East Timor is " half" a small island located Pacific in south of Indonesia, its area only is 15 thousands square kilometers, approximately amount to 1/5 of Jiangsu province of China, population about is 840 thousands. Talk of it is "half" a small island, because it is in same island with West Timor Where is in west section and belong to Indonesia. The small island formed a separately rule because exterior forced incursion for hundreds years.(See below).If it had not been because my a series of philatelic story, I would have been same with many men yet, not concerned with many events happened in the small island.　　

Above：A East Timor map stamp issued by Portugal in 1956（36x25mm）.Whole island on the map is Timor island. The yellow part in the east part is East Timor, the red part in the west part is a territory of Indonisia-- West Timor. East Timor was occupied by Portugal colonizer since 1586, and declares independence in 1975.

Indonesia dispatched to occupy East Timor at Dec.1975 and declares East Timor become 27th province of Indonesia in 1976. But it not get a universal admit of the international society

Above: A Indonesian stamp--"Recapturing West Irian"--Issued on May 1,1963. The place indicated by red arrowhead ( added by writer ) is the geography position of East Timor (48x32mm).