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A historic collection of 317 Comoros postage stamps
✨ Discovery of the day
Year: 1969
The Vanilla Orchid
Designed by P. Lambert and produced via fine photogravure by the Société Ge. Im., this regular postage issue features a detailed botanical study of the Vanilla Orchid (Vanilla planifolia), meticulously documenting its delicate pale-yellow flowering petals alongside emerging green seed pods and climbing vines. Historically, this definitive stamp represents the agricultural backbone of the Comorian colonial and territorial economy, as the archipelago—particularly the island of Anjouan—developed into one of the world's premier producers of high-grade Bourbon vanilla. By archiving this critical cash crop, the postal administration highlighted the intensive manual pollination techniques and curing industries that sustained thousands of local farming families and drove the territory's international trade networks.
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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)
Sumatran Tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica)
Galápagos Penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus)
Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
Galápagos Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis spp.)
Zebra Duiker (Cephalophus zebra)
Aye-Aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)
Wolf (Canis lupus)
Indri (Indri indri) - Madagascar
Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)
Mountain Nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni)
White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)
African Leopard (Panthera pardus)
Tiger Quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) - Australia
Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus)
The Lined Sweetlips
Allen s Gallinule
