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Tajikistan stamps

Tajikistan's stamp history actually extends much further back than its 1991 independence date would suggest. Tajikistan (also rendered in English as Tadzikhistan and Tadjikistan among other similar variants) became a Russian territory in 1868, and remained a republic within the ...

Taiwan stamps

Taiwan's stamp history begins in 1886, when the Chinese territory was issued its own stamps. Up until this point, Taiwan had been long known as Formosa, since 1544 when Portuguese explorers first saw the island and called it Ilha Formosa ...

Palestine (1863-1994)

Palestine's first stamps were from 1863, when the area was in the Ottoman Empire; these stamps were of Turkish origin and were used until the end of World War I. In 1917, the League of Nations issued a mandate giving ...

Gaza Strip stamps

Gaza has, for most of its stamp history, been part of the Holy Land of Palestine or Israel and Jordan, or had stamps issued by other nations. Since 1994, Gaza and the West Bank have been united under the Palestinian ...

Palestinian Territories stamps

The Palestinian National Authority has been issuing its own stamps for the Gaza Strip and the West Bank (together, not separately) since 1994. These issues have been surrounded with controversy, and in fact were not recognized at first except for ...

West Bank stamps

The West Bank, like Gaza Strip, has had its stamp history tied into entities larger than itself, and getting collectible West Bank philately today generally consists of covers and postmarks related to West Bank, rather than actual dedicated West Bank ...

Lebanon French colony stamps

France took control of Lebanon in 1918, and issued stamps for the colony for many years. What France actually acquired in the League of Nations mandate after World War I was the larger colony of Syria, which included what is ...

Lebanon stamps

The history of Lebanese stamps includes that of Syria and of France; the French were awarded control over Syria after World War I, which at the time included the modern state of Lebanon. Overprinted stamps were used on and off ...

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We've updated the look of Asian-Stamps.com, streamlining the layout as well as some technicalities behind the scenes that take care of the stamp listings. Take a look around and see what you think of the new look. We are always ...