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30NK: this Garamba National Park issue of 1993 features the Cape Eland

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Z100 overprint: In the final years of Zaire's stamp issuing history, it had an enormous number of overprints, in successively increasing values. Seen here is 100z overprinted on a 1982 soccer World Cup issue

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Z3.50: this large format issue shows elephants in Virunga National Park, in the eastern DRC, one of the oldest nature reserves in Africa

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5z: the two-toned Blue Lizard is a common and colorful local species in central Africa

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25z: this reptiles issue shows the feared Green Mamba, a forest dwelling snake

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2z se-tenant pair: this 1980 issue shows former stamps from Belgium and the Congo

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80z: this 1988 issue is a high value of a set showing air transport and planes; showing various hot air balloons, the oldest form of manned air travel, developed in 1783. A clear town cancel can be seen from Bukavu, South Kivu Province

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2z: this WWF fund issue was issued among the last before Zaire changed its official name. It shows the Okapi or Forest Giraffe, a shy forest species.

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3z: this stunning large format stamp is from a series showing fauna of Garamba National Park. The Serval is closely related to the African Golden Cat, and is a shy savannah species with long legs relative to its body size.

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10k: this large format issue from 1980 shows ornamental fish; seen here is the Yellow-faced Angelfish

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20z: this was a high value of a set issued for the summer Olympics in Los Angeles, in 1984, and shows a soccer match

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z12,500: this 1996 inflation issue shows boxing, a sport of the Atlanta Olympics

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25k, 3z: two stamps from the 1982 Spain World Cup issue

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z2: in 1982 Kinshasa hosted a Summit of Leaders of France and Africa, celebrated on this issue which shows a map and the flags of Zaire and France

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25k the Quelea, pictured here, is a highly gregarious seadeater, whose large flocks darken skies across Sub-Saharan Africa. This stamp is from the 1982 birds series of Zaire.

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15z this stamp from the 1984 flora species shows Thunberia erecta, an herbaceous climbing plant native to tropical Africa

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100z This curious issue celebrates the 150th Anniv. of Belgium's independence (1830-1980) and shows a colonial troop of Congolese soldiers fighting in WWI

ZAIRE Overprinted Dem. Rep. of CONGO

70 fr: this issue from Zaire was overprinted as the country changed names after 1998. It shows the Dark Chanting Goshawk, a solitary bird of prey which inhabits humid areas of central Africa. It preys on lizards and small reptiles.

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15z Flap-neck Chameleon: this insectivorous species is able to change colors and has characteristic chameleon side vision.

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200 nz (overprinted on 1993 issue): 50th Anniv. of the Garamba National Park, in NE Zaire (Congo). This stamp shows an elephant patrol in the park.