Which archipelago, formerly administered by Madagascar, includes the islands of Mayotte, Anjouan, Grande Comore and Moheli?
Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Ci–Co) west of Madagascar. The four main islands are Anjouan, Grande Comore (Great Comoro), Mayotte and Moheli. Mayotte is politically a French overseas department, while the others constitute the Comoros Republic. The whole group came under French protection after 1841 and were separate colonies during 1891–1914. In this period, each island issued French Colonial "Tablet" types inscribed with the island's name. On 23 February 1914, they were attached to Madagascar as dependencies. British forces captured the islands from Vichy control in 1942 and, on 9 May 1946, they became collectively a French overseas department called ARCHIPEL DES COMORES. Stamps of Madagascar
Grande Comore Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli declared independence as the nation of Comoros. Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 crashed off the coast of Grande Comore on November 23, 1996. In 1997, the Comoros nation began to fall apart as Anjouan and Moheli seceded. Grande Comore became the only island under federal control. By 2002, however, Grande Comore was reunited with the other islands under the new constitution. Abdou Soule Elbak was elected President of Grande Comore in May 2002. He received only 17% of the vote in the first round, coming in first place, and received 60% of the vote in the