Kampong Cham Province

The central post office, above and below, in the provincial centre of Kampong Cham Province of Eastern Cambodia and its postmark:

The official sign, below, at Kampong Cham Provincial Post Office:

Inside the Kampong Cham provincial post office, below:

The older-style French-language posting box, below, inside the Kampong Cham Provincial Post Office:

The post office boxes within the Kampong Cham Provincial Post Office, below, numbered 0300 to 0349, available to the public for rent:

And mailbags from all over the world waiting to be opened inside the Kampong Cham provincial post office, below.

The Soviet-era sign, below, located at the entrance to Kampong Cham Provincial Post Office:

Located at the entrance to Kampang Cham Provincial Post Office:

One of the many statues, below, located throughout the centre of Kampong Cham town, Kampong Cham Province, in Eastern Cambodia:

A scene in central Kampong Cham town, below, near to the ferry terminal for boats to Phnom Penh, Kratie and Stung Treng:

Another statue in central Kampong Cham town, below, with French colonial-style houses in the background:

Below, French colonial-style houses, refurbished, in central Kampong Cham town:

Here is an example, below, of a makeshift truck put together using various components and scrap and a lot of ingenuity, variations of which are seen all over Cambodia, especially in rural areas, where they are used for a wide range of haulage duties; this one is seen in central Kampong Cham town:

The bridge spanning the River Mekong at Kampong Cham town, below, built with funding from the Government of Japan, and a major logistical link between central and eastern Cambodia:

A typical house, below, located on the banks of the River Mekong in Kampong Cham Province in Eastern Cambodia:

Another fine example, below, of one of the many statues of central Kampong Cham town:

A painting of then Prince Norodom Sihanouk in military attire, below, adorns this well-weathered government building in central Kampong Cham town, an example of how some buildings - as well as images of Sihanouk - from the 1960's have survived to the present day in Cambodia:

Postmarks from Kampong Cham

1946 postmark with no Cambodian-language text.

A provincial stamp from Kampong Cham used during the 1980's as denoted by the use of the country name, 'Kampuchea'.

A well-used Kampong Cham postmark as used in October 2004 but using a less common design.

Another October 2004 postmark from Kampong Cham but using the standard postmark design for Cambodia at this time.

A much clearer example of the Kampong Cham provincial centre postmark but using the French word, 'Cambodge', for the country name.

Skun, Cheung Prey District, Kampong Cham Province

The post office of Skoun in the centre of Cheung Prey District, below, one of several districts of the large province of Kampong Cham in Eastern Cambodia.  Outgoing mail items are usually sent to the Provincial Centre of Kampong Cham town for franking and forwarding to their respective destination.  'Cheung Prey' in the Cambodian (Khmer) language roughly translates as, 'the leg or root of the forest', in English; below, right, is an example of the Skoun postmark as used in October 2004.

The Cambodian (Khmer) language sign, below, showing that this is the post office for the town of Skun in the District of Cheung Prey, Kampong Cham Province:

Fruit sellers at the side of the road, below, in Skun, the capital of Cheung Prey District, Kampong Cham Province:

Above is a typical monument seen in many towns and even villages in Cambodia, often erected during the 1980's, in recognition of the contributions made by male (left) and female (right) farmers and fishermen.  Directly behind this statue is a tall monument with lettering in Chinese denoting the work of the Chinese military as part of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) from 1991 to 1993 in this area of Cambodia; a close-up of the base of this more modern monument can be seen below.

Another example of communist-era monuments can be seen below from the main traffic island in Skun, depicting a young man (left) and woman (right) jointly holding up a globe of the world above which sits a white dove of peace (albeit somewhat dirty due to the many years of exposure to the weather!); two drinks-sellers sit on the plinth for a rest. A large billboard can be seen to the right of the monument advertising cigarettes.

Related Sites:

Tourism of Cambodia Travel Guide to Kampong Cham: http://www.tourismcambodia.org/provincial_guide/index.php?view=detail&prv=3

and also: http://www.tourismcambodia.com/travelguides/provinces/kampong-cham/