COMOROS / Iles Comores

75fr a showy yellow orchid is featured in detail on this 2003 issue

MAYOTTE

41c: this 2001 issue shows the arrival of islanders returning from the hajj in Mecca

LIBERIA

$40 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia is honored on this issue

IVORY COAST / Cote d'Ivoire

220fr: a spectacular carved mask of the Guro ethnic group is pictured on this 2005 issue, representing the Gu female spirit

IVORY COAST / Cote d'Ivoire

280fr Peace is the theme of this 1999 issue, showing an elephant, symbol of the country's strength and unity

MAURITIUS / Ile Maurice

R50: a showy hibiscus is shown on this high value from the recent indigenous flowers series

MALI

565fr: the balafon festival is featured on this 2003 issue showing local culture

MAURITIUS / Ile Maurice

R25: Kite flying is featured on this issue showing children's games

MALAWI

K65: development aid from Europe is celebrated on this issue, which shows the Malawi and EU flags at lower right

MALAWI

95t: this issue features the Sauropod, in a series showing prehistoric life

LIBERIA

$30 this 2005 issue shows a woman casting a ballot in that year's historic election, resulting in the Presidency of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

MAYOTTE

55c this colorful 2008 issue shows the traditional M'Biwi dance, also called the "balance-fesses"

LIBERIA

$40 this recent issue shows the Chandra Observatory satellite

LIBYA

750: the anniv. of the September Revolution is shown with this stylized dove and map issue of 2005

MAYOTTE

46c The Eco-Museum, showing traditional vanilla cultivation, is featured on this 2001 issue

NIGER

600fr: this issue features two players in the 1990 World Cup, held in Italy

UGANDA / l'Ouganda

1600/- Two Omwenda women in traditional dress are shown on this issue, featuring the ethnic diversity of Uganda

TANZANIA

250/- this stamp shows one of the most emblematic peaks in Africa, Mt. Kilimanjaro, which rises from the plains to a height of 19,340 feet above sea level

UGANDA / l'Ouganda

1600/- Impatiens spp. is featured on this stamp, part of the flowering plants series

TANZANIA

700/- this issue shows playful zebras on the plains of Tanzania

SWAZILAND

80c: Mouth Organ Musical Instrument and 90c: the graceful ribbon of Mgubudla Falls

SENEGAL

70fr a lazy Leopard sleeps in a tree on this colorful 1993 wildlife issue; the cancel is "Dakar Sorting Center"

SIERRA LEONE

L9: the Blood Red Cymothoe Butterfly is pictured on this 1989 issue. This showy species has three distributional varieties, which some believe constitute three separate species.

SOMALIA / Somalie

56 Sh.: this stamp features cooperation between Somalia and Norway, and dates from 1987, before the central government dissolved and mail service was suspended

SENEGAL

300fr: the 2004 African Cup of Nations is the subject of this issue

NIGERIA

45k this simple image is typical of Nigerian issues, and shows a pink Hibiscus

RWANDA

300frw: the Chameleon is shown against a volcano backdrop of the Virunga Range (N. Rwanda)

RWANDA

30frw: this issue of local importance shows children orphans of the 1994 Rwandan genocide

TOGO

315fr: this spectacular Charaxes butterfly issue was cancelled in the town of Kpalime

SWAZILAND

10c, 15c (overprint): two values of the Swazi butterfly definitives, showing the Yellow Pansy and Broad Bordered Acraea

RWANDA

40fr: this issue highlights Sunbirds (Nectarinia spp)., an avian family with great diversity in Africa

ZAMBIA

K45: this dramatic scene shows a plane flying low over Victoria Falls

UGANDA / l'Ouganda

200/- the Annunciation is a popular topic for Christmas stamp issues, such as this large format stamp of 1992

UGANDA / l'Ouganda

400/- Millenium Development Goal #3 centers on Gender Equity and Women's empowerment, rights and education

UGANDA / l'Ouganda

2000/- this recent issue shows a gold medalist from the 2006 Commonwealth Games

TUNISIA / Tunisie

250: this 2002 large format art stamp shows a richly hued oil painting showing three women, called "Mariage"

ZAMBIA / Zambie

K900 this stamp shows the large Spotted Eagle Owl, a top nocturnal avian predator