys a strong message of ecological balance, survival, and adaptation within the hyper-arid and semi-arid reaches of the Saharan landscape. Issued for institutional use by the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, the stamp uses this iconic native bird of prey to define its official administrative stationery, anchoring the state's postal system within its local environmental identity.
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Summer Olympic Games 1964 - Tokyo - 85 CFA
Summer Olympic Games 1964 - Tokyo - 50 CFA
Summer Olympic Games 1964 - Tokyo - 15 CFA
100th Anniversary of the International Union of Railways (UIC)
Spatial Telecommunications - SYNCOM Satellite
World Meteorology Day
Preserving the Monuments of Nubia - 60 CFA
Preserving the Monuments of Nubia - 25 CFA
Preserving the Monuments of Nubia - 10 CFA
Dark Chanting-goshawk (Melierax metabates)
Reed Cormorant (Microcarbo africanus)
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse (Pterocles lichtensteinii)
EUROPAFRICA Economic agreement
15th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Introduction of the Air Afrique DC-8 Jetliner
Space Telecommunications (Relay Satellite)
World Meteorology Day (TIROS Satellite)
Space Telecommunications (Telstar Satellite)
African and Malagasy Postal and Telecommunications Union
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Arabian Bustard (Ardeotis arabs)
Paradise Wydah (Steganura paradisea)
Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
