vietnamnet - 2010/03/27, 18:23 GMT+7 - Total view: 1474
Vietnam’s leading stamp collector shows his treasures
Collector Hoang Chau Ky, nearly 70, has over 50,000 stamps, 424 ancient coins and many old banknotes.
 | Mr. Ky has over 100 albums of stamps and banknotes. |
 | Albums are arranged in topics. |
 | He is very proud of a stamp set featuring heroine Mac Thi Buoi. It comprises four stamps issued in 1956. This is the most valuable stamp set in Vietnam at present. |
 | Mr. Ky also collects stories about the stamps he owns. This display feature Queen Nam Phuong, the consort of the last emperor, Bao Dai. |
 | These are stamps used at the Viet Bac military base in 1943. Envelopes with one stamp are normal letters and envelopes with 2, 3 and 4 stamps are express letters. |
 | The first stamp set of the Vietnam Democratic Republic was issued in 1946. |
 | The Vietnam-South Korea friendship stamp set. |
 | The New Year card 2010 with the US postal seal and the stamp of the first-time issuance. |
 | The stamps of four members of the Gandhi family of India and an extremely rare envelope. |
 | A page in Mr. Ky’s album of oddities. This album contains error stamps. |
 | An ancient coin that Emperor Tu Duc granted mandarin Le Ngo Cat for his compilation of an historical book in 1870. In a trip to the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, Mr. Ky bought this coin from a descendant of the Le family. |
 | Coins from 1740 to 1916. |
 | Two unique banknotes owned by Mr. Ky. |
 | | A set of game cards featuring 54 Chinese kings. |
 | One set of stamps and banknotes features dog pictures. |
 | A rare envelope with stamp. |
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