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Year: 1971
Sunset Over the Port of Mutsamudu
This horizontal airmail (Poste Aérienne) issue captures a scenic vista titled "Coucher de soleil sur Moutsamoudou" (Sunset over Mutsamudu), documenting the historic waterfront of the second-largest city in the archipelago, located on the island of Anjouan. The composition frames a line of classic Swahili stone houses and administrative buildings situated tightly along the harbor edge, set against a background of steep, terraced volcanic mountains under a dramatic evening sky. Historically, this release celebrates the maritime prominence of Mutsamudu, which served for centuries as a vital deep-water shelter and replenishment port for sailing dhows, European East Indiamen, and international merchant fleets navigating the current-swept channels of the Western Indian Ocean.
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Concorde and International Airmail Service (Paris-New York, 1977)
Comores Comoros 1977 Space travel weltraum Zodiac signs
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (1975)
Viking Mars Mission
Space Shuttle Program
Pioneer Venus Mission
Voyager Mission to Uranus
Jupiter Lander Mission Concept
Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)
Blackspotted Puffer (Arothron nigropunctatus)
Orange Clownfish (Amphiprion percula)
Raccoon Butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula)
Red Lionfish (Pterois volitans)
Oriental Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus)
Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
Ylang-Ylang (Cananga odorata)
Vanilla (Vanilla planifolia)
Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis)
Soursop (Annona muricata)
Cashew Tree (Anacardium occidentale)
Golden Trumpet Flower (Allamanda cathartica)
Orchid (Orchidaceae)
Banana Flower (Musa spp.)
