ALGERIA / Algerie

30: what a better way to end the year than with a typical New Year's issue, this one issued in 2007

BENIN

175fr, 300fr: Rotary Intl. is celebrated on this 2005 issue showing a stylized map of Benin

BOTSWANA

25t: this issue shows the rural art of weaving in celebration of the 10th anniv. of independence

CONGO

60fr: the Pan African Postal Union is celebrated with this intricate design of a balloon and letters over a map of Africa, issued 1990

COMOROS / Iles Comores

150fr: this 1983 air mail issue shows parasailing, an Olympic sport

GABON

225fr: the New Horizons Children's Foundation is featured on this 1998 issue

CONGO

75fr: this 1991 issue celebrates fresh water resources with the slogan "water is life"

DEM. REP. CONGO / R. D. Congo

10 FC: this overprinted issue was issued shortly after the country changed its name from Zaire to DR Congo in 1998 and shows a brightly colored Lepidoptera spp.

DJIBOUTI

70fr: this 1990 cultural issue shows a local woman's fine jewelry

DJIBOUTI

45fr, 50fr: Two values from the 1984 landscapes series, showing Lac Abbe and the Alaili Dada volcanic formations, with insets showing a warthog and an antelope

GAMBIA / Gambie

D1.25, D3: two stamps from a local flora and fauna series, these show the crowned crane and millet; as well as a pair of Oribi and Senegal Palm

GABON

150fr: the Musa (banana) crop is shown on this 1986 issue, and is a very important local staple, grown throughout Gabon

GHANA

c2000: the Black Stars national soccer team is celebrated on this 2006 World Cup issue

IVORY COAST / Cote d'Ivoire

150fr: this 1992 issue celebrates the biodiversity of tropical forests, and was issued to commemorate the Rio Environment Summit

KENYA

Sh. 3: the Leopard, a charismatic species of Kenyan national parks, is seen on this fauna stamp issue

KENYA

Sh. 1: this issue celebrates the anniv. of independence with a scene of the original raising of Kenya's flag in 1963

KENYA

15.50/- the showy native Brachychorythis orchid is featured on this flora stamp

IVORY COAST / Cote d'Ivoire

280fr: this colorful issue shows flags and the outline of a player in the 1998 World Cup