40 years of independence (II) -PAIR- (MNH)

ARTICLE DESCRIPTION:

MiNo. A1396 - C1396 PA Cambodia
Opr.; A = perf. K 12 1/2; B = imperforate
Pair, Issue date: 9.11.1993
Picture descriptions:
bhb) Angkor Wat
A 1396  400 R multicolored bhb
B 1396  500 R multicolored bhb
C 1396  600 R multicolored bhb
Quantity: less than 250 sets
Designer: Cambodia Post
Printer: printing in Russia
Conservation status:
Here as a "MINT NEVER HINGED (MNH)" perforate Set of Stamp Pairs
Issue Notice:

• This version was the original Issue to the 40th year of independence. The stamps were lost on the Air Shipment from Russia to Cambodia.
• Years later, a few sets of full sheets reappeared at a "freight auction" in Phnom Penh.
• MiNo. A1396-C1396 were printed in Russia.
• The stamps MiNo. 1394-1396 was issued as a replacement for the lost stamps (MiNo. A1396-C1396) printed in Vietnam and instead issued