CAMBODIA

CAMBODIA / ស្រុកខ្មែរ

Dragon Bridge.
First stamp in a set of 3, issued on 13.04.1999.
Face value: 500 Cambodian riel.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 46 x 31 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 1927.
- Scott No. 1853.
- StampWorld No. 1949.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1867.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1638.

The road from Phnom Penh to Angkor crosses the Chi Kraeng River by the Dragon Bridge, officially Spean Pappos (Khmer: ស្ពានប្រាប់ទិស), also known as Kampong Kdei Bridge (ស្ពានកំពង់ក្ដី), in the town of the same name. It is the longest cantilever stone arch bridge in the world, at 87 m (285 ft), with more than twenty arches. It was built in the 12th century during the reign of King Jayavarman VII and is one of the few bridges from the era of the Khmer empire that have survived to this day. It was restored between 1964 and 1966.

CAMBODIA

CAMBODIA / ស្រុកខ្មែរ

Opening of Sihanoukville port.
Map of Souhanoukville and portrait of King Norodom Sihanouk.
Second stamp in a set of 3, issued on 02.04.1960.
Face value: 5 Cambodian riel.
Printing: Recess.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 99.
- Scott No. 77.
- StampWorld No. 99.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 99.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 85.

Sihanoukville (Khmer: ក្រុងព្រះសីហនុ [Krŏng Preăh Seihănŭ], also known as Kampong Som (Khmer: កំពង់សោម [Kâmpóng Saôm]), is a coastal city in Cambodia and the capital of Preah Sihanouk Province, at the tip of an elevated peninsula in the country's south-west on the Gulf of Thailand. The city, which was named in honour of former king Norodom Sihanouk (portrait on the stamp), had a population of around 73,000 people in 2019, and approximately 66,700 in its urban center. A relatively young city, established November 22, 1957, it has evolved in parallel with the construction of the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, which commenced in June 1955, as the country's gateway to direct international sea trade. Sihanoukville's many beaches and nearby islands make it Cambodia's premier seaside resort with steadily rising numbers of national visitors and international tourists since the late-20th century.