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Posted: 04 Mar 2015

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Stamps of the Republic of China

Stamps of the Republic of China
In 1949 the leaders of the Republic of China retreated to Taiwan when the communists took over the mainland of China. The communists started the People’s Republic of China on the mainland, but the Republic of China continued to represent all of China on the diplomatic level. The Republic lost its seat at the United Nations in 1971 however, after the United States switched sides. The PR of China sees Taiwan as a rebel island, which should become part of the PR, while the ROC sees the PR as the rebels, although claims on the mainland have been less pronounced in recent years. The ROC isn't a member of the Universal Postal Union, but it does have its own stamps. Mail exchanged with other countries is usually done via other countries such as Japan. The 12 New Taiwan Dollar rate is pretty low, only around € 0.35, and for that it reaches the Netherlands in seven days.
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 Michiel 2005
Michiel 2005 club
I misremember the wikipedia article about all mail going through Japan. I found that there are direct postal connections between ROC and PRC since 2008. As the ROC isn't a member of the UPU, it has no agreement with the UPU members to exchange mail. Chunghwa Post probably has a bilateral agreement with Japan Post for foreign mail destined for Taiwan. All the UPU members exchange mail through Japan Post, using the UPU channels and Taiwan gets its mail through the bilateral agreement with Japan Post. For certain busy routes – such as with PRC – Chunghwa Post can have other bilateral agreements.

I wonder if PRC opens all the international mail such as happened in the GDR.
10 years ago.

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