Mauritania

 Mauritania, or  Mauritanie, is a large country in the northwest of Africa. It became a French protectorate in 1903, a colony in 1920.
 * Its first stamps were released in 1906.
 * Mauritania used stamps of French West Africa/Afique Occidentale Française beginning in 1944 when the stamps for the individual colonies were discontInued.
 * The country became independent in 1960, releasing issues before its full independence in December. From that time, stamps have been inscribed REPUBLIQUE ISLAMIQUE DE MAURITANIE.

 File:Mauritania faidherbe.jpg|1906 1c Faidherbe. File:Mauritania semi.jpg|Semipostal of 1915. File:Mauritania rider.jpg|1938 rider and camel. File:Mauritania camp scene.jpg|60c camp scene. . File:Mauritania repatriation.jpg|1990 refugee repatriation 

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