Theme : 1st issues : 10 Nepal

This 'first issue' is a special one.

Nepal 1885

What is on the cover?

The stamps on the cover are genuine (Michel nrs 1Bc (light blue) - 2B (dull lilac) and 3B (yellowish green). The stamps were issued in 1881 on European paper. The cancels are genuine as well.

But the back side has handwritten text speaks of 1885.
We are talking about a registered mail with stamps from the 1st issue of Nepal (1881), and there are 3 different stamps on the cover, used in 1885...

This is what the experts say (CH - October 2022):

"The stamps are stuck at the bottom of an envelope with a handwritten departure stamp Parewadada March 12, 1885 on the back, and an entry registration of March 24, 1885. They do not belong on this cover and are intended to simulate an extraordinarily rare registered postage from the first edition."

Were the stamps added later on, to make it more valuable?
Never the less, the three stamps are real and postally used, which makes it a rare document in my collection.

Nepal 1Bc (blue) and 2B (lilac) according Michel

Nepal 3B (green) according Michel

to be continued...

Odd stamps : 08 Stamps with special cuts - 03 a

In this next round, I am taking you to the world of diamond shaped stamps.
I do know that squares are diamonds as well, but i will only show you diamond shaped stamps, where one of the angles is pointing downwards, in order to see the design of the stamp as it was ment.
This means that I'm not turning any common square stamp to make them look like diamonds.

Let's start with some examples from Asia
Bhutan :

Mongolia :

Nepal :

China PR :

(Portuguese) Macau :

Japan :

(non officicial) Molukkan State :

... and many many more :-)

Odd stamps : 08 Stamps with special cuts - 02 e

When talking about odd stamps, triangular stamps are still drawing the attention when put on a letter.
The harvest of asian triangulars is rather small, compared to what was issued in Africa.
I 'm only showing 'some' examples of the asian stamps i found.
Mongolia issued quit a lot of triangular stamps, but as most of them are CTO, I try to avoid them in my collection.

Way better quality is this set of 4 beautiful stamps issued by the Thai postal authorities. Very refined, and with a total face value of 20 baht (+/- 0,50 €) truly a must for stamp collectors.

Just to avoid forgetting smaller countries, I'm posting two Nepales triangulars.
One to promote a philatelic exhibition.
How can a philatelic event be better promoted then by an eye catcher like this!