PAKISTAN / پاكِستان.
Kashmir [disputed area] Day.
Simplified map of West Pakistan and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), with the Kashmir region.
Last in a set of 4, issued on 23.03.1960.
Face value: 1 Pakistani rupee.
Catalogues
- Scott No. 111.
- StampWorld No. 120.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 111.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 112.
The 138 km2
(86,000 sq miles), mountainous and ethnically diverse region of Kashmir,
located northwest of the Indian subcontinent, is a disputed territory between
Pakistan, India and the People's Republic of China, its borders have been in
conflict since 1947, and they are not yet defined. This has led to several
military clashes. The first war between Pakistan and India broke out in October
1947 and ended in July 1949 after the mediation of the United Nations. In 1965
and 1999 there were other clashes. Both India and Pakistan claim the territory
(this stamp is proof of this), and the People's Republic of China also intends
to incorporate the northeastern zone. Numerous attempts to pacify the area have
failed.
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