SIERRA LEONE

31c: this pre-war issue features a pair of African Golden Cats, a shy species native to W. African forests. Adults of the species are typically just about twice the size of an average house cat.

SENEGAL

25fr: this 1999 issue celebrates the 30th anniv. of the Moon Landing and features the moon walkers planting a U.S. flag

SEYCHELLES

R3: this 1988 marine life issue features a Green Sea Turtle coming ashore to lay eggs

MAURITIUS / Ile Maurice

70c: this definitive issue shows a map made by Bellin in 1763 during the age of exploration

MOROCCO / Maroc

6,50: this 2000 issue features the Festival of Volubilis, an ancient Roman city not far from Fes

MALI

200fr: this WWF issue features the Derby's Eland, a tall plains antelope

MAURITIUS

R10: this PhilaNippon Issue features a local Butterfly posed on a pink Hibiscus

MALI

100fr: African Education Year is celebrated on this large format stamp of 1996, showing a girl reading and a traditional woven bag

MALDIVES

R10: this Nature Tourism issue shows a sea turtle on a white sand beach at sunset on a low-lying atoll within the islands of the Maldives

MADAGASCAR

150fr: this 1987 issue celebrates the 25th anniv. of the African Coffee Producers Org. and shows a map of members and flag insets

MOZAMBIQUE

M3.00: this local flora issue of 1978 features the Flame tree or Erythrina

MAURITANIA

100: this 1990 local issue celebrates World Meteorology Day and shows a rural child collecting water

SWAZILAND

90c, 65c: two local wildlife issues feature the leopard and the Oribi

SENEGAL

25fr: this is a rare African issue showing Antarctica and natural history research, issued in 1992. In the margins of the stamps, typical species such as a penguin, whale and seal are seen

RWANDA

70fr, 18fr: two early bird issues featuring the Purple-breasted Sunbird and the Red-headed Finch

TOGO

185fr: this conservation issue shows an African Gray Parrot in its native forest habitat; this widespread species can be seen across much of west and central Africa

TANZANIA

Sh. 100: this 1990 issue shows the flags and map of the SADCC trading bloc, to celebrate its 10th anniversary

SENEGAL

70fr, 215fr: this 1996 issue features African Storks, seen here are the Saddlebill and the Marabou