Nepal Classic Design Issues, 1881 to 1930



 



The Postage Stamps of Nepal
A Catalog of the Classic Issues, 1881 - 1930


One Anna Settings

 


Table of Contents

Information below is a synoptic account of information that appears in H/V book. Listings in italics indicates that no complete sheets are known. Sheets printed from settings 1 to 6 bear inscriptions of all four sides while sheets from settings 7 to 23 had marginal inscriptions on one side only. Settings 1 to 24 had framelines while later settings 25 to 27 and plate II had none.

Setting 1 - No inverted clichés; inscriptions on four sides, ornamental borders

Setting 2  - No inverted clichés; inscriptions on four sides, no framelines or borders

Setting 3 - No inverted clichés; inscriptions on four sides, no framelines or borders

Setting 4 - Unknown number of inverted clichés; outward reading inscriptions on four sides, no framelines

Setting 5 - inverted cliché position, H6; outward reading inscriptions on four sides, no framelines

Setting 6 - inverted cliché position G4, H6; outward reading inscriptions on four sides, no framelines

Setting 7 - inverted cliché positions unconfirmed; top only with outward reading inscription, no framelines

Setting 8 - inverted cliché positions G4, H3, H6; top only with inward reading inscription, framelines

Setting 9 - inverted cliché positions G4, H3, H6, H7; top inscription only

Setting 10 - inverted cliché ? positions F7, G4, H3, H6, bottom inscription (inverted) only

Setting 11 (blocks)  - inverted cliché positions F7, G4 (setting possibly numbered out of order), top inscription only

Setting 12 - inverted cliché position H8

Setting 13 - inverted cliché positions B6, F7, G4, H8

Setting 14 - inverted cliché positions B6, F7, G3, G4, H8

Setting 15 - inverted cliché positions B6, F6?, F7?, G3, G4, H8?

Setting 16 - inverted cliché positions B6, F6, G3, H8

Setting 17 - inverted cliché positions B5, C7, G3, H8

Setting 18 - inverted cliché positions B5, C7, G3, H5, H8

Setting 19 - inverted cliché positions C7, D3, E8, F1, H5

Setting 20 - inverted cliché positions B2, B3, B7, C7, D3, E8, F1, H5

Setting 21 - inverted cliché positions B2, B3, B7, C7, D3, E5, E8, F1, G3, H5, H8

Setting 22 - inverted cliché positions confirmed B2, B3; possibly B7, C7, D3, E5, E8, F1, G3, H5, H8

Setting 23 - inverted cliché positions B2, B3, B7, C7, D3, E5, E8, F1, G3, H5, H8; all known sheets are perforated

Setting 24 - inverted cliché positions confirmed B3, B7, C7, E5, E8; possibly B2, F1, G3, H5, H8

Setting 25 - inverted cliché positions confirmed B7, C7; possibly B2, B3, D3, E5, E8, F1, G3, H5, H8, no frames

Setting 26 - inverted cliché positions B7, C2, C7, D3, E5, E8, F1, G3, H5, H8, no framelines

Setting 27, State 1 block (FV) - inverted cliché positions B7, C2, C7, D3, E5, E8, F1, G3, H8, no framelines, state 2 (FV)

Plate II - new design, plate printed, no inverted clichés, irregular framelines
 




Richard Frajola (December 2018)