Bird stamps from Djibouti.

Djibouti  officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea in the north, Ethiopia in the west and south, and Somalia in the southeast. The remainder of the border is formed by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden at the east. Djibouti occupies a total area of just 23,200 km2 (8,958 sq mi).

In antiquity, the territory was part of the Land of Punt. Nearby Zeila (now in Somalia) was the seat of the medieval Adal and Ifat Sultanates. In the late 19th century, the colony of French Somaliland was established following treaties signed by the ruling Somali and Afar sultans with the French and its railroad to Dire Dawa (and later Addis Ababa) allowed it to quickly supersede Zeila as the port for southern Ethiopia and the Ogaden.

It was subsequently renamed to the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas in 1967. A decade later, the Djiboutian people voted for independence. This officially marked the establishment of the Republic of Djibouti, named after its capital city. Djibouti joined the United Nations the same year, on September 20, 1977.

In the early 1990s, tensions over government representation led to armed conflict, which ended in a power sharing agreement in 2000 between the ruling party and the opposition.

Djibuti -Coat_of_arms

However, Denmark still kept a union over Norway which lasted until its dissolution in 1814. Denmark inherited an expansive colonial empire from this union, of which the Faroe Islands and Greenland are remnants. Beginning in the 17th century, there were several cessions of territory; these culminated in the 1830s with a surge of nationalist movements, which were defeated in the 1864 Second Schleswig War. Denmark remained neutral during World War I.

In April 1940, a German invasion saw brief military skirmishes while the Danish resistance movement was active from 1943 until the German surrender in May 1945. An industrialized exporter of agricultural produce in the second half of the 19th century, Denmark introduced social and labour-market reforms in the early 20th century, making the basis for the present welfare state model with a highly developed mixed economy.

Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name

1977.01
  27.06.1977
  Overprint REPUBLIQUE DE DJIBOUTI on Fr Afars and Issas 1976.02

Namaqua Dove Oena capensis African Spoonbill Platalea alba

100f
    69
    Namaqua Dove    Oena capensis

300f
    25
    African Spoonbill    Platalea alba

1977.02
  11.08.1977
  Birds

Common Ostrich Struthio camelus Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus

90f
    2
    Common Ostrich    Struthio camelus

100f
    225
    Vitelline Masked Weaver    Ploceus vitellinus

1978.01
  13.12.1978
  Philexafrique
  1977.01

Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius African Spoonbill Platalea alba

90f
    163
    Eurasian Jay    Garrulus glandarius

90f
    25
    African Spoonbill    Platalea alba

1979.01
  08.06.1979
  Philexafrique 2
  2v set
  1977.01

Namaqua Dove Oena capensis

55f
    69
    Namaqua Dove    Oena capensis

1982.01
  10.05.1982
  Philexfrance
  2v set

Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus

80f
    22
    Greater Flamingo    Phoenicopterus roseus

1984.01
  29.04.1984
  Landscapes
  8v set

White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia

55f
    65
    White-eyed Gull    Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus

125f
    25
    Eurasian Spoonbill    Platalea leucorodia

1985.01
  27.01.1985
  Audubon

White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus Yellow-breasted Barbet Trachyphonus margaritatus European Roller Coracias garrulus

5f
    91
    White-throated Bee-eater    Merops albicollis

15f
    68
    Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse    Pterocles exustus

20f
    102
    Yellow-breasted Barbet    Trachyphonus margaritatus

25f
    86
    European Roller    Coracias garrulus

1985.02
  27.01.1985
  Audubon

Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus

200f
    36
    Western Osprey    Pandion haliaetus
    MS

1989.01
  25.04.1989
  Birds

Djibouti Francolin Pternistis ochropectus

35f
    14
    Djibouti Francolin    Pternistis ochropectus

1991.01
  12.02.1991
  Birds

Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis Goliath Heron Ardea goliath Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia

10f
    29
    Pink-backed Pelican    Pelecanus rufescens

15f
    26
    Western Reef Heron    Egretta gularis

20f
    26
    Goliath Heron    Ardea goliath

25f
    25
    Eurasian Spoonbill    Platalea leucorodia

1991.02
  27.03.1991
  Birds

Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus

200f
    36
    Western Osprey    Pandion haliaetus

1993.01
  10.03.1993
  Birds

White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus

300f
    65
    White-eyed Gull    Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus

1994.01
  16.06.1994
  Birds

10f
    38
    White-bellied Bustard    Eupodotis senegalensis

1995.01
  25.02.1995
  Centenary of volleyball

70f
    2
    Common Ostrich    Struthio camelus

1995.02
  05.04.1995
  Birds

30f
    22
    Greater Flamingo    Phoenicopterus roseus

50f
    25
    African Sacred Ibis    Threskiornis aethiopicus

1996.01
  23.04.1996
  Wildlife

Common Ostrich Struthio camelus

120f
    2
    Common Ostrich    Struthio camelus

1998.01
  20.04.1998
  International year of the ocean
  12v sheet

Paradise Tanager Tangara chilensis

75c
    238
    Paradise Tanager    Tangara chilensis

1998.02
  06.12.1998
  Maskali Island

Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans

500f
    65
    Caspian Gull    Larus cachinnans

2000.01
  13.04.2000
  Wildlife
  8v sheet


American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber Common Ostrich Struthio camelus Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis Scarlet Macaw Ara macao Toco Toucan Ramphastos toco Whooping Crane Grus americana

100f
    22
    American Flamingo    Phoenicopterus ruber

100f
    2
    Common Ostrich    Struthio camelus

100f
    24
    Yellow-billed Stork    Mycteria ibis

and
    47
    Whooping Crane    Grus americana

100f
    108
    Scarlet Macaw    Ara macao

100f
    100
    Toco Toucan    Ramphastos toco

100f
    47
    Whooping Crane    Grus americana

2000.02
  23.08.2000
  Birds
  Strip


Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii

5f
    157
    Great Grey Shrike    Lanius excubitor

10f
    22
    Lesser Flamingo    Phoeniconaias minor

15f
    38
    Arabian Bustard    Ardeotis arabs

40f
    37
    Egyptian Vulture    Neophron percnopterus

50f
    68
    Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse    Pterocles lichtensteinii

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