FRANCE - 1959: An 15 francs multicolored postage stamp depicting Coat of arms of Algiers, the capital of Algeria, under French administration. It shows a boat which symbolize the Algerian fleet, vital to the country's economy in older times, as well lion, which can be seen in Bab Azzoun, one of the gates of the city. The crescent symbolizes Islam, the state religion. The sheaf of corn (the main crop of the country) symbolizes agriculture

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France. Postage stamps All this postage stamps, as a physical objects, is part of a private collection owned by the author of the image

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Size: 2800px × 3300px
Location: Algiers [El Djazaïr], Algeria
Photo credit: © World of Stamp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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