The Postage Stamps and Postal History of Tibet,

by H. D. S. Haverbeck.

Paperback book, size approx 170 mm x 255 mm. 52 pages. All text in English.

Includes photos, maps, tables, & appendices. All pages printed in black, with cover in red & gold. See contents list below: in addition to the contents mentioned, the book also has tables of postmarks & Post Offices, & photos of various Post Offices in Tibet, postal runners, etc.

Originally published in 1952; this is the 2003 reprint in actual size. Sewn binding, includes satin bookmark.

This book is tremendously important for our philatelic knowledge of Tibet, for while later works (particularly Arnold Waterfall's book) are more comprehensive, this book illustrates all the Tibetan stamps & cancellations etc. in actual size. This is certainly most useful when comparing your stamps & covers.

Contents include:

• The Geography & History of Tibet;
• Map of Tibet showing boundaries & major trade routes;
• The Postal History of the Tibetan Border Commission of 1903;
• Table of Postmarks of the Tibetan Frontier Commission, April - December 1903;
• The Younghusband Expedition;
• Table of Postmarks of the Younghusband Expedition, December 1903 - November 1904;
• The British Indian Postal Agencies in Tibet;
• Map showing route from Lhasa & Gyantse to India;
• The Chinese Post Offices in Tibet;
• The first issue of Tibetan postage stamps in 1912;
• How to pick forgeries;
• The second stamp issue of 1914;
• The third stamp issue of 1933;
• The fourth issue of 1939;
• Cancellations & Postal History;
• Acknowledgements;
• Bibliography.

The book includes several useful appendices:

• The Tibetan Radio Telegraph stamps;
• the Tibetan monetary system;
• the Tibetan alphabet & its pronunciation;
• The Mount Everest Expedition label of 1924;
• & an Addenda on the "Official stamps" (inscribed "STAMP".)

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