1945 China Stamp Cover Taipeh, Taiwan to Washington D C
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This auction is for a 1945 stamp cover (front and back) sent from Taipeh*, Taiwan, China to Washington, D C. It has 9 canceled stamps, all on the front. This came from a large collection of stamp covers from Sen. Robert Taft's Washington, D. C. office. I purchased them to resell on eBay and at Trade Shows. I am not a stamp collector so I hope my images help you in seeing the details. * Taipei From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Not to be confused with New Taipei .For other uses, see Taipei (disambiguation) .Taipei was founded in the early 18th century and became an important center for overseas trade in the 19th century. The Qing Dynasty in China made Taipei the provincial capital of Taiwan in 1886. [6 ] When the Japanese acquired Taiwan in 1895 after the First Sino-Japanese War , they retained Taipei as the capital of the island, and also advanced an extensive urban planning in Taipei. [7 ] The Republic of China took over the island in 1945 following Japanese surrender . After losing Mainland China to the Chinese Communist Party in the Chinese Civil War , the ruling Kuomintang resettled the ROC government to Taiwan and declared Taipei the provisional capital of the Republic of China in December 1949. [8 ][ 9] Taipei is the political, economic, and cultural center of Taiwan. The National Taiwan University is located in Taipei,
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