Africa Stamp Exchange / / / / Le Site Africain pour l'Echange Philatelique: January 2013

Saturday, January 26, 2013

150fr: this lovely 2008 flora issue shows the maracuja, a Passiflora spp.

250fr: the Addax, a graceful and highly endangered antelope, is featured on this fauna issue of 2000.

350fr: this 1980 air mail stamp shows the bold colors of traditional masks

25fr: this 1992 issue celebrates literacy, and shows a rural education scene

15t: this 1991 issue shows early human cave art with painting of local animals which have been preserved by the region's dry climate

60fr: the Giraffe is seen on this fauna issue; in Cameroon this species can be seen in the savannah region, including Waza National Park

350fr: this 1998 fauna issue features the distinctive Secretary Bird feeding on a snake in the savannah

25fr: this Hippo is part of a native fauna set issued in 1979

Sh. 5: this lovely issue shows Garnets in rock as well as cut and refined, from a definitive minerals set

1 le: an effigy of Tutankhamun, perhaps Egypt's most renowned noble, is shown on this 1998 Post Day issue

90fr, 500fr: two values from a 1995 Owls issue. The species featured include the Barn Owl and the Cape Eagle Owl

175fr: this 1991 issue celebrates olympic sport competitions