GABON - 1962 December 10: An 5 franc multicolored postage due stamp depicting Papaya. The papaya, papaw, or pawpaw is the plant species Carica papaya, one of the 21 accepted species in the genus Carica of the family Caricaceae It was first domesticated in Mesoamerica, within modern-day southern Mexico and Central America. In 2020, India produced 43% of the world supply of papayas. The fruit is a large berry about 15–45 cm long and 10–30 cm in diameter.  It is ripe when it feels soft (as soft as a ripe avocado or softer), its skin has attained an amber to orange hue

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Gabon is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo on the east and south, and the Gulf of Guinea to the west. It has an area of nearly 270,000 square kilometres (100,000 sq mi) and its population is estimated at million people. There are coastal plains, mountains (the Cristal Mountains and the Chaillu Massif in the centre), and a savanna in the east. 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: 7100px × 3800px
Location: Gabon
Photo credit: © World of Stamp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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