3999) The "Silk Road/Routes", Kyrgyzstan KP: "Kyrgyz Pochtasy", (or "Kyrgyz Post") has issued a Postage stamp of 9.00 Kyrgystani Som featuring caravans of camels crossing deserts and mountain passes, representing the historic routes used to transport silk, spices, treasures: Date/Year of Stamp issue: 25.06.2025:
Links:
1) The Great Silk Road: A Stamp of 150 KGS issued by Kyrgyz Express Post on 24.11.2017
In Kyrgyzstan, "KP" stands for "Kyrgyz Pochtasy", (which translates to "Kyrgyz Post" in English). This is the name of the state-owned postal operator in Kyrgyzstan.
Kyrgyzstan has two designated postal operators, the other being Kyrgyz Express Post (KEP), a privately held company.
About the Silk Roads/Routes:
Silk Road/Route: What Exists of the “Silk Road” was called as such, because silk, a valuable commodity originating from China, was a major export along this ancient trade route. While other goods were also traded, silk was a key driver of the route's popularity and ultimately its name.
The Routes Network of Chang'an-Tian Shan Corridor is a UNESCO World Heritage Site which covers the Chang'an-Tianshan portion of the ancient Silk Road and historical sites along the route.
On June 22, 2014, UNESCO designated a 5,000 km (3,100 mi) stretch of the Silk Road network from Central China to the Zhetysu region of Central Asia as a World Heritage site.
The corridor spans China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan and includes 33 new sites and several previously designated heritage sites.
In 1988, UNESCO initiated a study of the Silk Road to promote understanding of cultural diffusion across Eurasia and protection of cultural heritage.
In August 2006, UNESCO and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of the People's Republic of China co-sponsored a conference in Turpan, Xinjiang on the coordination of applications for the Silk Road's designation as a World Heritage site.
At this conference, China and five Central Asia Republics, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, agreed to make a joint application in 2010. The six countries formed a coordinating committee in 2009 to prepare for the joint-application.
On March 28, 2008, China submitted a tentative list of 48 Silk Road sites to UNESCO for consideration as cultural heritage.
These sites were divided into overland Silk Road sites in Henan, Shaanxi, Qinghai, and Gansu Province, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region as well as maritime Silk Road sites in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province and Quanzhou, Fujian Province.
At the end of 2011, UNESCO proposed that due to the vast scale of the Silk Road project that the application be divided into corridors.
In December 2011, China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan agreed to jointly pursue application for one corridor from Central China across the Tianshan Range, and each country nominated one government official, one archaeologist and a national application committee. Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan prepared to apply for another corridor.
In 2013, the application for the Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor was finalised and officially submitted by Kyrgyzstan.
It contained 22 sites in China, 8 sites in Kazakhstan and 3 sites in Kyrgyzstan.
On June 22, 2014, at the 38th meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Doha, Qatar, the Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor application was approved.
The Great Silk Road is not a single UNESCO World Heritage Site, but rather a network of routes with multiple designated corridors and sites.
The most prominent is the Silk Roads:
- the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor, which was inscribed in 2014, spanning China, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan.
- Additionally, the Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor was inscribed in 2023, covering parts of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
The key aspects:
Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor (2014):
- This corridor stretches from Chang'an (modern-day Xi'an) in China to the Zhetysu region of Central Asia, encompassing a 5,000 km section of the Silk Roads.
- It includes 33 components, such as capital cities, palace complexes, trading settlements, Buddhist cave temples, and sections of the Great Wall.
- The corridor highlights the exchange of goods, culture, and ideas along the eastern part of the Silk Roads.
Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor (2023):
- This corridor focusses on the Zarafshan River valley and the Karakum Desert in Central Asia.
- It connects various historical sites and oases, showcasing the westward flow of goods and people along the Silk Roads.
- It includes 31 sites across Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
Other relevant points:
- The Silk Roads encompass a vast network of routes and exchange points, not just these two designated corridors.
- The UNESCO World Heritage listing emphasises the historical and cultural significance of these routes and their role in facilitating exchange between East and West.
- The Silk Roads facilitated the movement of goods like silk, spices, and precious metals, as well as the transmission of art, religion, and technology.
- UNESCO also recognises the role of the Silk Roads in fostering cultural diversity, heritage, and peaceful cooperation.
The Postage Stamp Kyrgyzstan:
The stamp features caravans of camels crossing deserts and mountain passes, representing the historic routes used to transport silk, spices, treasures, and ideas that shaped the course of history.
It is part of a series highlighting Kyrgyzstan’s important role as one of the key hubs along the Great Silk Road.
- Throughout the centuries, hundreds of sites and monuments of both cultural and historic value have been developed in different regions along the Silk Roads.
- Each of these sites or monuments not only represents the various customs and traditions of local communities, but also bears witness to the cultural interaction that took place in or around them, revealing the influence of cultures from around the world, brought into contact via the historic Silk Roads.
- The Silk Roads online platform presents and promotes World Cultural Heritage Sites that have been inscribed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage.
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