VietNamNet Bridge – Being enthusiastic in collecting stamps since he was a boy, Buddhist monk Thich Tu Nghiem in Da Nang city, now has more than 10,000 rare stamps, including more than 30 old stamps potraying Vietnam’s latest king - Bao Dai, his wife - Queen Nam Phuong and his son - Prince Bao Long.
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| Venerable monk Thich Tu Nghiem, Vice Chairman of the Danang Buddhist Shangha, is passionate in collecting antiques. In addition to the collection of more than 200 ancient Buddha statues, he currently has more than 10,000 stamps on all topics. The monk said he began collecting stamps at the age of 13. |
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| Among his most valuable stamps are the 30 stamps portraying three characters in the last feudal dynasty in Vietnam - King Bao Dai, Queen Nam Phuong and Prince Bao Long. |
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| The stamps featuring King Bao Dai were identified as the Indochinese stamps, which was issued before 1945. |
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| A few stamps about King Bao Dai were released under the Republic of Vietnam, when many people still preferred stamps about the last king. |
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| Stamps portraying Queen Nam Phuong were issued the same time. |
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| The monk has many royal stamps but he said he did not have time to sort them by topic. He also has two rare stamps about two French characters - Marshal Dostes and the Governor General of Indochina Paul Doumer. |
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| Some stamps on the king and queen are preserved with stamps of the Republic of Vietnam. |
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| Stamps featuring female guerrillas in the historical event of shooting down 2,000 U.S. aircraft. |
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| Stamps portraying the One Pillar Pagoda (Hanoi,) which has just won a record of Asia's most unique architecture. This is the Indochinese stamp, issued in 1937. |
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| The monk has two stamps featuring former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk, who recently died at the age of 90. |
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| Stamps of patriotic intellectuals Phan Boi Chau and Huynh Thuc Khang. |
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