MOROCCO

MOROCCO / المغرب - ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ

Tourism. Landscapes and Monuments.
Estuary of the Bou Regreg.
Airmail. Second stamp in a set of 3, issued on 10.08.1955.
Face value: 200 Moroccan francs.
Design: Acelpy.
Engraving: Pierre Munier (1889-1962). 
Printing: Recess.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 406a.
- Scott No. C54.
- StampWorld No. 412.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 466.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA101.

The Bou Regreg (Arabic: أبو رقراق) is a river located in western Morocco which discharges to the Atlantic Ocean. It is 240 km (150 mi) long, with a tidal estuary, termed Wadi Sala, of approximately 24 km (15 mi) extending upriver. The source of the river originates from the Middle Atlas mountains at an altitude of 1,627 m (5,338 ft) on the level of Jbel Mtourzgane (Province of Khemisset) and of Grou (Province of Khénifra) and descends to its mouth separating the cities of Rabat to the south and Salé to the north. The Phoenicians and the Carthaginians, who founded several colonies in Morocco, inhabited the banks of the Bou Regreg approximately two kilometers from its mouth at the ancient site of Chellah.