Choosing a stamp for today’s entry was tough as I have nearly one hundred issues from the French colonial period of Algeria — Africa’s largest country, situated in the northern part of the continent on the Mediterranean coast — and many of these are quite pleasing to the eye.  The country was named after the capital city of Algiers, deriving from the Arabic الجزائر (al-Jazā’ir, “the islands”).  Today, … Continue reading Algeria #81 (1936)