Tibet 1919 Registered KERONG COURT Cover to Kathmandu Nepal via Rasuwa/Trisuli
Stampless registered cover to Kathmandu, Nepal, with ornate seal of the Kerong Court on reverse, carried by runner to the Nepalese Post Office at Rasuwa, with Sun and Moon c.d.s. , Trisuli c.d.s. alongside, typical wrinkles seen on these envelopes, attractive strikes.
Under the Thapatail Treaty of 1855, Nepalese courts were established in the Tibetan towns of Khasa, Kuti, and Kurong, to handle legal cases involving Nepalese citizens. Mail from these courts was struck with the appropriate court seal, and carried with free-franking privileges by couriers to nearby Nepalese border towns.
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Tibet 1919 Registered KERONG COURT Cover to Nepal via Rasuwa/Trisuli
Stampless registered cover to Kathmandu, Nepal, with ornate seal of the Kerong Court on reverse, carried by runner to the Nepalese Post Office at Rasuwa, with Sun and Moon c.d.s. , Trisuli c.d.s. alongside, typical edge faults, attractive strikes.
Under the Thapatail Treaty of 1855, Nepalese courts were established in the Tibetan towns of Khasa, Kuti, and Kurong, to handle legal cases involving Nepalese citizens. Mail from these courts was struck with the appropriate court seal, and carried with free-franking privileges by couriers to nearby Nepalese border towns.
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Tibet 1929 1/6t green Lion Cover Lhasa to Kathmandu via Pharijong
Cover franked with 1/6t green, shiny enamel printing, mostly large margins, touching at top, tied by Lhasa Type VI c.d.s. semi-circle Pharijong F.P.O. No. 81 / Due on front, Pharijong British post office c.d.s. on reverse (7 Oct) and Raxaul Unpaid (15 Oct) adjacent Nepal receiver (18 Oct) and oval British Embassy "Kathmandu" handstamp, typical wrinkles, a scarce and appealing cover.
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Tibet 1930s 1/2t purple Lion Shiny Enamel Cover Lhasa w/Traders Mark
Cover franked with 1/2t reddish-purple, shiny enamel printing, large margins on three sides, surface abrasions, postmarked with partial Lhasa c.d.s., traders mark adjacent in manuscript, some soiling, reduced at one side, nevertheless an uncommon franking
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Tibet c. 1926 Lhasa to Petan Nepal via Gyantse Dhakwa Family India UK Embassy
Cover from Lhasa, Tibet, affixed with 1/2a King George V issue of India, cancelled Gyantse (5 May), Type 5, to Patan, Nepal, backstamped with oval "Katmandu" marking of the British embassy, pennant/flag manuscript mark of the Dhakwa merchant family, one of the most prominent Nepalese trading families operating in Tibet, a scarce and desirable Indian usage.
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Turkey 1823 Netherlands Consul Smyrna to Belgium Stampless Forwarding Agent SFL
Stampless folded letter, with contents from the Consul of the Netherlands in Smyrna (Izmir), carried privately and endorsed on reverse in manuscript by forwarding agent L. Simoni of Constantinople (26 March), carried via Semlin where it was disinfected and backstamped, transiting further where it was struck with black TUR referring to its origin in the Turkish territories, remarkably fresh and fine.
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