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Auction: 20019 - The Shambhala collection of Tibet
Lot: 522

Tibet
Border Areas
Kuti
Kuti Court: 1903 (9 Jan.) local envelope from the Kuti Court to Kathmandu, tied by the official seal of the court in black, this was carried by Nepalese couriers to the nearby town of Tatapani from where it was posted free of charge, also bears the Tatapani postmaster's seal and faint Kathmandu arrival. A good cover. Photo

literature:
Tibet Stamps and Postal History, Chazen and Wong, 2019; page 86


Nepal gained extra-territoriality in the Tibetan border towns of Khasa, Kuti and Kerong with their own courts. Court mail was carried by courier to the nearby Nepali town and mailed through the post with free-franking rights


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