Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailan ...

used the postage stamps of

Indochina Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west an ...

until the early 1950s. In 1949 Cambodia became an associated state of the

French Union The French Union () was a political entity created by the French Fourth Republic to replace the old French colonial empire system, colloquially known as the " French Empire" (). It was the formal end of the "indigenous" () status of French subj ...

but gained independence in 1953 and left the Union in 1955.

First stamps

The first stamps were issued in 1951 for the

kingdom of Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...

, Royaume du Cambodge, as a self-governing state within the

. One of the stamps depicted King Norodom Sihanouk.

gained independence on 9 November 1953.

Khmer Republic

The Khmer Republic was declared on 9 October 1970. Stamps inscribed Republique Khmere were issued from 1971 to 1975.

Democratic Kampuchea

The

National United Front of Kampuchea The National United Front of Kampuchea ( or , FUNK; km, រណសិរ្សរួបរួមជាតិកម្ពុជា, ) was an organisation formed by the deposed then Chief of State of Cambodia, Norodom Sihanouk in 1970 while he was ...

took over Cambodia in 1975 and established

Democratic Kampuchea Kampuchea ( km, កម្ពុជា ), officially known as Democratic Kampuchea (DK; km, កម្ពុជាប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ ) from 5 January 1976, was a one-party totalitarian state which encompassed modern-day Camb ...

. The new regime allowed no civilian private communication and so abolished the postal system. Service resumed in early 1979 when the

Vietnam People's Army Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

drove the Khmer Rouge out of the capital Phnom Penh.

People's Republic of Kampuchea

April 1980 saw the first set of postage stamps issued after the establishment of the

People's Republic of Kampuchea The People's Republic of Kampuchea (PRK), UNGEGN: , ALA-LC: ; vi, Cộng hòa Nhân dân Campuchia was a partially recognised state in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as So ...

. In 1989, the name of "People's Republic of Kampuchea" was changed to the State of Cambodia. Following the

1991 Paris Peace Accords The Paris Peace Agreements ( km, សន្ធិសញ្ញាសន្តិភាពទីក្រុងប៉ារីស ឆ្នាំ១៩៩១; french: Accords de paix de Paris), formally titled Comprehensive Cambodian Peace Agreeme ...

, Cambodia was governed briefly by a United Nations mission from 1992–93.

Kingdom of Cambodia

In 1993, the

Kingdom of Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...

was restored as a constitutional monarchy.

References

External links

*http://cambodiaphilately.blogspot.com/ Cambodia Philately *http://www.sicp-online.org/ Society of Indo-China Philatelists
The Post Offices of Phnom Penh.
Philately of Cambodia {{Cambodia-stub