The White Lion of the Mountains: A letter from Tibet, the Mysterious Land (c.1913)
Monday, April 28th, 2008: Asia, Bhutan, India, Russia, TibetWilliam Cochrane. Whilst searching through our philatelic archives, I came across this fascinating letter from Tibet. It is a sad indictment of British Imperialism. Sent from a correspondent to Roessler’s Stamp News, originally published c.1913:
Turbulent Tibet: Viewed from a Philatelic Standpoint (1910)
Monday, April 14th, 2008: Asia, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, TibetWilliam Cochrane. This fascinating article by D.B. Armstrong originally appeared in the British journal, The Postage Stamp (August 20, 1910). It is all the more fascinating, given that it is written in the dying days of the Imperial Chinese Empire. Such ...