Postage stamps and postal history of Tibet
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Tibet.
Foreign stamps
The first adhesive stamps issued for use in Tibet were typewritten overprints on Indian postage stamps
First stamps of Tibet
Tibet began issuing postage stamps at the beginning of the 20th century. The first stamps were issued in Lhasa in 1912. Other series of stamps were issued in 1914, 1933, and through the end of the 1950s.
Tibetan stamps had a figure of a
snowlion, the national emblem of Tibet. The stamps were marked in Tibetan characters meaning "Tibet Government" and in English by "Tibet".[3]
Fakes and forgeries
Collectors and philatelists encounter many fakes and forgeries of both Tibetan stamps and cancellations. Genuine postally used material also has been produced for collectors.[2]
See also
References and sources
References
- ^ Robson Lowe, Encyclopedia of British Empire Postage Stamps, v. III London, Robson Lowe, Ltd. (1951) pp. 273-7.
- ^ a b c d Waterfall, Arnold C., The Postal History of Tibet, Robson Lowe (1981), p. 12, 20, 43, 45.
- ^ M. G. Chitkara, Buddhism, reincarnation, and Dalai Lamas of Tibet, APH Publishing, New Delhi (1998) Annexure VII, p. 179.
Sources
- Bibbins, Frealon, Tibet, First Series, 1912, plating notebook (1992)
- Haverbeck, Harrison D.S., The Postage stamps and postal history of Tibet, (1952, 1958)
- Hellrigl, Wolfgang C. The Postal markings of Tibet, (1996)
- Hellrigl, Wolfgang C and Gabrisch, Karl. Tibet: a philatelic and numismatic bibliography: a critical bibliography containing over 400 titles of Tibetan philately, numismatics and postal and monetary histories. [Part I - Philatelic bibliography], 1981
- Holmes, Henry Robert, The Postage Stamps of Tibet, (1941)
- Singer, Armond E., Tibet 1809-1975, (1995)
- Virk, D.S. Sikkim-Tibet, 1903-1908, (1989)
- ISBN 0-85397-199-4
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Post of Tibet.
- The Nepal and Tibet Philatelic Study Circle publishes handbooks and checklists, as well as the periodical, Postal Himal.
- Rainer's Tibet Pages
- "Turbulent Tibet: Viewed from a Philatelic Standpoint" by D.B. Armstrong in The Postage Stamp, 20 August 1910. Reproduced at the Philatelic Database.
- "White Lion of the Mountains, a Letter from Tibet, the Mysterious Land" (ca. 1913). Reproduced at the Philatelic Database.
- "Probable Issue of stamps for Tibet: A Chinese Foreign Post Office?" in The Postage Stamp, 9 October 1909. Reproduced at the Philatelic Database.
