Postage Stamps And Postal History Of Mayotte
This is an overview of the postage stamps and postal history of the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, one of the Comoros Archipelago islands located on the south-east side of Africa.
Mayotte was the first Comorian island to fall under French influence at the beginning of the 1840s. It was the French administrative and postal center in the archipelago. Between 1911 and 1975, Mayotte's postal history is the same as the other Comoros: part of the Madagascar colony, then part of the Comoros Archipelago overseas territory.
In July 1975, Mayotte's postal history diverged again because its inhabitants voted by referendum to remain a French territory. After a shortage of stamps, stamps of France were used from February 1976 to December 1996.
Since 1 January 1997, Mayotte has been postally autonomous and has issued its own stamps. Postal operations are managed by an overseas subsidiary of La Poste.
Read more about Postage Stamps And Postal History Of Mayotte: Centre of The French Postal System in The Comoros, Part of Madagascar Colony and Of The Comoros Archipelago, Timeline, See Also, References and Sources
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