Friday, April 27, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
LIBYA
100m, 70m: these two issues commemorate the Union of Arab Pharmacists (left) and Cooperation with the Palestinian People
Friday, April 20, 2012
NAMIBIA / Namibie
N$1.10: a sunset over the Okavango delta graces this lovely 1998 tourism scenery issue. The world's largest inland delta, most of the Okavango drains into a swampy area of the Kalahari lying mostly within Botswana, but close to the border of Namibia's panhandle.
MADAGASCAR
1500fr: colorful rural medical clinics are featured on this Lions/Rotary issue; these events take place in remote villages where health education access is poor
Sunday, April 15, 2012
MADAGASCAR
1300fr: the lovely Pereute butterfly spp.is featured on this 1992 issue
140fr: this 1990 issue shows one of the 6 baobab species endemic to the island; unmistakable with their distinctive bottle shaped trunks, these trees attain ages up to 800 years old
MALI
25fr: this 1994 issue shows the Disa kewensis orchid variety against a backdrop of local architecture and arid landscape typical of the Malian Sahel region
40fr: this diminutive stamp, issued in 1998, shows an Azalai caravan on camelback
NAMIBIA
50c: the tiny Cinderella Waxbill, a common savannah seedeater, is pictured on this 1997 stamp
20c, 40c: two values from a 1991 mineral definitive series, these stamps feature gem quality diamonds of various colors and green dioptase crystals
NIGER
110fr: this 1992 issue commemorates July 11, World Population Day, bearing the slogal "protecting the future"
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
MAURITIUS / Ile Maurice
R10: the Dombeya spp. is pictured on this 2009 flora issue. This flower's genus is named after the French botanist who embroiled France, Spain and Britian in the so-called Dombey affair, when in 1780 he sent a flora collection to Europe from Peru and the British seized the vessel and impounded the samples.
Sunday, April 8, 2012
NAMIBIA
25c: this 1992 issue shows Namibia's map and flag along with the interlocking rings of the Barcelona Olympics
TANZANIA
Sh. 5: this 1989 issue shows typical costumes of different ethnic groups; shown here is a couple from the coastal area, which is dominated by Swahili speaking people with a long trading tradition
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
SENEGAL
50fr: this 2000 tourism issue celebrates the artisan market of Kermel, located near Av. Sarraut in the capital, Dakar
50fr: this issue shows local vendors and promotes rural women's development
UGANDA
Sh. 200: this Columbus issue of 1992 shows sailing vessels of the 15th century and a navigational astrolabe
Sunday, April 1, 2012
ZANZIBAR
Sh. 4: the Zanzibar Leopard, a rare subspecies featured on a 1984 wildlife issue; found only on Unguja island in the Zanzibar archipelago, conservation could not halt its decline, and it has been declared extinct.
ZANZIBAR
Sh. 800: Zanzibar forms a union with Tanzania, and many stamps show typical island scenes such as this 2003 issue which shows a dhow off Zanzibar's coast
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