GABON - 1962 December 10: An 5 franc multicolored postage due stamp depicting Oranges. An orange is a fruit of various citrus species in the family Rutaceae. It primarily refers to Citrus sinensis, which is also called sweet orange, to distinguish it from the related Citrus aurantium, referred to as bitter orange. The sweet orange reproduces asexually (apomixis through nucellar embryony); varieties of sweet orange arise through mutations. The orange is a hybrid between pomelo (Citrus maxima) and mandarin (Citrus reticulata)

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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: 7200px × 3800px
Location: Gabon
Photo credit: © World of Stamp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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