FRENCH SOMALI COAST DJIBOUTI - 1958: An 30 centimeі red-brown and sepia postage stamp depicting Wart Hog. Phacochoerus is a genus in the family Suidae, commonly known as warthogs. They are pigs who live in open and semi-open habitats, even in quite arid regions, in sub-Saharan Africa. The two species were formerly considered conspecific under the scientific name Phacochoerus aethiopicus, but today this is limited to the desert warthog, while the best-known and most widespread species, the common warthog (or simply warthog), is Phacochoerus africanus

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French Somali Coast (Djibouti) was a French Overseas Territory in Eastern Africa, bordering on the Gulf of Aden, now Djibouti. Capital — Djibouti (Jibuti). The Republic of Djibouti was proclaimed June 27, 1977. This postage stamp, as a physical objects, is part of a private collection owned by the author of the image

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Size: 5400px × 3700px
Location: Djibouti
Photo credit: © World of Stamp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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