Philately

To get the available list of Nepal Philatelic Items like Postage Stamps, First Day Covers, Postal Stationaries etc. please contact the following address. You can also get the order and method of payment from the same.

NEPAL PHILATELIC BUREAU,
G.P.O. BUILDING,
SUNDHARA, KATHMANDU, NEPAL
Phone No. : 977-1-4241895
E-mail : philatelic@hons.com.np
Website : http://www.nepalpost.com.np

On 23rd December 2003, Nepal issued a beautiful set of 4 Himalayan Flower stamps. The flowers are of Lotus, Picrorhiza, Himalayan Rhubarb and Night Jasmine. They are of Rupees 10 Denomination containing 16 stamps in each sheet (four set of block of four) having four color combination o­n it.


First Day cover with beautiful cachet and synopsis were also released o­n 23rd Dec. 2003 at GPO Kathmandu.

Mr. Dick Van Der Wateren the Vice President of "Nepal Tibet Philatelic Study Circle" visited Nepal Philatelic Society, Kathmandu, new office on 1st February 2004. He was touring Nepal for a week.

The President of Nepal Philatelic Society Mr. Kedar Pradhan had given a luncheon in his honor at Marcopolo Business Hotel on 1st February. About 20 active member of NPS were present there. After short note on the promotional philatelic activities in Nepal, Dick gave a generous donation of Euro 200 to NPS.

Similarly, a Dinner was hosted in his honor on 31st of January 2004 by Mr. Sagar M. Shrestha the coordinator for the "Friends of Nepal Tibet Study Circle". Many renowned philatelists of Kathmandu were present on this occasion. After having exchanged provoking thoughts and ideas o­n Nepal Philately, Dick left Kathmandu on 3rd Feb. at 8pm local time.

The Nepal Philatelic Bureau has published the philatelic programme for 2004.

Nepal philatelic society is going to have new executive body election o­n 13th of September, 2003. NPS has informed its members that the annual general meeting and new election for the board of executive will be held. This board will be for two years tenure.

These are the new Everest Expedition record setters card with autograph issued on the occasion of the “Golden Jubilee of the conquest of Mount Everest 2003” to mark the record set by them.

Very limited number of these cards prepared.

Babu Chiri Sherpa, world renowned mountaineer was born in 1965 A.D. at Taksindu Village Development Committee in Solukhumbu District as son of Lhakpa Sherpa
and Pasi Sherpa. He started to climb the scaled 9954 meter high Mount Mera in
1988. Likewise, he ascended Mt. Kanchanjanga, Mt. Dhaulagiri, Mt. Cho-Oyu, Mt.
Ama Dablam and successfully climbed the Mt. Everest ten times. In 1999 he spent
21 hours on top of the Mt. Everest without using bottle oxygen setting world
record. On 21 May 2000, he climbed the Mt. Everest in sixteen hours and fifty-six
minutes, the shortest duration covered from the base camp, setting world record
at that time and becoming world renowned mountaineer. He was decorated with
Suprasiddha Gorakha Dakshin Bahu First class and awarded with many more decorations. He passed away unfortunately in an accident on 29 April, 2001 in crevasse while
on his way to scale the highest peak on the earth for the eleventh time.

The portrait of this world renowned mountaineer Babu Chiti Sherpa along with
the background picture of Mt. Everest is depicted in the postage stamp, in order
to commemorate the importance of this brave and world renowned records. This
cover has the autograph of 13 time Everest Summiter Apa Sherpa.

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On 29th May 2003 Nepal has issued Rs. 25 Denomination postage stamp to mark the "Golden Jubilee of the First Ascent of Mt. Everest 2003."

On this occassion commemorative covers were also issued to mark different records set by Everest Summiters.

Recently NEPAL NUSMATIC SOCIETY has been formed in Nepal under the presidentship of Mr. Sagar M. Shrestha.

There will be a National Philatelic Exhibition 2003 (NEPHIL 2003) from 19th to 23rd Feb 2003 in Kathmandu, Nepal.