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

Four Annas Settings

 

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Listings in italics indicates that no complete sheets are known. Sheets printed from settings 1 to 3 bear inscriptions of all four sides while sheets from settings 4 to 9 had marginal inscriptions on one side only. Settings 1 to 10 had framelines while later settings had none.

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

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

Setting 3 (blocks)- No inverted clichés; inscriptions on four sides, no borders

Setting 4 (FV)(block) - No inverted clichés

Setting 5 - inverted cliché position G6

Setting 6 (FV)- inverted cliché position G6; all known sheets are perforated

Setting 7 (largest block) - inverted cliché position G6

Setting 8 (sub-setting B) - inverted cliché positions G6, sub-set A

Setting 9 - inverted cliché positions G6; one known sheet is perforated

Setting 10 (block) - inverted cliché positions G6, block

Setting 11 - inverted cliché position G6, latest state

Setting 12 - inverted cliché position A8, G6, G8, H1; none issued, partially pin-perforated sheet lacks perfs between stamps and selvages