Stamps from Nepal catalogue

1,196 items

- kingdom - first own stamp issued 1881 - From 1854 to 1881, the stamps of India were used, initially with numerical cancels B137,137 or C-37. More

kingdom
first own stamp issued 1881

In February 1996, the country became embroiled in the Nepalese civil war. On June 1, 2001, the royal family was nearly wiped out by Crown Prince Dipendra. He was angry with his parents for not accepting his choice for a wife. Therefore, he shot his father, King Birendra, and his mother, Queen Aishwarya, and killed several other royal relatives as well. He then shot himself, but he did not die immediately.

On December 28, 2007, an overwhelming majority of the Nepalese parliament voted to abolish the monarchy. The Nepal Constituent Assembly decided to officially enact this law on May 28, 2008, transforming the Kingdom of Nepal into the Democratic Federal Republic of Nepal.

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Lotus and Swords (1881)