- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Unused postage stamp from Tibet. Stamped with red ink. In the centre of the stamp is the image of a lion. Down one side is the word 'Tibet'. The other three sides have Tibetan script. The value of the stamp is 2 trangkas. [FC 02/09/2009]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Circa by 1941-1942
- Date collected
- circa 1941 - 1942
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 13/01/2007 Found unentered: 2008
- Materials and processes
- Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Process Printed
- Dimensions
- Height: max 36 mm, Length: max 29 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 2008.88.12
Search terms: Currency, Postage-stamp Token
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