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Francia Series

Comores

Period

1960-1970

Comores (1 de 3)
Comores (2 de 3)
Comores (3 de 3)
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About this matchbox

It is a matchbox from SEITA (Société d’Exploitation Industrielle des Tabacs et Allumettes), the French state-owned company that manufactured tobacco and matches. It likely belongs to a geographic/colonial or ethnographic illustrated series, quite typical of the mid-20th century (approx. 1950s–70s). The design appears to depict a stylized view of the Comores Islands: African motifs, fauna (fish), tribal shapes, and very graphic flat colors.