Animal Stamp of Mozambique
Mozambique is a country of the African Continent Southeast. Vasco da Gama arrives at Mozambique that was an Arabian trade foothold in 1498. I become a colony of Portugal and thereafter last for 1629 years than 300 years and am governed. Mozambique frente demanding liberation in 1962 is formed, and military struggle starts and becomes independent as a socialist state in the name of the People's Republic of Mozambique in 75. However, 1980's begins, and an anti-government organization aiming at overthrow of the socialism government gets support of South Africa and starts military power struggle. It enter into a civil war from what the government gets Zimbabwe, military aid of Tanzania and was opposed to, and rich farmland will go to ruin. It abandon Marxism-Leninism in 1989. It establish a constitution focusing on political pluralism in 1990, and it is renamed the name of a country by the Republic of Mozambique. A peace deal with an anti-government organization is concluded in 1992, and a cease-fire is realized. The political situation is stable, and there is aluminum refinement in the opening revival way afterward, too.
Eight kinds of airmail stamps which it unified with the animal which inhabited Africa were issued in 1981 by this Mozambique.
Six kinds of fish stamps were issued in 1984.
Republic of Mozambique
1981.3.3 Animal Airmail Stamp
Giraffe
Giraffa camelopardalis
(Giraffidae)		 Damaliscus
Damaliscus lunatus
(Bovidae)		 Aardvark
Orycteropus afer
(Orycteropodidae)		 African Rock Python
Python sebae
(Boidae)
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Caretta caretta
(Cheloniidae)		 Marabou Stork
Leptoptilos crumeniferus
(Ciconiidae)		 Saddle-billed Stork
Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
(Ciconiidae)		 Kori Bustard
Ardeotis kori
(Otididae)
1984.8.24 Fish Stamp
Purple Labeo
Labeo congoro
(Cyprinidae)		 Brown Squeaker
Synodontis zambezensis
(Mochokidae)		 Freshwater Annual Dickfish
Nothobranchius rachovii
(Aplocheilidae)
Straightfin Barb
Barbus paludinosus
(Cyprinidae)		 Spot-tail Fish
Alestes imberi
(Alestiidae)		 Barred Minnow
Barilius zambezensis
(Cyprinidae)

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