Sep 2, 2014

Taiwan FDC on "Formation of Kinmen County 100th Anniversary"



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Taiwan

Formation of Kinmen County 100th Anniversary

Date of Issue : 28 August 2014

Originally a township under the jurisdiction of Tongan, Fujian Province during the Qing Dynasty, Kinmen was elevated to county status in 1915. The year 2014 is the 100th since Kinmen became a county. The designs follow:

Two stamps are designed as a se-tenant pair:
NT$5: Juguang Tower and the Western-style residential buildings of the Shuitou Settlement.
NT$12: Traditional Southern-Min-style buildings of the Shanhou Folk Culture Village as well as the Wentai Pagoda, a national historic monument.

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