Mauritania

Mauritanie

7th September 1963

Beautiful set of triangular postage due stamps depicting birds:
  • Gray Crane (Grus grus);
  • Rüppell's Vulture (Gyps rueppellii).
  • Lesser-backed Pelican (Pelecanus rufescens)
  • Garganey duck (Anas querquedula)
  • Oriole (Oriolus oriolus)
  • Ornamental sunbird (Cinnyris venustus)
  • Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
  • Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
  • Black stork (Ciconia nigra)
  • Vulture guinea fowl (Acryllium vulturinum)
  • Heron (Ardea cinerea)
  • White stork (Ciconia ciconia)
  • Red partridge (Alectoris rufa)
  • Large paradise widow (Steganura paradisea)
  • Arabian bustard (Ardeotis arabs)
  • Little Sandpiper (Ereunetes minutus)

Catalogue numbers:
Michel MR P27-P40
Stamp Number MR J26-J41
Yvert et Tellier MR T34-T49
Stanley Gibbons MR D177-D192