Welcome to Mauritania Stamps
A historic collection of 317 Mauritania postage stamps
✨ Discovery of the day
Year: 1930
Crossing the Desert , 90 centime
This stamp captures a fundamental aspect of Mauritanian heritage and the broader history of French West Africa by depicting a nomadic journey across the Sahelian landscape. The illustration serves as a powerful symbol of the historical interdependence between the pastoralist communities and their livestock, specifically highlighting the use of cattle as essential beasts of burden for transport and survival in an arid environment. By showcasing a family or group navigating the expanse with their herd, the imagery celebrates the endurance, resilience, and traditional lifestyle of the Moorish and sub-Saharan cultures that define the region's identity. This scene reflects an economy and social structure deeply rooted in transhumance—the seasonal movement of people and animals—which has remained a cornerstone of Mauritanian cultural life and desert survival for centuries, long before the establishment of modern colonial or national institutions.
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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)
