INDIAN STATES, Nepal

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1881 Square stamp with symbol, native inscriptions all around the inner rectangle.

Certified genuine Certified genuine 

  1 a blue
  2 a violet
  4 a green

These stamps were issued on white thick paper in 1881 (imperforate and rouletted), on yellowish local paper from 1886 onwards (imperforate and rouletted).

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks

Cheapest types
1 a ** *  
2 a *** **  
4 a *** ***  

Stamp on letter:

Telegraph cancel:

With telegraph cancel

 

1900 New design

  1/2 a black

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
1/2 a * ** Imperforate or rouletted

 

1907 God on top of mountains

  2 p brown
  4 p green
  8 p red
  16 p violet

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
2 p c c  
4 p * c  
8 p * *  
16 p * *  

In 1932 these stamps were re-issued with slightly different text and with more values, examples:

The following values exist: 2 p brown, 4 p green, 8 p red, 16 p lilac, 24 p orange, 32 p blue, 1 R brown (larger size) and 5 R black and brown (larger size).

 

Postal stationery, example:

These postcards were issued in 1887 in the value 3 1/2 p red.

Examples of stamps of India, used in Nepal:


(Reduced sizes)

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