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Grand Comoro
1st November 1897
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perf 14x13½, no wmk, typo
Printed at the Government Printing Works, Paris
| Description | Date | Scott | SG | Mi | Y&T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 centime black / lilac | 1897 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2c brown / buff | 1897 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 4c claret / lavender | 1897 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 5c green / greenish | 1897 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 10c black / lavender | 1897 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 10c red | 1900 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 15c blue, quadrille paper | 1897 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 15c grey / light grey | 1900 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 20c red / green | 1897 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 25c black / rose | 1897 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 25c blue | 1900 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 30c brown / bister | 1897 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 35c black / yellow | 1906 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 40c red / straw | 1897 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 45c black / grey-green | 1907 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 50c carmine / rose | 1897 | 16 | 11 | |||
| 50 brown / bluish | 1900 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 75c deep violet / orange | 1897 | 18 | 12 | |||
| 1 franc bronze-green / straw | 1897 | 19 | 13 |
[This is almost identical to Anjouan.] Scott [1] describes Grand Comoro as "One of the Comoro Islands in the Mozambique Channel between Madagascar and Mozambique". In 1891 it became a French colony; from 1914 until 1950 it came under the contol of, and used the stamps of Madagascar. From 1950 it used the general issue stamps of Comoro Islands and in 1975, Grand Comoro joined with Anjouan and Mohéli to form the independent State of Comoro.