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Khmer Culture (IV): Temple Banteay Chhmar -SPECIAL SHEET (326B)- (MNH)

ARTICLE DESCRIPTION:

MiNo. 2563B - 2566B (Souvenir Sheet 326B) Cambodia
Opr. (5x5); A = perf. K 13; B = imperforated
Souvenir Sheet, Issue date: 09/10/2015
Picture descriptions:
dnm-dnp) ruins of the temple Banteay Chhmar
2563 B 500 R multicolored dnm
2564 B 2000 R multicolored dnn
2565 B 2800 R multicolored dno
2566 B 3000 R multicolored dnp
Souvenir Sheet issue with MiNo. 2563B-2566B
Souvenir Sheet 326 B (110 mm x 90 mm) dnr
Quantity: ONLY! 200 pieces
Printing: Printing Vietnam
Designer: Cambodia Post
Conservation status:
Here as a "MINT NEVER HINGED (MNH)" imperforated Special Souvenir Sheet
Issue Notice:

Special issue with a limited edition. Was sold only as a kit with Souvenir Sheet 326A and 326B MiNo. 2563A+B-2566A+B for 80,000 R. ($ 20) per set for the benefit of restoration of Khmer temples.
Sold only at the Issue Date at the GPO Philatelic Counter Phnom Penh
Banteay Chhmar is a commune(khum) in Thma Puok District of Banteay Meanchey province in northwest Cambodia. It is located 63 km north of Sisophon and about 20 km east of the Thai border. The commune of Banteay Chhmar contains 14 villages.
The massive temple of Banteay Chhmar, along with its satellite shrines and reservoir(baray), comprises one of the most important and least understood archaeological complexes from Cambodia´s Angkor period.
Like Angkor Thom, the temple of Banteay Chhmar was accomplished during the reign of Jayavarman VII in the late 12th or early 13th century. One of the temple´s shrines once held an image of Srindrakumarara japutra(the crown prince), a son of Jayavarman VII who died before him.