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	Item ID: CS19 Chess Pieces Viet Nam, 1983	Details
	Viet Nam issued this mint sheet of seven stamps plus two labels on May 9, 1983. The stamps feature the following chess pieces: Vietnamese pawns, Indian elephant, Scottish knight and bishop, a different Indian elephant piece, a knight, a sailing ship, a jester and elephant, and modern pawns. The retail value of this sheet is $7.00 (Scott 2007 Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue, Vol. 6).
	Price: $5.50

	Item ID: CS17 "Modern" Chess Champions Cambodia, 1996	Details
	This complete set of seven mint stamps (one in a souvenir sheet format) was issued by Cambodia on Sept. 10, 1996, and pays tribute to the following "modern era" chess champions: Jose Raul Capablanca, Alexander Alekhine, Vassily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, Bobby Fischer, and Garry Kasparov. This set has a retail value of $7.25.
	Price: $5.30

	Item ID: CS16 Chess Champions Cambodia, 1994	Details
	Issued by Cambodia on Sept. 20, 1994, this complete mint set of 6 stamps (including a high denomination souvenir sheet) features the following 18th & 19th century chess champions: Francois-Andre Philador (1795), Louis de la Bourdonnais (1821), Adolph Anderssen (1851), Paul Morphy (1858), Wilhelm Steinitz (1866), and Emanuel Lasker (1894). $7.50 retail value.
	Price: $5.40

	Item ID: CS15 Wilhelm Steinitz North Korea, 2001	Details
	Issued by North Korea during 2001, this mint stamp sheet includes a single stamp; chess images are in the sheet selvage. The stamp pays tribute to Wilhelm Steinitz, a former World Chess Champion (19th century).
	Price: $1.85

	Item ID: CS14 Chess Pieces Somalia, 1997	Details
	Ornate chess pieces are featured on this complete mint set of stamps from Somalia (1997). The set includes eight stamps, one of which is in the form of a souvenir sheet. As inscribed on the stamps, the chess pieces are either "Crusade Style" or "Siamese Style."
	Price: $6.25

	Item ID: CS13 Chess Champions Laos, 1988	Details
	Laos commemorated chess champions with the release of this mint set of seven stamps during 1988. This complete set features the following champions: R. Segura, Adolph Anderssen, P. Morphy (design error- incorrectly inscribed "Murphy"), W. Steinitz, E. Lasker, J.R. Capablanca, and A. Alekhine.
	Price: $3.50

	Item ID: CS12 World Chess Champions North Korea, 2001	Details
	North Korea paid tribute to "World Chess Champions of the 20th Century" with the issuance of this mint sheet of six stamps (plus three labels) during 2001. The featured champions are: J. Lasker & J.R. Capablanca, A. Alekhine & M. Euwe, M. Botvinnik & V. Smyslov, T. Petrosian & M. Tal, B. Spassky & B. Fisher, and A. Karpov & G. Kasparov.
	Price: $7.95

	Item ID: CS11 15th Chess Olympics Israel, 1964	Details
	Israel issued this set of two mint stamps on Nov. 2, 1964 to commemorate the 16th Chess Olympics, held in Tel Aviv (November, 1964). Both stamps feature a chess board and the emblem of the Chess Olympics; one stamp additionally depicts a knight, the other a rook. These stamps include the attached tabs (stamps of Israel with attached tabs have additional value to collectors).
	Price: $1.65

	Item ID: CS10 World Chess Championships. Tanzania, 1986	Details
	Tanzania issued this mint two-stamp sheet on March 17, 1986 to commemorate the World Chess Championships and Rotary International.
	Price: $1.25

	Item ID: CS1 Chess on Stamps. A Collection of 25 Different	Details
	Five chess on stamps sets; 25 different cancelled stamps. Issues from Hungary, Laos, Cambodia, Scotland (Eynhallow; Holy Island), and Viet Nam.
	Price: $3.95

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