Cambodia Stamps And Philatelic Items

Temples of Angkor Site on foreign stamps:

France, UNESCO Office, 1993:

Vietnam, Temple of Angkor Thom, 1993:

Japan, 2003:

Sri Lanka, 2017:

Vietnam, friendship with Cambodia, 1984:

Overprinted Indochina stamp for use in Kouang Tcheou, French post office in China, 1941:

Banteay Srei temple, issued by Cambodia on February 1, 1966:

A year later, on April 27, 1967, this stamp was overprinted and reissued to commemorate Millennium of Banteay Srei temple. Here is the stamp on a FDC sent registered to the USA:

A set of stamps shows the temple was issued on April 13, 1997:



The temple is famous for its stone carvings. Here are two, show Devata and god Indra riding the tricephalic elephant:


The temple is depicted on several banknotes. Here is one of them:

Arbor Day is a holiday in which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant and care for trees. Cambodia celebrates the arbor day on 9th of July each year.

This set was issued on July 22, 1966:

Local Fruits, issued by Cambodia on September 3, 1962:

Pineapple (Ananas comosus)
Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
Sugar Palm (Arenga pinnata):

Nice FDC's of three sets that I already posted in this thread:

Local Birds - May 2, 1964:


Trees - August 2, 1965:


Ballet Royal - May 30, 1967:

Wild Animals, issued on February 20, 1967:

Wild Boar (Sus scrofa)
Indian Hog Deer (Axis porcinus)
Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus)

Fish, issued on January 29, 1970:

Siamese Tiger Fish (Coius microlepis)
Marble Goby (Oxyeleotris marmoratus)
Snakehead Murrel (Channa striata)

Centenary of the International Telecommunication Union ITU, issued on May 17, 1965:

This set was issued on August 4, 1993. The designs are based on posters issued and distributed by the UNTAC:

A set of three identical stamps was issued on April 7, 1962 publicizing the Anti-Malaria campaign launched by the UN:


A year later, on October 1, 1963, two of the stamps were overprinted and surcharged, hence became semi-postal stamps, to publicize the centenary of the Red Cross:


FDC with commemorative postmark publicizing the event:


In that year, another postmark was issued. I just checked the commemorative catalogue issued by the SICP and didn't find it hence I have no information:

Inauguration of WHO Headquarters, Geneva, issued on July 1, 1966:

International Literacy Day, two former stamps overprinted "Journee Internationale de l'Alphabetisation 8-9-67", Surcharged and issued on September 8, 1967:

International Year of Tourism, Stamps Issued in 1963 and 1966 show Angkor temples and Preah Vihear temple, overprinted "ANNEE INTERNATIONALE DU TOURISME 1967", issued on April 27, 1967:

Preah Vihear Temple is an ancient Khmer temple built during the period of the Khmer Empire, that is situated on the top of a 525-metre cliff in the Dângrêk Mountains, in the Preah Vihear province, Cambodia.

In 1962, following a lengthy dispute between Cambodia and Thailand over ownership, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague ruled that the temple is in Cambodia. To commemorate the first anniversary of the ICJ decision, Cambodia issued this set of stamps, designed and engraved by Georges Bétemps, on June 15, 1963:



The Preah Vihear Temple appears on several Cambodian banknotes. Here is one of them from 2007:

8th Anniversary of Royal Air Cambodia, issued on October 15, 1964: