The Postage Stamps of Nepal
A Catalog of the Classic Issues, 1881 - 1930

Two Annas Settings

Table of Contents

Information below is a synoptic account of information that appears in H/V book. Listings in italics indicates that no complete sheets are known. Sheets printed from settings 1 to 4 bear inscriptions of all four sides while sheets from settings 5 to 13 had marginal inscriptions on one side only. Settings 1 to 15 had framelines while later settings had none. From setting 13 to 27 sheets had 56 subjects, setting 28 had 55, setting 29 had 54, and settings 30 and 31 had 53 subjects.

Setting 1 - No inverted clichés; inscriptions on four sides, ornamental borders

Setting 2 - No inverted clichés; inscriptions on four sides, no borders

Setting 3 - inverted cliché position C6

Setting 4 - inverted cliché position C6;

Setting 5 - inverted cliché position C6;

Setting 6 - inverted cliché position C6;

Setting 7 - inverted cliché position C6;

Setting 8 - inverted cliché position C6;

Setting 9 - inverted cliché positions B3, C4, C5, E1, E7, F5, G5, G8, H2, H4;

Setting 10 - inverted cliché positions B3, C4, C5, C6, E1, E7, F5, G5, G8, H2, H4;

Setting 11 - inverted cliché positions unknown

Setting 12 - inverted cliché positions B3, C2, C4, C5, C6, E1, E7, F5, G5, G8, H2, H4, H7

Setting 13 - no inverted clichés

Setting 14 - inverted cliché positions C8

Setting 15 - inverted cliché positions A8, plus ?

Setting 16 - inverted cliché positions A8, B1, C3, F8

Setting 17 - inverted cliché positions A1, A8, B1, C3

Setting 18 - inverted cliché positions A1, A7, A8, B1, C3

Setting 19 - inverted cliché positions A1, A7, A8, B1, C3, G7

Setting 20 - inverted cliché positions A7, A8, B1, C3

Setting 21 - inverted cliché positions A8, B1, C3

Setting 22 - inverted cliché positions A8, B1, C3, F8

Setting 23 - inverted cliché positions A8, B1, B7, C3, F8 (error color)

Setting 24 - inverted cliché positions A8, B1, B6, B7, C3, F8

Setting 25 - inverted cliché positions A8, B1, B6, B7, C2, C3, F8

Setting 26 - inverted cliché positions A1, A8, B1, B6, B7, C2, C3, F8

Setting 27 - inverted cliché positions A8, B6, B7, C2, C3, F8

Setting 28 - inverted cliché positions A8, B6, B7, C2, C3, F8; position B1 missing

Setting 29 - inverted cliché positions A8, B6, B7, C2, C3, F8; positions A1, B1 missing

Setting 30 - inverted cliché positions A8, B6, B7, C2, C3, F8; positions A1, B1, G1 missing, not issued

Setting 31 - inverted cliché positions A5, A8, B6, B7, C2, C3, F8; positions A1, B1, G1 missing, not issued