Visit Nepal Series 1971

A set of three commemorative postage stamps on the Himalayan Peaks : Mt. Everest, Mt. Kangchenjunga and Mt. Annapurna I :

Issued by Nepal

Issued on 2028.9.13 Corresponding to 28^th December 1971

Issued by :
His Majesty’s Government,
Postal Services Dept.,
Nepal Philatelic Bureau,
Kathmandu

Designer : K. Karmacharya

Type : Stamps, Postal Used

Denomination :
(a) Mt. Everest – 25 Paisa
(b) Mt. Kanchenjunga – 1.00 Rupee
(c) Mt. Annapurna I – 1.80 Rupee

Colour :
(a) Mt. Everest – Peacock Blue & Mineral Red
(b) Mt. Kanchenjunga – Monastral Blue & Mineral Red
(c) Mt. Annapurna I – Peacock Blue & Light Brown

Size : 3.91 x 2.90 Cms.

Perforation : 13 x 13

Paper : Unwatermarked Gummed Paper

Quantity :
(a) Mt. Everest – 1,000,000
(b) Mt. Kanchenjunga – 5,00,000
(c) Mt. Annapurna I – 2,50,000

Sheet : 35

Process : Photogravure

Printer : India Security Press, Nasik Road

About : 

• अस्त्युत्तरस्यां दिशि देवतात्मा
  हिमालयो नाम नगाधिराजः।
  पूर्वापरौ तोयनिधी विगाह्य
  स्थितः पृथिव्या इव मानदण्डः॥ – कालिदास
• Far in the north Himalaya, lifting high,
  His towery summits till they cleave the sky,
  Spans the wide land from east to western sea
  Lord of the hills, instinct with deity.
  (Translated by Griffith)