Tuesday, February 01, 2022

Incoming Mail from Tibet

 

 

INCOMING REGISTERED MAIL 

FROM TIBET

 

Yatung Tibet Registry Label


 

Yatung Tibet Via Siliguri [India]

18 Nov 1949 cds, 

 to Elizabeth, N.J. USA,

28 Dec 1949

Forwarded to Poste Restante,

Luxembourg

2F Postage Due pays 

Poste Restante Charge

3 Jan 1950

Luxembourg-Ville cds

 

Tibet was a semi-independent country until 1951, when it was occupied and annexed into the People's Republic of China.  Its postage stamps were valid only within the country. Thus, the Yatung cds routing the cover to Siliguri in West Bengal, India, for entry into the Universal Postal Union and the India Post franking.