Grand Comoro

Grand Comoro, or Grande Comore is an island between Madagascar and the east African coast.


 * As a French protectorate, it issued its own stamps in 1897-98 in the familiar type Groupe design.
 * It released a surcharged issue in 1912.

Grand Comoro and nearby islands Anjouan, Moheli and Mayotte became part of Madagascar in 1912. Those islands were then detached and became the Comoros in 1946. Those islands less Mayotte then became part of the independent Comoros

 File:Grand Comoro 45c.jpg|45c type Groupe. File:Grand Comoro surch.jpg|One of the 1912 surcharges. 