L9601, Korea Dokdo Aerogramme, FDC Post Used, Dokdo Islands (Takeshima) 2004

L9601, Korea Dokdo Aerogramme, FDC Post Used, Dokdo Islands (Takeshima) 2004.

MNH. Issued by Korea in 2004, with the Dokdo Islands (Takeshima). F.D.C, Post Used, from Pyangyong to Beijing.

The Liancourt Rocks, also known as Dokdo or Tokto in Korean, and Takeshima in Japanese,are a group of small islets in the Sea of Japan (East Sea). Sovereignty over the islets is disputed between Japan and South Korea. South Korea classifies the islets as Dokdo-ri, Ulleung-eup, Ulleung County, Gyeongsang Province. Japan classifies them as part of Okinoshima, Oki District, Shimane Prefecture.