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A historic collection of 234 Djibouti postage stamps
✨ Discovery of the day
Year: 1903
Mosque Tadjoura - 4 centime
This stamp captures the cultural and religious landscape of the Somali Coast, focusing on the architectural heritage and the natural oasis-like environment of the region. The central illustration features a mosque with its distinct minaret alongside palm trees, a composition that reinforces Djibouti’s longstanding identity as a crossroads of Islamic culture and a pivotal link between the Arab world and East Africa. The inclusion of traditional masonry buildings and religious architecture speaks to the settled community life and the spiritual foundations of the local population in a territory often characterized by its nomadic hinterlands. This imagery serves to present the colony as a place of established civilization and tranquility, emphasizing the coexistence of indigenous social structures and the environmental reality of the coastal desert, which shaped the unique architectural aesthetic found in early Djibouti and its surrounding settlements.
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UNESCO world campaign to save historic monuments in Nubia
Sambouk
Houri
International Philatelic Exhibition "Philatec Paris"
15th Anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights
Fan Coral (Melithaea albitincta)
Brain Coral (Faviidae)
Plate Fire Coral (Millepora platyphylla)
Organ Pipe Coral (Tubipora musica)
Star Boulder Coral (Astrea curta)
Centenary of the Red Cross
First live TV transmission between Europe and North America by satellite
Giant Spider Conch (Lambis bryonia)
Arabian Tibia (Rostellaria magna)
Toothed Top Shell (Trochus dentatus)
Three-cornered Conch (Strombus tricornis)
Fluted Giant Clam (Tridacna squamosa)
Pearl Oyster (Meleagrina margaritifera)
WHO Emblem, Anopheles Mosquito
Somali Klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus somalicus)
Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
Fennek (Fennecus zerda)
Giant Trevally (Caranx ignobilis)
