In 1892 the French omnibus Navigation and Commerce issue

Navigation and Commerce issue

The Navigation and Commerce issue is a definitive series of French postage stamps issued for the colonial territories of France. It was designed by Louis-Eugène Mouchon....

 of postage stamp

Postage stamp

A postage stamp is a small piece of paper that is purchased and displayed on an item of mail as evidence of payment of postage. Typically, stamps are made from special paper, with a national designation and denomination on the face, and a gum adhesive on the reverse side...

s included types specifically intended for use in the island of Anjouan

Anjouan

Anjouan is an autonomous island, part of the Union of Comoros. The island is located in the Indian Ocean. Its capital is Mutsamudu and its population as of 2006 is about 277,500. The total area of the island is 424 sq. kilometers Anjouan (also known as Ndzuwani or Nzwani) is an autonomous island,...

. These were inscribed "SULTANAT / D'ANJOUAN". A series of surcharged values issued in 1912 was available for use in Madagascar

Madagascar

The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...

 and all of the Comoros

Comoros

The Comoros , officially the Union of the Comoros is an archipelago island nation in the Indian Ocean, located off the eastern coast of Africa, on the northern end of the Mozambique Channel, between northeastern Mozambique and northwestern Madagascar...

, and thereafter stamps of Madagascar were used. In 1950 Anjouan used the stamps of the Comoros.

Sources

• Stanley Gibbons Ltd: various catalogues
• Encyclopaedia of Postal History
• Rossiter, Stuart
  Stuart Rossiter
  Percival "Stuart" Bryce Rossiter was a renowned British philatelist and postal historian who wrote extensively about British postal history and postage stamps of British colonies in Africa and was actively involved in numerous philatelic institutions...
  
   & John Flower. The Stamp Atlas. London: Macdonald, 1986. ISBN 0356108627

See also

• Postage stamps and postal history of the Comoros
  Postage stamps and postal history of the Comoros
  The postage stamps and postal history of the Comoro Islands is an overview of the postage stamps and postal history of the Comoro Islands, an Indian Ocean archipelago located on the south-east side of Africa....
  
  
• Postage stamps and postal history of Madagascar
  Postage stamps and postal history of Madagascar
  This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Madagascar, briefly also known as Malagasy.Madagascar is an island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...