Saturday, January 28, 2012

BURUNDI

15fr: a native drummer is shown in this festive issue, with Burundi's flad draped over the drum

CAPE VERDE / Cap Vert

10e: this 2003 issue celebrates 75 years of air mail service between Africa, Europe and the Americas, with the 1st Dakar-Praia flight in 1928

CAPE VERDE / Cap Vert

10e: this issue shows two men practicing Taekwondo in the 2004 Olympics

COMOROS / Iles Comores

125fr, 50fr ovpt on 250fr: sports issues are shown here, celebrating the Calgary Olympics and youth sports.

Dem. Rep. CONGO / R.D. Congo

1.25 fr: this colorful large-format stamp was issued just after the country changed its name from Zaire in 1998, and shows a festive street parade

Sunday, January 22, 2012

BURKINA FASO

200fr, 690fr: this 2009 issue shows agricultural scenes of local villagers tending fields and planting, a relevant subject for this primarily rural country

ALGERIA / Algerie

8.60: the town of Kerzaz is shown on this 1993 issue, with a backdrop of Saharan sand dunes

BURUNDI

250fr: fungi is the subject of this colorful 1992 issue

GABON

100fr: this 1996 issue shows native Gabonese artists and their paintings

ALGERIA / Algerie

20: the Oran Station is featured on this 2008 issue showing notable sites

KENYA

Sh. 1: the national flag is shown on this 1988 issue celebrating Kenya's 25th anniv. of independence

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

BOTSWANA

P4.70: a traditional scene of a Legae village is shown on this local issue

GHANA

c300: this lovely booklet stamp issue shows one of the sites of the Ghanaian coast, known for its beauty and tourism potential

CHAD / Tchad

150fr: this 2005 issue shows the fossilized skull of Toumai, an early hominid found in the region and subject of much anthropological interest

DJIBOUTI

70fr: this issue shows traditional alongside the modern Djibouti-Ethiopian railway

ETHIOPIA / Ethiopie

1b: rural trades such as weaving are featured on this issue, called "the Victory of Ethiopia"

Thursday, January 12, 2012

CONGO

80fr: this 1991 issue celebrates Amnesty International, showing local designs of human rights activism and a placard that reads "No to human rights violations"

The GAMBIA / Gambie

90b: the West African Dwarf Crocodile is featured on this stamp, and is a denizen of the River Gambia

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