ALBERT SCHWEITZER and OUARO CANOE
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2020 9:43 am
A few countries issued a stamp to honour Dr. Albert Schweitzer the founder of a hospital in Lambaréné, in Africa.
The hospital is built on the banks of the Ogooue River in Gabon, on the stamps you can see dugout canoes, “ouaro” a generic term used in Gabon for a canoe.
It are long narrow dugout canoes with 2 or 3 thwarts, on the river paddled by a sharp- bladed paddle, some poled or sailed.
Length up to 5 metre.
Source: Internet.
Netherland 1975 50c sg?, scott?
Pakistan 1975 2r25 sg 383, scott?
Monaco 1955 2F/200F sg505,506,507. Scott?
Congo (Brazzaville) 1988 240f sg?
Gabon 1975 240f sg1117, scott?
Niger 1975 100F sg?, scott?
Rwanda 1976 30c sg?, scott?
The hospital is built on the banks of the Ogooue River in Gabon, on the stamps you can see dugout canoes, “ouaro” a generic term used in Gabon for a canoe.
It are long narrow dugout canoes with 2 or 3 thwarts, on the river paddled by a sharp- bladed paddle, some poled or sailed.
Length up to 5 metre.
Source: Internet.
Netherland 1975 50c sg?, scott?
Pakistan 1975 2r25 sg 383, scott?
Monaco 1955 2F/200F sg505,506,507. Scott?
Congo (Brazzaville) 1988 240f sg?
Gabon 1975 240f sg1117, scott?
Niger 1975 100F sg?, scott?
Rwanda 1976 30c sg?, scott?