VIETNAM INDOCHINA 1889 DEH SEDANG COMPLETE SET OF 7 Postage Stamps
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INDOCHINA VIETNAM 1889 DEH SEDANG
COMPLETE SET OF 7
These stamp owe their existence to Frenchman, Marie David de Mayrena, An officer, mineralogist and engineer.He had visited an area between the Mekong and Annam, called the Sedangs while in the east on a government mission. on a commissionfrom M. Constans to trace the Mekong to it source, he returned and quelled native epidemicand gained their confidence he was elected a tribal chief and aided them in the...ir tribal warsmarried the only child of the a tribal chief and at a great meeting he claimed to be elected chief of chiefs or King of Sedang.
On this basis he set up all the paraphernalia and pomp of a royal estate.he got the Idea to issue Stamps, the appearance of which was backed by a decree and were introduced on 6 June 1889. the design shows the royal arms with inscription meaning Kingdom of Sedang
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COMPLETE SET OF 7
These stamp owe their existence to Frenchman, Marie David de Mayrena, An officer, mineralogist and engineer.He had visited an area between the Mekong and Annam, called the Sedangs while in the east on a government mission. on a commissionfrom M. Constans to trace the Mekong to it source, he returned and quelled native epidemicand gained their confidence he was elected a tribal chief and aided them in the...ir tribal warsmarried the only child of the a tribal chief and at a great meeting he claimed to be elected chief of chiefs or King of Sedang.
On this basis he set up all the paraphernalia and pomp of a royal estate.he got the Idea to issue Stamps, the appearance of which was backed by a decree and were introduced on 6 June 1889. the design shows the royal arms with inscription meaning Kingdom of Sedang
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