Battambang Province


The post office in the provincial centre of Battambang Province, below, in N.W. Cambodia and its postmark:

                         

Above, the Battambang post office sign.


Above, the formal Government sign for the Battambang provincial department of posts and telecommunications.

Below, inside Battambang provincial post office and its post office boxes for rent, below:

  

The old French colonial-era post box, below, outside the Battambang provincial post office and its modern day equivalent:

         

The view from the building of the Residence of Battambang on an old French-era postcard.  The building is used today by the Battambang Provincial Governor.

Battambang under the rule of Thailand

The Battambang postmark on a Thai stamp from what might be 1903; this is during the time in which Battambang town and province was under the rule of Thailand.

Another example, possibly from 1893, of the Battambang postmark on a Thai stamp.

Battambang postmark once again on a Thai stamp but the year is unknown.

November 20, 1904, from Battambang, Thailand.

1905 Thai stamp with a Battambang postmark.

1906 Battambang on a Thai stamp.

Battambang postmarks in Cambodia

May 1908 from Battambang.

1913 Battambang postmark.

1926 Battambang postmark using the standard postmark design for that period.

A 1927 example of the Battambang postmark, a very different format to that of a year before.

August 17, 1933 from Battambang.

A very clear example of the French-colonial-era Battambang postmark, from 1948.

1988 Battambang, Kampuchea.

1992 Battambang, Kampuchea.

A Battambang, Kampuchea, postmark from June 1993.


Moung Russei town, Moung Russei District, Battambang Province

Moung Russei District post office, below, in Battambang Province, Cambodia:

The Cambodian language sign for Moung Russei district post office.

Moung Russei district post office with the wooden doors closed.

The street in which the Moung Russei district post office is located; this is a typical view of a street in a Cambodia provincial centre.

Related Sites:

Tourism of Cambodia Travel Guide to Battambang: http://www.tourismcambodia.com/travelguides/provinces/battambang/

and also: http://www.tourismcambodia.org/provincial_guide/index.php?view=detail&prv=2