An Overview of Nepalese Stamps, Postal History, Stationery, and All Other Aspects of Nepalese Philately.

If you have questions, corrections or comments about this site or questions about Nepalese stamps and postal history, please contact me at  gemtree1@aol.com.  I will do my best to help you.

WHAT'S NEW

As of 05/21/12, I have put a number of items up for sale on eBay in the Nepal Stamp Section under "jimtreejr." Please take a look.  The first item to be up for bid may be accessed at http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nepal-Kadarban-1910-Cover-with-Rare-Transition-Era-Mechanical-N81-Postmark-/200763787470?pt=LH  Click on the Seller title, "Jimtreejr" to see my feedback and the other items that I have for sale. 

As 04/24/12, I have added a few pages showing Barred Square Cancels in the "Classic Era Cancellations" Section.

As 04/22/12, I have added several pages showing Barred Circle Cancels in a new "Classic Era Cancellations" Section, as well as, a new section devoted to the 1879 - 1881 pre-stamp mail of the Nepalese Postal Service.

As of 04/20/12, a small section showing cancellations used on British Residency Mail has been added under the heading, "British Post Office at Kathmandu."  

 As of 04/07/12, a section devoted to Pre-Postal Correspondence and another devoted to Classical Postmarks have been added.  Both sections are works in progress with more pages to be added.  The postmark section in particular will be greatly expanded over the next few weeks. 

As of 04/02/12 I have added an "Items for Sale" section.  I will try to add a few new things every day or so.  I am starting with some official covers with some very rare postmarks having Shrestha valuations of RR or RRR.  These will be offered at prices generally ranging from $25.00 to $35.00 which given the rarity of the material is quite reasonable.  If you collect postmarks, please take a look. 

As of 03/13/12, I have added a new section of official classic era covers mailed from locations without a post office.  The various local government offices were required to submit reports to the central government in Kathmandu every two weeks or so.  Many offices were located in smaller communities which had no post office of their own.  Their reports had to be carried by a special messenger to the nearest post office.  This section shows examples of such mail and may be accessed by clicking on the first section listed after the home page heading on the left.

Click on this link to see pictures of an outstanding exhibit of Nepalese Postal Stationery:  http://www.bdph.de/index.php?id=1289

For Online Discussions and News About Nepal and Tibet Stamps and Postal History go to the NTPSC Forum at http://fuchs-online.com/forum/   

The back issues of Postal Himal, the journal of the Nepal Tibet Philatelic Study Circle, are now online.  The earlier issues are typewritten and are rather primitive.  However, they rapidly improve in quality and contain a treasure trove of information.  Go to:  http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/postalhimal/pdf/

INTRODUCTION TO THIS SITE

Welcome to NepalStamps.Com.  I have been interested in the stamps and postal history of Nepal since I was a high school student in the early 1960's.  Nepal is an extremely interesting but difficult country to collect.  The early Classic stamps issued between 1881 and 1930 are particularly challenging.  It took me about 40 years to really begin to understand them.  This website is intended to pass on some of what I have learned.  Hopefully it will give the reader at least a general overview of Nepalese philately.  This site will be permanently under construction with new features to be added on a regular basis.  I do not pretend to know everything there is to know about this material. If you see any errors, please let me know so that I can correct them.  I also welcome any comments or suggestions as to how this site may be improved.  If you have any questions about the material presnted on this site or any questions about Nepalese philatelic material in general, feel free to email me; and I will do my best to help you.  My email address is gemtree1@aol.com.   

Best regards, Ed Gosnell  

THE QUICK GUIDES

For collectors and dealer wishing to make a quick identification of an item, I will be adding quick guides.  The first which is already in place deals with the crescent telegraph cancellations often found on stamps of the early classic design.  The Scott Catalog unfortunately perpetuates misinformation about these stamps which at leads to complete confusion about these issues among most general collectors and dealers. 

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