Showing posts with label Comoros. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Comoros. Show all posts
Sunday, April 28, 2019

COMOROS

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100f, 500f: this Coral Reefs set was issued when the Comoros were still under French rule
Tuesday, August 30, 2016

COMOROS

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200fr: this earth image airmail issue celebrates regional telephone and satellite links
Monday, June 27, 2016

COMOROS

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100fr: this Heliconia flower is featured on a recent issue showing local flora
Thursday, January 7, 2016

COMOROS

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45fr: this cultural issue shows a woman's traditional facial decoration markings
Wednesday, December 16, 2015

COMOROS

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225fr: this 1991 issue celebrates the Indian Ocean Commission and shows the Vanilla Orchid
Wednesday, April 8, 2015

COMOROS

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75fr: this Scouting anniv. issue shows boys boating amid island coastal scenery
Sunday, August 10, 2014

COMOROS / Iles Comores

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120fr: this air mail issue shows the eruption of Karthala Volcano in 1982, it is the most active volcano of the Comoros archipelago
Friday, November 8, 2013

COMOROS / Ile Comores

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90fr: this large format soccer issue celebrates the 1982 World Cup Games held in Spain
Tuesday, April 2, 2013

COMOROS / Iles Comores

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350fr: this 2009 birds issue features the Woodland Kingfisher, a common site near African swamps and streams
Sunday, March 3, 2013

COMORES / Iles Comores

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100fr: this overprinted issue shows the fruit and seed of the nutmeg, one of several spices grown for export in the Comoros
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Friday, December 14, 2012

COMOROS

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75fr: this 1992 issue shows skiers and celebrates the winter olympics held at Albertville, France
Saturday, June 16, 2012

COMOROS / Iles Comores

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250fr: this historical scene was issued for the anniv. of the landing of Columbus, and shows an imagined first contact between Europeans a...
Friday, June 8, 2012

COMOROS / Iles Comores

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25fr: 1986 Health Year: medical clinics and services are very important in areas of mostly rural villages such as the islands of the Comor...
Friday, May 25, 2012

COMOROS / Archipel des Comores

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125fr: this 2006 issue celebrates the birth of Leopold Senghor, a modern Senegalese poet and statesman revered across Africa
Saturday, January 28, 2012

COMOROS / Iles Comores

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125fr, 50fr ovpt on 250fr: sports issues are shown here, celebrating the Calgary Olympics and youth sports.
Thursday, January 12, 2012

COMOROS

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FC50: this lovely flora issue shows the Ylang-ylang, a fragrant ornamental tree that perfumes tropical gardens
Wednesday, December 28, 2011

COMOROS / Iles Comores

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150fr: this 1983 air mail issue shows parasailing, an Olympic sport
Tuesday, November 1, 2011

COMOROS / Iles Comores

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75fr: this issue shows the main mosque at Mecca, a destination for many Comoros islanders that make the hajj pilgrimage
Thursday, October 27, 2011

COMOROS / Iles Comores

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250fr: this issue shows Europeans making contact with Native Americans, and celebrates the voyage of Columbus
Wednesday, October 5, 2011

COMOROS / Iles Comores

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125fr: this showy 1985 issue depicts the fungi species Sarcoscypha coccinea