TANZANIA.
Country Motifs.
Fishing: Mafia Island map.
Eleventh stamp in a set of 14, issued on 09.12.1965.
Face value: 2.50 Tanzanian shilingi.
Design: Victor Whiteley (1922-2002).
Printed by Harrison & Sons Ltd.
Printing; Photogravure.
Size: 45 x 29 mm.
Catalogs
- Michel No. 15.
- Scott No. 15.
- StampWorld No. 15.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 138.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 11.
Mafia Island (Swahili: Kisiwa cha Mafia or Chole shamba) is a district of Pwani Region. Its area is 435 km2 (168 sq mi), its length is 49 km (30.4 mi) and its width is 17 km (10.6 mi). Its maximum elevation is a 53 m (174 ft) hill. In 2016 it had an approximate population of 48,000 inhabitants, mainly from the Rufiji and Matumbi ethnic groups. Its most important city is Kilindoni, on the southwestern coast. The main ecosystems on the island are mangroves, coastal forests, scrublands, and grasslands. The southern coast of Mafia and its closest islands (Juani, Chole and Jibondo), together with the intervening marine waters, have been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International. A sailfish (Istiophorus orientalis) is represented on the stamp.
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