Table of Content of Postal Himal No. 161, 1st Quarter 2015

• More on Everest Base Camp by Brian W. Smith

• Tansen Post Office, Palpa District by Doug Hall

• The Local Printed Sri Pashupati Stamps - Perforation Errors by Colin Hepper FRFSL

• NTPSC Statement of Accounts by Skinner & Hepper

• Press Release from the Royal Philatelic Society London by Alan Warren

• The Bhutan 2005 Nu 5 Surcharge Overprint on the 1979 Antiquities by Leo van der Velden.

• Doubtful Tibetan Post Offices by Bo C. Olsson

• Index for Postal Himal Numbers 157-160 (2014)

Table of Content of Postal Himal No. 162, 2nd Quarter 2015

• Letter Written by Edward Gardner by Johannes Bornmann.

• Phubjika, the CMO with an Extra Letter Box for the Post Master Monk by Leo van der Velden

• Rare World War II British India Postcard of Tibet by Brian W. Smith

• How I Came to Exhibit by Richard M Hanchett

• The Complex Start of First Day Covers in Bhutan by Iiro Kakko & Leo van der Velden, with thanks to Ewout Sutorius and Nildo Harper for their comments. Also the Bhutan philatelic database maintained by Ed Pawlowski has been of great use. Kakko, Van der Velden, Sutorius, Harper and Pawlowski are all members of the Bhutan Stamp Collectors Group (on Facebook).

• Questions about an O’Sullivan Cover by Frank E. Vignola.

• Change of Name of Post Offices in Bhutan 1962 – Present, by Leo van der Velden.

• NTPSC Meeting at WESTPEX 2015 by Richard M. Hanchett

Table of Content of Postal Himal No. 163, 3rd Quarter 2015

• Yushu Earthquake Temporary Post Office by Danny Kin Chi Wong.

• Obtaining Stamps in Tibet, From Gibbons’ Stamp Monthly March 1951, page 81, written by A. M. Crawford , submitted by Brian Smith.

• Change of Name of Post Offices in Bhutan 1962 – Present (conclusion) by Leo van der Velden.

• The Revenue Stamps of Bhutan by Brian G Vincent FRPSNZ.

• Kathmandu Machine Cancellations by Colin Hepper, FRPSL.

Table of Content of Postal Himal No. 164, 4th Quarter 2015

• Status International Auction By Alfonso G. Zulueta Jr.

• Chinese Cultural Revolution Cover Posted in Lhasa, Tibet by Brian W. Smith.

• Forgeries, Fakes and Bogus Stamps of Bhutan by Leo van der Velden and Iiro Kakko.

• Tibet - Early Bisects of the 1933 Issue by Rainer Fuchs, AIJP, FRPSL.

• Postal service facing existential crisis, article submitted by Colin Hepper, FRPSL.

• The Bhutan 1968 Grenoble Winter Olympics overprint on the 1966 Yeti series* by Leo van der Velden and Iiro Kakko.

• News from Kathmandu by Surendra Lal Shrestha.

• The Remarkable Dry Cancellation Seal of Bhutan by Leo van der Velden.

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