COVER N. 768 - TAIWAN

Postmark: TAIWAN R.O.C. 04.08.2026

Posted on the 4th August September;  Received on the 15th September 2026

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Quite happy to receive this nice cover from another infrequent passenger in this blog: Taiwan. 

非常感謝 Su Wu!

- Taoyuan International Airport, the main airport infrastructure of Taiwan, is located in Dayuan, Taoyuan, approximately 40 km west of Taipei, the Capital. 

Opened up to traffic in 1979,  the airport was  initially designated as  Chiang Kai-shek International Airport but it would change its name to the current designation in 2006.

In 2025, TPE (IATA's code for Taoyuan International) processed approximately 47.8 million passengers and it serves as main base and hub for  China Airlines, EVA Air, and STARLUX Airlines.

The two stamps - 2 and 10 Taiwanese new Dollar - illustrated with the image of terminal 1, the former, and the Control tower, the latter,  with what looks to be a departing 747 climbing in the sky, were issued on 31DEC1978.

- Chiang Kai-Shek (1887 -1975) was the first President of Taiwan, a state issued out of the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomitang forces led by him and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party led by  Mao Zedong.

Having lost the war  Chiang Kai-Shek retreated to the Island of Formosa where he would,  so to speak, reclaim the right to the existence of the former Republic of China, which he would lead  till his death.

Meanwhile, the former Republic of China would become The People's Republic of China, which to this claims territorial and administrative authority over Taiwan. 

The 5 Taiwanese New Dollar stamp illustrated with his portrait and a group of people saluting the Taiwanese flag in the background is part of a set of four (2; 5; 8; 10 NTD) issued on 31OCT1986, in anticipation of the celebrations of the centenary of his birth.