Saturday, May 31, 2014
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
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
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
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
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
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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