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Postage stamps from the Republic of China (1911 – 1949)

Top row President Yuan Shikai who declared himself emperor in 1915 and then died mysteriously.

Bottom row Sun Yat-sen the ‘Father of Modern China’ who was a principled nationalist who said that his “three Principles of the People” was inspired by Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysberg Address.

Also Chiang Kai-shek who infamously lost China and fled into exile in Taiwan in 1949.

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