Mauritania has about 3 times Japanese countries, but a ratio of a cultivated area area to occupy most to a land area in the Sahara Desert is 1%. Indigenous people Berber of North Africa began nomadism at the time in the tenth century, and an advance of a European got into full swing after the 17th century, and a French protectorate was settled in 1903. I became a self-government country in French Community in 1958 and became independent in 1960. But there was it in a military administration bottom until 90's since a coup d'etat occurred in 1978. A presidential election by political pluralism is performed in 1992, and democratization is firmly established.
Stamp which drew Reptiles was issued from this Mauritania in 1969. Five animal stamp was issued in 1977. Six animal stamp was issued in 1978.
Islamic Republic of Mauritania
1969.5.5 Reptiles Stamp
Grey Monitor Varanus griseus (Varanidae) |
African Horned Viper Aspis cerastes (Viperidae) |
Black-neck Spitting Cobra Naja nigricollis (Elapidae) |
African Rock Python Python sebae (Boidae) |
Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus (Crocodylidae) |
1977.3.14 Animal Stamp
Yarkand Hare Lepus yarkandensis (Leporidae) |
Golden Jackal Canis aureus (Canidae) |
Warthog Phacochoerus africanus (Suidae) |
Lion Panthera leo (Felidae) |
African Elephant Loxodonta africana (Elephantidae) |
1978.2.28 Animal Stamp
Sable Antelope Hippotragus niger (Bovidae) |
Thomson's Gazelle Gazella thomsonii (Bovidae) |
African Manatee Trichechus senegalensis (Trichechidae) |
Barbary Sheep Ammotragus lervia (Bovidae) |
African Elephant Loxodonta africana (Elephantidae) |
Ostrich Struthio camelus (Struthionidae) |