CENTRAL AFRICAN REP.

325 CFA Blk of four: Native African birds are featured in this sheetlet, where they perch and fly near a local waterfall

ANGOLA

Kw 23: this 1990 issue features traditional architecture of Angola, showing the strong influence of Portuguese styles from the colonial period

BOTSWANA

P4.70: this colorful birds issue features a pair of African Green Pigeons in what appears to be a fruiting fig tree

BENIN

300fr: this colorful 1994 issue celebrates World Cup Soccer, showing the trophy surrounded by flags. In 1994 the USA hosted the games for the first time ever.

CENTRAL AFRICAN Rep. / Rep. Centrafricaine

100fr: this 1990 fauna issue foretells declining local populations of elephants, one of the species most targeted by poachers as demand for ivory soars worldwide

ETHIOPIA / Ethiopie

B2: this native birds set from 2001 shows Prince Ruspoli's Turaco, endemic to a highland forest areas in southern Ethiopia near Arero, Bobela, Sokora and Wadera. The species was discovered by Prince Ruspoli of Italy during an expedition in 1892.

IVORY COAST / Cote d'Ivoire

100fr: this 1979 Philexfrance exposition issue shows the national symbol (elephant) with an inset of a stamp showing a francolin or forest partridge

KENYA

Sh. 30 Souv. Sheet: the Reticulated or Somali Giraffe is seen feeding in this fauna issue; this sub-species is found from Ethiopia to N. Kenya

The GAMBIA / Gambie

20b: this birds issue shows the African Emerald Cuckoo, a colorful species of woods and thickets

MADAGASCAR

1120 Ar: this 2001 issue celebrates a solar eclipse that was visible in the southern hemisphere

MAURITIUS / Ile Maurice

R1: this WWF issue shows endemic spotted geckos basking on a branch

MADAGASCAR

Ar675: this 1992 parrots issue features a budgerigar, among the most common domestic parakeets

LIBERIA

3c, 25c, $1: Three values from a native birds set. Pictured here are the Carmine Bee-eater, the Broad-billed Roller and the Double-toothed Barbet

LESOTHO

M1: this 1985 WTO issue shows the natural attraction of Botsoela Falls, near Malealea Village; it is just one of many cascades in this mountain kingdom

RWANDA

15fr: this WWF issue shows two adult mountain gorillas, which inhabit moist forest in the Virungas range on Rwanda's northern border with Uganda and the Dem. Rep. of Congo

SIERRA LEONE

L15: this World Cup issue celebrates the 1990 competition held in Italy, and shows the country team of Yugoslavia; the trophy appears at lower right

SUDAN

200p: this 1989 issue celebrates the 34th anniv. of Sudan's independence, and shows a national map outline

NAMIBIA

N$3.40: this 2006 issue shows the Dusky Sunbird, a species that inhabits the arid plains and savannahs across southern Africa; the stamp was postmarked in Rundu, in NE Namibia on the Angolan border