Nepal
Fossils and reconstructions of prehistoric mammals and
Natural History Museum on stamps and postmarks of Nepal
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Contents
- Country overview
- Philately at Nepal
- Official stamps of Nepal related to Paleontology
- Other stamps of Nepal to consider
- Commemorative postmarks of Nepal related to Paleontology
- References
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal is a landlocked country in South Asia with a population of 26.4 million. It is a multiethnic nation with Nepali as the official language. Kathmandu is the nation's capital and largest city. Modern Nepal is a secular parliamentary republic. Nepal is bordered by China to the north and India to the south, east, and west. It is separated from Bangladesh by a narrow Indian corridor and from Bhutan by the Indian state of Sikkim. Nepal is located in the Himalayas and is home to eight of the world's ten tallest mountains, including Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. [R1]
The first Nepalese were issued in April 1881 as a set of three which were valued at one anna, two annas and four annas. These were initially perforated and printed on European made paper. Within a few months they were released imperforate. In 1886 they were reprinted on hand made Nepalese paper. [R2]
Official stamps of Nepal related to Paleontology: fossils and reconstructions of prehistoric mammals
| 31.12.2013 "Fossils of Nepal" | 07.07.2015 "Prehistoric Elephants of Nepal" | 22.09.2017 "Prehistoric
Mammals of Nepal" |
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Other stamps of Nepal to consider: Natural History Museum
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Notes
[A1] Fossils of all prehistoric animals depicting on stamps 2013-2017 are on show in this museum.Commemorative postmarks of Nepal related to Paleontology: fossils and reconstructions of prehistoric mammals
| 18.05.2014 "Fisrt Natural
History Museum Stamps Serie" [Sp] [PM1]
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| 18.05.2014 "Fisrt Natural History Museum Stamps Serie" [Sp] [PM1] | ||
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Legend
[FDC] - Post Marks used on FDC of official stamp[PM] - Permanent postmark: available for a long period of time
[Sp] - Special postmark: issued for special event and was available for short period of time
[N] - new design of early introduced postmarks
Notes
[PM1] In 2014 Post Authority of Nepal in cooperation with Natural History Museum (NHM), issued a set of 4 stamps "fossils of Nepal". Thes stamps shows fossils and reconstructions of prehistoric animals who leaved on a territory of the country in the past.Officially it issued on December 31, 2013, but arrived post office of Nepal much later, in Spring 2014. Official FDC is canceled with GPO post mark dated 31.12.2013. Later on Natural History Museum issued its own "FDC" - commemorative covers canceled with special postmarks.
References
[R1] More information about Nepal are on Wikipedia WikiTravel FlagCounter[R2] Some information about postal history of Nepal on Wikipedia
Links to Nepal post authority and stamps catalog websites are here
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