Tahati - See: French Poloynesia
Tadjikistan - See: Tajikistan
Taiwan
(Republic of China)
Chunghwa Post Co. Ltd.
"There are 23 responsibility center offices designated as administrative and supervisory post offices, each administering a group of smaller branches."
No.55, Sec. 2, Jinshan S. Rd., Da-an District
Taipei City 10603, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Customer Service Center :
Voice service hotline : 0800-700-365
Dept. of Philately
General Manager's Office
(Reference found on organization chart c.2014)
Chunghwa Postal Museum
No. 45, Sec. 2, Chongqing S. Rd.
Taipei 100, Taiwan
or?:
45 Chungking South Road, Section 2
Taipei 10741
or?:
Nanhai Street
Zhongzheng District
Taipei, Taiwan
Contact Information:
Tel.: 886 (02) 2394 5185 ext 886
Fax: (02) 2396 4145
[email protected]...
museum.post.gov.tw (Alternate URL c.2014)
In an attempt to promote business development and to help the public gain better knowledge in the field of post, the Directorate General of
Posts (DGP) established the Postal Museum on December 1, 1965. The museum, originally accommodated in the former office of the DGP in
suburban Hsintien, formally opened to public on the 20th of March, 1966. For the convenience of the public, it moved to the current site
and re-opened on October 10, 1984.("in the Nanhai Academy...")
The exhibition is divided into four sections located on different floors. They are Postal History Section
on the 2nd and 3rd floors, Modern Postal Service Section on the 4th floor, Philately Section on the 5th floor and Special Exhibition Section
on the 6th floor. In addition, there is a library specialized in Postal Service and Philately on the 7th floor.
The Postal Library houses a collection of over 40,000 books as well as hundreds copies of periodicals. Its open-shelf service allows visitors
to access material easily and everyone is welcome to use it.
Philatelic Department
Directorate General of Posts
55, Chin Shan South Road, Section 2
Taipei, Taiwan 106, Republic of China
Tel 022 356-9670
Fax 022 396-9125
E-mail
old: dgpserv.post.gov.tw
(old?)
Phil. Dept.
Direc. Gen. of Posts
246 Ai Kuo East Road
Taipei (106), Taiwan, Republic of China
Postal Museum telephone: + 00 886 2 3945185
Agents: Interpost; via Linn's,
, Japan; .jp
Taiwan Dealers Directory
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The Bueauty of Museums of Taiwan Souvenir Sheet (9/2014)
1. National Palace Museum (NT$12): Located in Taipei City, the Museum's main building is a Chinese palatial structure. Light-blue glazed roof tiles drape over the yellow walls. Sparkling stone-washed railings encircle the bluestone platform. The clean and elegantly styled museum houses close to 700,000 ancient artifacts hailed from Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties.
2. National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (NT$5): Situated in Taichung City, the structure is noted for its clean, sleek lines and modernity. The south wing is built with a glass curtain wall, where the lights and shadows tango to the rhythm of time and weather. The sculptures in the courtyard chart the historic trajectory of this art form in Taiwan. NTMOFA is the only national-class museum of its kind in the country.
3. National Taiwan Museum (NT$5): Set in Taipei City, the building is a nod to the classic European structure. Its facade is modeled after an ancient Greek temple, with a vaulted roof ceiling of a Roman Pantheon. The towering Doric columns, and ornately decorated walls add to the structure's stateliness. The century-old museum prides itself in a rich collection of Taiwan's humanitarian and natural relics.
4. National Museum of Taiwan Literature (NT$5): Seated in Tainan City, the Museum was first built to house the Tainan Prefectural Government. It is a western-style structure supported by bricked load-bearing walls; its main entrance is a portico flanked by two guard towers to give the structure a symmetric elegance. The original structure underwent an overhaul after the Tainan City Government relocated elsewhere. The Museum is a focal point of Taiwan's literature, culture, and history, and a centennial national heritage site.
5. National Museum of Taiwan History (NT$5): Established in Tainan City, the Museum is designed to celebrate ethnic harmony in Taiwan. The landmark Cloud Wall of the structure is a statement of Taiwan's historic significance, and powered by solar energy. The spatial design blends seamlessly into its natural backdrop to signify successful coexistence between architecture and nature.
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Tajikistan
(Jumhurii Tojikiston)
State Unitary Enterprise
UPU,
RCC
Markazi Marka (c.2007)
State Department"Post Tojikiston"
Ministry of Communications
Republic of Tajikistan
Abu ali ibn Sino avenue, 42/2
734058 Dushabe
Tajikistan
Tel: +992 372 36 00 66
Fax: +992 372 35 23 25
markazi_marka@tajik...
old: www.mincom.rs.tj '404' c.2014
Philatelic Department (c.2000)
Ministry of Posts and Communications
Rudadki Avenue 57
734000, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Commonwealth of Indepentent States
UPU Int'l Affairs: (c.2000)
Poste Centrale Internationale
M. Iskander Lachkarov
Directeur
Place Privokzalnaya, 1
734012 DOUCHANBÉ, RÉP. DU TADJIKISTAN
Téléphone (+7 377 2) 23 24 61
Agent: (none known)
Tajikistan Dealers Directory
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As a result of the break up of the Soviet Union Tajikistan became an independent nation in 1991. A civil war was fought almost immediately after
independence that lasted from 1992 to 1997 however since the end of the war, newly established political stability and foreign aid have allowed
the country's economy to grow. . .
Tajikistan's 8 million people belong to the Tajik ethnic group, who speak Tajik, a dialect of Modern Persian, although many people also
speak Russian.
(From Wikipedia)
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Thailand
Thailand Post
UPU,
APPU
บริษัท ไปรษณีย์ไทย จำกัด
111 หมู่ 3 ถนนแจ้งวัฒนะ แขวงทุ่งสองห้อง
เขตหลักสี่ กรุงเทพมหานคร 10210-0299
โทรศัพท์ : 0 2831 3131
[email protected]...
Thailand Post
111 Moo 3, Chaeng Wattana Road Tung Song Hong
Bangkok 10210-0299, Thailand
Phone : 0 2831 3131
[email protected]...
Postal Services
Philatelic Division
1214648 Chaeng Watthana Rd., Donmuang
Bangkok 10002, Thailand
Philatelic Section, Philatelic Division
Communications Authority of Thailand
99 Chaeng Wattana Road
Thung Song Hong, Don Muang
Bangkok 10002, Thailand
Tel 662 506-3282
Fax 662 573-4494
General HQ:
Tel 573-0099, Fax 573-6054
UPU Int'l Affairs:
The Communications Authority of Thailand
International Postal Development Division
Postal Planning and Development Department
99 Chaeng Watthana Road
Don Muang
Bangkok 10002, Thailand
Téléphone (+66 2) 506-3124
Téléfax (+66 2) 573-5442
General Communications Authority E-mail: see above-->
Agent: Brunei Post
Thai Dealers Directory
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Tokelau
(a territory of New Zealand)
Postmaster, Tokelau
Private Bag
Wanganui, New Zealand
(or via Linn's c.2000:)
Tokelau Philatelic Bureau
Box 68
Wellington, New Zealand
Tel 646 364-8270
Fax: 646 346-8252
E-mail: [email protected]
(! does Mowbray manage postal services?;
see NZ Dealer Directory)
Agents: Crown Agents,
NZ Post?,
Mowbray
Tokelau Dealers Directory
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The United Nations General Assembly designates Tokelau a Non-Self-Governing Territory. Until 1976 (population approx. 1,400), the official name was Tokelau Islands.
It is a New Zealand territory, and is sometimes referred to by its older colonial name, the Union Islands.
(Wikipedia)
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Transnistria
(an autonomous region of the 'Transnistrian Moldovan Republic')
Data needed.
see: Commonwealth of Independent States
Agent: (none known)
See Also: Moldova
Moldova Dealers Directory
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Transnistria (also called Transdniestria or Trans-Dniestr) is a breakaway state located mostly on a strip of land between the River Dniester
and the eastern Moldovan border with Ukraine. Since its declaration of independence in 1990, and especially after the War of Transnistria in 1992.
It has been governed as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR, also known as Pridnestrovie), a state with limited recognition
. . . in the historical region of Bessarabia. . .
the de facto sovereign state of Pridnestrovia (which unlike the rest of Moldova did not wish to separate from the Soviet Union)
. . . is an unrecognized but independent presidential republic with its own government, parliament, military, police, postal system, and
currency. (Wikipedia)
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Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago Postal Corporation
UPU,
CPU
Trinidad and Tobago Postal Corporation Limited
National Mail Centre
240 - 250 Golden Grove Road
Piarco, 350462
Trinidad and Tobago
Tel: 669-5361-9
Fax: 669-5374
Customer Service - 800-POST (7678)
CustomerService@ttpost...
TTPOST Offers 'Stamp Collecting'
"Philatelics and Stamp Collecting More than just a hobby, it's an experience."
General Post Ofc.
Wrightson Road
Port of Spain (Trinidad & Tobago)
Trinidad, West Indies
Tel 868 625-2121
Fax 868 625-5530
UPU Int'l Affairs: (c.2000)
Postmaster General
(at above Wrightson Rd.)
Téléphone (+1 868) 623-6736
Téléfax (+1 868) 625-5530
Agent: Crown Agents
Trinidad Dealers Directory
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From the TTPOST Stamp Shop
The Lady McLeod was a paddle steamer and a private local post. The ship sailed regularly between Port of Spain and San Fernando,
on Trinidad Island, now in Trinidad and Tobago from the end of 1845 until 1854. The private local post ran during the same time
with the use of postage stamps on its mail from April 1847. The ship was christened in homage of the Governor Sir Henry McLeod's
wife and began its Port of Spain-San Fernando route in November 1845. The 60-ton, 40 hp, steamer was bought by Turnbull, Stewart
& Co. In 1846, David Bryce bought it and let it some years later to a San Fernando consortium.
In April 1847, Bryce decided to introduce stamps that were sold individually for 5 cents, or for 4 cents if bought by the hundred.
The Lady McLeod only transported letters bearing stamps, or pre-paid mail of the subscribers. The imperforated stamp's illustration
was a white ship on a blue background, with the initials "LMc L" printed underneath. Lithographically printed, the stamp was cancelled
by a cross drawn by hand or by ripping up a corner.
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Tristan da Cunha
(a dependency of Saint Helena)
Administrator
Government Building
Edinburgh, Tristan da Cunha
Postmaster
Tristan da Cunha
South Atlantic
Agent: Crown Agents
See Also: Saint Helena
Saint Helena Dealers Directory
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In 1946, labels showing penguins and the currency being potatoes were issued. The 4 potatoes red stamp was included in the miniature sheet
issued in 1979 to commomorate the death centenary of Sir Rowland Hill.
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Turkey
Turkey Post
UPU,
CEPT,
PUMed,
POSTEUROP
Address (c.2014):
PTT Genel Müdürlüğü, Tanıtım ve Pazarlama Dairesi Başkanlığı
Filateli ve Müze Şubesi Müdürlüğü
Ulus 06101 ANKARA
Director: +90 (0312) 5095735
Accounting, Exhibition Coord.: +90 (0312) 5095732
Customer Service: +90 (0312) 50957-33-34-56
Philately Counter: +90 (0312) 3095337
Fax: 3095308
[email protected]...
General Directorate of Post
Postal Financial Services Deparment
Philatelic Section
TR-06101 Ankara, Turkey
Tel 0090 312 560 53 35
or: 0090 312 309 53 35
Fax 0090 312 309 53 08
(old?)
Depart. of Post
Section of Philately
TR -06045 Ankara, Turkey
or (probably the same):
PTT Filateli Servisi
P.K. 900 Ulus
06045, Ankara, Turkey
UPU Int'l Affairs: (c.2000)
Direction générale des postes
Département des relations internationales
TR-06101 ANKARA, TURQUIE
Téléphone (+90 312) 309 54 01
Téléfax (+90 312) 309 54 08
Agents: Turkish; via Stampville, IGPC; self,
Japan; .jp (self)
See Also: Turkish North Cyprus (below)
Turkey Dealers Directory
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Directorate of Philately Section
Nowadays the collecting of postage stamps has become one of the major hobbies. Although everybody has a special interest in a subject and
is fond of dealing with their collection . . . it is also the most interesting, the best training and the most profitable . . .
Dealing with stamps is informative as well as pleasurable. Stamps are representatives of the countries to which
they belong. They teach the collectors their countries' history, geography, economy, famous persons, beauties, social life and traditions.
The cultural level of a stamp collector automatically increases by dealing with a collection of stamps. . . gives pleasure to the
collector of having information, helps them to build strong friendships and, furthermore, it is possible to have one with a small savings.
Istanbul Postal Museum
The Istanbul Postal Museum, aka PTT Museum Istanbul (Turkish: Ptt İstanbul Müzesi), is a postal museum dedicated to the historical development
of mail and telecommunication services in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey, and was established in 2000 by the Turkish Post. It is situated inside the
Istanbul Main Post Office building at Sirkeci quarter of Fatih district in Istanbul, Turkey.
Exhibits related equipment and instruments as well as a collection of postage stamps.
The first Turkish postage stamp was issued by Post Minister Agah Efendi (1832–1885) on January 13, 1863. It was printed at the Ottoman Imperial
Mint on thin cigarette paper. Postage stamp issues of Universal Postal Union's member countries are also on display along with the stamps of
the Ottoman and Republican era as well as first day covers issued after the 1950s.
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Turkish Republic of Norther Cyprus
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Directorate of Postal Department
Philatelic Branch
Lefkosa, Mersin 10, Turkey
Tel 0090 392 2271278
Fax 0090 392 2288618
Agent: (none known)
See Also: Cyprus
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Northern Cyprus , officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus,
is a self-declared state that comprises the northeastern portion of the island of Cyprus. Recognised only by Turkey, Northern Cyprus is
considered by the international community as part of the Republic of Cyprus.
A united Cyprus gained independence from British rule in August 1960, after both Greek and Turkish Cypriots agreed to respectively abandon
plans for enosis (union with Greece) and taksim (Turkish for 'partition'). The agreement involved Cyprus being governed under a constitution
which apportioned Cabinet posts, parliamentary seats and civil service jobs on an agreed ratio between the two communities. Within three years,
tensions between the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots in administrative affairs began to show. . .
The 1974 coup d'état, an attempt to annex the island to Greece, was followed by the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. This resulted in the eviction
of much of the north's Greek Cypriot population, the flight of Turkish Cypriots from the south, and the partitioning of the island, leading to
a unilateral declaration of independence by the North in 1983.
The first postage stamps were issued in 1974.
On 2 August 1975, in the negotiations in Vienna, a population exchange agreement was signed between community leaders ... under the auspices of United Nations.
(Mostly Wikipedia)
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Turkmenistan
Turkmenpost (Туркменпочта)
UPU,
RCC
Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan
"Türkmenpoçta" (c.2014):
Türkmenistan
Aşgabat
ş. M.Kösäýewa j.16
tel: (99312) 398936
fax:(99312) 398931
old?: www.ems.gov.tm (via UPU c.2014)
Manager, Philatelic Bureau
Minstry of Comm.
Jitnikov Street 36
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
 Turkmenistan Philatelic Bureau
744000 Ashkhabad
Baranov, M.I., Turkmenistan
See Also: Commonwealth of Indepentent States
UPU Int'l Affairs: (c.2000)
La compagnie d'Etat de la poste ŤTurkmenposteť
Département de la communication postale
16, rue M. Kossaev
744000 ACHGABAT, TURKMÉNISTAN
Téléphone (+99 312) 354 565
Téléfax (+99 312) 398 931
Agents: Turkmenistan; .us, IGPC
Turkmenistan Dealers Directory
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"Türkmenpoçta" Poçta aragatnaşygy döwlet kompaniýasynyň aragatnaşyk bölümleriniň
POÇTA INDEKSLERI (Post Codes)
Aşgabat şäheri |
Ahal welaýaty |
Mary welaýaty |
Merkezi poçta |
744000 |
Änew |
745205 |
Mary |
745400 |
1-nji aragatnaşyk bölümi |
744001 |
Ruhabat |
745202 |
Oguzhan |
745391 |
4-nji aragatnaşyk bölümi |
744004 |
Abadan |
745220 |
Zähmet |
746030 |
5-nji aragatnaşyk bölümi |
744005 |
Gökdepe |
745190 |
Baýramaly |
746000 |
13-nji aragatnaşyk bölümi |
744013 |
Baharly |
745180 |
Üçajy |
746050 |
15-nji aragatnaşyk bölümi |
744015 |
Bamy |
745170 |
Rawnina |
746040 |
17-nji aragatnaşyk bölümi |
744017 |
Kaka |
745340 |
Wekilbazar |
745480 |
20-nji aragatnaşyk bölümi |
744020 |
Tejen we Altyn Asyr |
745360 |
Sakarçage |
745420 |
25-nji aragatnaşyk bölümi |
744025 |
Babadaýhan |
745380 |
Türkmengala |
745430 |
27-nji aragatnaşyk bölümi |
744027 |
Duşak |
745350 |
Murgap |
745450 |
32-nji aragatnaşyk bölümi |
744032 |
Mäne |
745351 |
Yolöten |
746420 |
35-nji aragatnaşyk bölümi |
744035 |
Çäçe |
745352 |
Tagtabazar |
746520 |
36-nji aragatnaşyk bölümi |
744036 |
Saragt |
745250 |
Serhetabat |
746570 |
Arçabil aragatnaşyk bölümi |
744901 |
Kiçi aga |
745252 |
Garagum |
746014 |
Lebap welaýaty |
Balkan welaýaty |
Daşoguz welaýaty |
Birata |
746240 |
Türkmenbaşy |
745000 |
Daşoguz |
746300 |
Gazojak |
746270 |
Bekdaş |
745020 |
Gubadag |
746363 |
Türkmenabat |
746100 |
Hazar-Çeleken |
745030 |
Niýazow |
746311 |
Atamyrat-Kerki |
746620 |
Balkanabat |
745100 |
Ýylanly |
746320 |
Hojambaz |
746150 |
Gumdag |
745110 |
Akdepe |
746340 |
B.S.Türkmenbaşy |
746613 |
Bereket |
745130 |
Köne-ürgenç |
746370 |
Köýtendag |
746670 |
Serdar |
745150 |
Görogly |
746380 |
Magdanly |
746680 |
Magtymguly |
745160 |
Boldumsaz |
746350 |
Halaç |
746632 |
Etrek |
745230 |
S.Türkmenbaşy |
746400 |
Farap |
746070 |
Esenguly |
745240 |
Ruhubelent |
746401 |
Saýat |
746120 |
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Sakar |
746134 |
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Garabekewül |
746140 |
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Serdarabat |
746101 |
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Seýdi |
746222 |
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746200 |
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Turks and Caicos Islands
Philatelic Bureau (cite)
tciphilatelicbureau@tciway...
Grand Turk :
Church Folly in the Franklin Missick Building
Tel.: (649) 946-1534
Fax: (649) 946-1543
Providenciales :
Post Office on Airport Road
Tel.: (649) 941-3314
Hours: Mon - Thurs 8:00 - 4:30; Friday 8:00 - 4:00
Post Office
CPU
Tel.:
Grand Turk: (649) 946-1334
Salt Cay: (649) 946-6985
South Caicos: (649) 946-3211
Providenciales (649) 946-4676
Philatelic Bureau
Grand Turk
Turks and Caicos Islands
West Indies
Agent: IGPC
Turks & Caicos Dealers Directory
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The Turks and Caicos Islands lie southeast of Mayaguana in the Bahamas island chain and north of the island of Hispaniola. Cockburn Town,
the capital since 1766, is situated on Grand Turk Island about 1,042 kilometres (647 mi) east-southeast of Miami, United States. The islands
have a total land area of 430 square kilometres (170 sq mi). They are geographically contiguous with the Bahamas, but are politically separate.
The first recorded European sighting of the islands now known as the Turks and Caicos occurred in 1512. In the subsequent centuries, the
islands were claimed by several European powers with the British Empire eventually gaining control. For many years the islands were governed
indirectly through Bermuda, the Bahamas, and Jamaica. When the Bahamas gained independence in 1973, the islands received their own governor
and have remained a separate autonomous British Overseas Territory since.
(Wikipedia {Population approx. 50K})
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Tuva
(aka: Tannau Tuva; a region of Russia)
Data needed.
See Also: Commonwealth of Independent States
Agent: (none known)
The postage stamps of Tannu Tuva form one of philately's curious byways, featuring quirky and colorful stamps, many of questionable validity,
issued by an obscure country which held special fascination for young stamp collectors in the middle of the twentieth century.
From 1934 to 1936, Tuva issued about 100 different postage stamps with exotic images of Tuvan life, including horse racing, nomadic battle scenes, and domestic animals including camels and oxen. These large format stamps came in a variety of shapes including diamonds, and were widely sold to collectors in canceled to order (CTO) form.
According to one source, these stamps were the brainchild of Bela Sekula, a promoter of philatelic "rarities", who in 1934 convinced the Tuvan
and Soviet authorities to manufacture exotic stamps to sell to collectors. They were in fact "designed in Moscow, printed in Moscow, franked
in Moscow and sold abroad by a Moscow state trading firm to earn hard currency for Moscow.
Since the 1990s, numerous labels purporting to be postage stamps of Tuva have appeared on the market. They have depicted a variety of
unlikely Tuvan subjects, such as Bart Simpson, the Teletubbies and Led Zeppelin, and are all illegal stamps apparently intended to deceive
collectors.
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While the status of many Tuvan postage stamps is disputed, a number of revenue stamps were issued for Tuva in 1926, whose status is not in doubt.
(Wikipedia)
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Russia Dealers Directory
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The Xiongnu Empire (209 BC-93 CE) governed the territory of modern Tuva. . .
The territory of Tuva has been ruled by the Mongolic Xianbei state (93-234), Rouran Khaganate (330-555), Mongol Empire (1206-1368),
Northern Yuan (1368-1691), Khotgoid Khanate and Zunghar Khanate (1634-1758) . . .
On August 14, 1921 the Bolsheviks (supported by Russia) established a Tuvan People's Republic, popularly called Tannu-Tuva. In 1926,
the capital (Belotsarsk; Khem-Beldyr since 1918) was renamed Kyzyl, meaning "red". Tuva was de jure an independent state
(A treaty between the Soviet Union and the Mongolian People's Republic in 1926 affirmed the country’s independence, although no other countries formally recognized it.)
between the World Wars.
The Soviet Union annexed Tuva outright in 1944, with the approval of Tuva's Little Khural (parliament). The exact circumstances surrounding
Tannu-Tuva's incorporation into the USSR in 1944 remain obscure. . .
(Wikipedia)
The standing of the Tannu Tuva stamps has been controversial with some catalogues formerly not listing Tuvan stamps, however, all the
major catalogues now include the stamps while noting the existence of many cancelled to order stamps. Philatelists contend that early Tuvan
stamps did see limited postal use and covers do exist. Philatelic literature such as "The Postal History and Stamps of Tuva" by S.M.
Blekhman also confirms non-philatelic commercial use of the stamps.
Notwithstanding their questionable origins, these exotic stamps were popular with young collectors during the middle of the twentieth century.
This is documented, for example, in Tuva or Bust!, Richard Feynman's Last Journey by Ralph Leighton (W.W. Norton & Co., 1991), where childhood
memories of the colorful stamps of Tannu Tuva inspired Nobel prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman and the author on a quest, first to contact
someone in Tuva, and then to actually visit the country. Feynman died before achieving his goal, but Leighton ultimately reached Tuva.
Leighton and Feynman's efforts rekindled an interest in Tuva and its stamps, which now are the subject of numerous websites.
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