Laos Staamp

I can't seem to catalogue this in scott

It is not listed in Scott .It looks like about 1968 but the third man in your stamp looks like a Navy sailor but who ever hear of a Laos Naval Force ,kind of puzzling .

It must be some kind of propaganda issue...maybe military?

Laos has had a navy since independence in 1954. Laos has a long border with the Mekong River and the navy is responsible for this border and the shipping passing through Laos waters. I have not been able to locate this stamp but it appears it should be part of the Army Day commemorative issue in 1968 (see these http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopi...2&start=3000 ).

Regards
Frank

It does look similar to the Army Day issues, but Scott only lists stamps from 15k up, five in all, with a souvenir sheet. And this is not inscribed 1968 like the others. I will do some more searching and see what comes up.
Thanks

Good evening,

I found the following entry in "stampworld.com". The picture provided matches the one you provided.

North Laos/Postage stamps/ 1961 High Plains of Jars
18. July WM: None Perforation: 11 x 11½
[High Plains of Jars, type A2]

Cannot find this in scott anywhere but the above may help in your search.

Hobsun

If you type in "North Loas Postage Stamps" in google and scroll down you will see a direct link to the "stampworld" page I noted above. It should have 1961 in the title and be very near the top of the search listing results. Still no luck finding these in Scott.
Hobsun

Below is a bit more info. It does contain a reference to Stanley Gibbons Numbers which also may help. Extracted from web page for society of indo-china philatelists.

"December 1960, Kong Le was defeated by General Nosavan, who installed Prince Boum Oum as the head of government in Vientiane. Kong Le and his forces fled to the Plain of Jars with Souvanna Phouma's cabinet and joined the Pathet Lao (Lao country) to establish a neutralist government. In 1961 the Pathet Lao issued a set of eight stamps (Stanley Gibbons #N1-8) with two designs -one picturing soldiers with the Laotian flag on the plain of Jars, and another showing Laotian women with an emblem of the three-headed elephant

Although these stamps were accepted throughout much of the territory, particularly in the north, where some mail was routed through China, they were not recognized by Thailand, which required that letters bearing these stamps also be franked with stamps from the Royal Laotian Government."

Hobsun

Staaamp has three a's, not two.

There's a set on ebay for US $32.75

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/like/360...rue&lpid=107

The date of issue was 18th July 1961

What I found on my search was that the Pathet Lao was a rebel group in Laos which was backed by the Soviets and North Vietnam. Kong le lead a military mutiny charging the aristocratic and CIA backed government with corruption. The Pathet Lao was pro-communist. Kong's mutineers were non-alligned, and the CIA backed government was anti-communist. I have downloaded two released CIA docs which describe the situation...It is riveting reading. This is one of the reasons I love collecting stamps. So much history...thanks for the pics!

sur la plaine des jarres - xieng khouang

This is inscribed on the stamp

The Pathet Lao was in the northern part of the country. The plain of jars...las plaine des jarres was held by General Le. I am still not convinced who issued these stamps.

Why would the pathet lao issue a stame inscribed Royame du Laos? Wouldn't it be People's Republic of Lao?