22/02/2021

VIETNAM



VIETNAM / VIỆT NAM.

6th centenary of the birth of Lê Lợi and commemoration of the Battle of Xương Giang.
Historical map of the development of the battle.
Stamp issued on 01.03.1986.
Face value: 1 Vietnamese 
đồng.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 30 x 45 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 1663.
- Scott No. 1605.
- StampWorld No. 809.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 919.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 668.

Lê Lợi (Lam Son, Thon Hoa Province, c. September 10, 1384 - September 5, 1433) who received the nickname Lam Sơn động chủ (Lord of Lam Son) and whose official title was Bình Định vương (Prince of Pacification), was a Vietnamese politician, rebel leader, and later monarch of the restored kingdom of Đại Việt, and founder of the second Lê dynasty after Đại Việt was conquered in 1407 and briefly incorporated into the Ming Empire of China. In 1418, Lê Lợi and his followers took up arms against the Ming laws and nine years later, in October 1427, after the victorious battle of Xương Giang (remembered on this stamp) they managed to drive the Ming armies out of Vietnam and liberated the country of Chinese rule. After ten years of war, Đại Việt regained its status as an independent state, officially recognized by the Ming Empire. The site of this battle was classified as a Special National Historic Site in 2020.

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Thanks to Fadda Giuseppe for his contribution.

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