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1969


3D Insects Issue, 10 Apr 196
Set of 8, 4 postage and 4 airmail, Scott 101-101G, MNH
$
100.00    
 
3D Fish Issue, 27 Feb 1969
Set of 6, 3 postage and 3 airmail, Scott 100-100E, MNH


The airmail values are available separately.  Requests for price quotations are invited.
$
100.00    
 
3D Birds Issue, 5 Aug 1969
Set of 8, 4 stage and 4 airmail, scott 104-104G, MNH
$
100.00    
 
Centennary of the Birth of Mohandas K. (Mahatma) Gandhi (1869-1948), 2 Oct 1969
Pair, Scott 106-107, MNH

A non-agency issue that the Bhutanese post office supplied in small quantities to the Bhutan Stamp Agency in Nassau, Bahamas, and not the normal, "other way around". 

$
100.00    
 
Admission to the UPU Commemorative Set, 2 May 1969
Set of 8, 4 postage and 4 airmail, Scott 102-102G, MNH

The sheets of this issue have a non-denominated, stamp-like label at the top center position.  Requests for prices for blocks of 5 plus label are solicited.  This set was officially issued in imperforate format.  See Errors and Varieties pages.  Values from the set have been surcharged. 
$
100.00    
 
Steel Stamps, 2 June 1969
Set of 12, 8 postage and four airmail, Scott 103-103K, MNH

This is a "sleeper" Disney stamp set.  See the new issue brochure from the Bhutan post that is pictured in the Postal History pages.   It shows that the designs were from the Walt Disney Co. in Los Angeles, California. 

The backsides of  these stamps have inscriptions certifying that they are printed on .001 steel foil from the United States Steel Corporation.  The price is for stamps that may have slight points of rust.  Storing these stamps in tropical climates or in moist conditions will lead to fast rusting. 

The impetus behind the set lies in the fact that the Bhutan stamp agent at the time was an official of the U.S. Steel Corporation, and he used Bhutanese stamps as marketing tools.  Illustrations of displays of Bhutan stamps in supermarkets in the USA, offered as "give-aways" for minimum purchase of advertised products (such as medicines), are in the Postal History pages.

The single stamps can be differentiated from the stamps cut from the souvenir sheet set.  The stamps in the souvenir sheets have inscriptions indicating their respective themes in their lower right margins.
$
100.00    
 
Silk Prayer Banners Issue, 30 Sep 1969
Set of 5, Scott 105-105D, MNH

The set exists imperforate only. 

This may be the first self-adhesive stamp sets in the world - one must peel the backing paper off the back to expose the adhesive. 

The souvenir sheet that accompanies this issue (a separate item, below), exists in both perforated (13.5) and imperforate form.  The set was issued also in minisheets of 10 stamps, but imperforate only.

Requests for price quotes for the sheetlets is solicited (although thety are rarely available). 
$
100.00    
 
3D Apollo 11 - Moon Landing Commemorative, -- xxx 1969
Set of 12, 8 postage and 4 airmail, Scott 108-108K, MNH
$
100.00    
 
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