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750fr: this WWF sheetlet from 2013 features the wild giraffes of Niger, a relict population that has become a celebrated natural wonder among locals

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500fr: this Columbian issue features the portrait inset and one of the explorer's ships

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500fr: this colorful 1998 birds issue features a parrot, possibly a conure

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500fr: this Airmail issue features the Precis octavia butterfly

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150fr: the Dammah Oryx is featured on this endangered mammal WWF issue

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735fr: this 2011 issue shows the mysterious ruins of the city of Djado, in NE Niger

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100fr: this local river scene features a stamp-on-stamp design for the centennial of the birth of Sir Rowland Hill, with a clear cancel from Agadez

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200fr: a WWF fauna issue shows the Addax, a highly endangered antelope species of the Sahel

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130fr: the local celebrity comedian Koungoui is featured on this 1986 issue

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250fr: this 1989 issue celebrates the 200th anniv. of the French Revolution with a historical scene

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110fr: this 1992 issue commemorates July 11, World Population Day, bearing the slogal "protecting the future"

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225fr: this artistic scene shows a child carrying a basket, and the emblem of the UN's 50th anniv.

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200fr: this issue celebrates 1991 as the Year of African Tourism, and shows a map with a stylized zebra

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600fr: this issue features two players in the 1990 World Cup, held in Italy

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500 fr: this oversized, gold foil stamp shows a state portrait of Ibrahim Bare, President of the Niger Republic

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60 fr: Giraffe against the sun, part of the 1981 wild animals of Niger issue. This is one of my favorite stamps ever issued by an African country, and shows the exquisite natural beauty of the continent in rich colors and detail. While fauna such as the giraffe is not as abundant in West Africa as in other parts of its range, important localized populations still exist.

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10f Woodland Kingfisher

this design originally appeard as a stamp issue of Niger in 1970 and has been re-printed several times. It shows one of the most widespread species of kingfishers in W. Africa

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300f Zeppelin Airmail Issue