Saturday, May 31, 2014

BURKINA FASO

100, 200 fr: This cultural issue features local dwellings and architecture

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

BENIN

200fr: this colorful issue celebrates a Lions Club conference of 1996 and shows symbols of this civic org.

Monday, May 26, 2014

CENTRAL AFRICAN REP.

400fr: this air mail issue shows a red Eulophia Orchid, possibly a cultivated species

CONGO Rep.

200fr: this issue celebrates an energy conference in this oil-producing country, and shows a continental map with an inset of the Rep. of Congo

Saturday, May 24, 2014

ETHIOPIA / Ethiopie

35c, 50c: this stunning 1993 issue features Lake Ashengi and L. Zuguala, which occupies a dormant volcanic crater

EGYPT

80m: this long format World Post Day issue from 1968 shows traditional Pharaonic dress

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

EQUATORIAL GUINEA / Guinee Equatoriale

125fr: this 1985 issue shows a missionary order coming ashore on the coast of Bata, Rio Muni

GUINEA / Guinee

100fr: this 1991 tourism issue shows a woman practicing cultural dance

GABON

100fr: this 1986 issue celebrates the founding of the town of Lastoursville, and shows an early river scene with an explorer and pirogue

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

CAMEROON / Cameroun

250fr: this large format airmail issue celebrates the World Cup, which was held in U.S. in 1994

CENTRAL AFRICAN REP.

5fr: this 1985 economic development issue shows gendarmes and villagers herding cattle in a rural scene

Sunday, May 18, 2014

CONGO

40fr (pair): this 2006 reptile issue shows the African crocodile, much-feared by river dwellers and fishermen.

Friday, May 16, 2014

CENTRAL AFRICAN Rep.

280fr (pair): two stamps from a sheetlet showing the ranges of native African birds. See here are the Superb Starling and the Yellow-collared (or Masked) Lovebird

Monday, May 12, 2014

BURKINA FASO

260fr: the Belem-Yegre Museum is featured on this cultural issue of 2000

Saturday, May 10, 2014

BURUNDI

70fr: this high value from a WWF fauna set features the Cheetah, fastest mammal of the African savannah

Friday, May 2, 2014

CAMEROON

200fr: this large format art issue shows a stunning work by the classic German artist Albrecht Durer

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