Nepal, formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas. Nepal has a diverse geography, including fertile plains, subalpine forested hills, and eight of the world’s ten tallest mountains, including Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth.
The name “Nepal” is first recorded in texts from the Vedic period of the Indian subcontinent, the era in ancient Nepal when Hinduism was founded, the predominant religion of the country. In the middle of the first millennium BC, Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, was born in Lumbini in southern Nepal. Parts of northern Nepal were intertwined with the culture of Tibet.
The centrally located Kathmandu Valley is intertwined with the culture of Indo-Aryans, and was the seat of the prosperous Newar confederacy known as Nepal Mandala. The Himalayan branch of the ancient Silk Road was dominated by the valley’s traders. The cosmopolitan region developed distinct traditional art and architecture.
By the 18th century, the Gorkha Kingdom achieved the unification of Nepal. The Shah dynasty established the Kingdom of Nepal and later formed an alliance with the British Empire, under its Rana dynasty of premiers. The country was never colonised but served as a buffer state between Imperial China and British India.
Parliamentary democracy was introduced in 1951 but was twice suspended by Nepalese monarchs, in 1960 and 2005. The Nepalese Civil War in the 1990s and early 2000s resulted in the establishment of a secular republic in 2008, ending the world’s last Hindu monarchy.
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- Johannes Bormann – Nepal
- Postage Stamps of Nepal – A Catalog of the Classic Issues, 1881 – 1930
- Rajan’s Postage Stamps of Nepal
- Nepal Philatelic Bureau
- Nepal Philatelic Society – NPS
- Nepal Philately
- Nepal Postage Stamps : Exchange, Buy, Sell!
- The Philatelic group of Nepal
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- @nepalistamp – This is an Instagram archive of used/mint Nepalese Stamps.
- Nepal Philatey – @nphilately
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Recently, I came across a Nepalese cover with postage stamps and a wax seal on the envelope. There were some tiny inscriptions on the wax seal. Why did the sender affix a wax seal on the envelope, I wonder? Was he a high-ranking individual who desired that his mail be given special treatment and priority by the post office? Please note that I am a novice on Nepalese stamps and postal history. I would be very pleased to hear from you.
I would try posting your enquiry to one of the online communities listed here: https://thedigitalphilatelist.com/nepal/