Tibet

Tibet was a country in Central Asia in the Himalaya Mountains. Its stamps were only valid within Tibet, requiring additional Indian stamps for international mail carried to Indian border post offices.

All Tibet stamps have been forged several times on both European and native papers. Forgeries far outnumber genuine stamps. Stamps require plating to be determined genuine.

 File:Tibet carmine forgery.jpg|forgery of the 1912 ⅔ trangka value File:Tibet 2t square 1933.jpg|1933 2t value 
 * In 1912, the first stamps were issued with a central lion design and inscribed bilingually woth TIBET / POSTAGE. Denominations are in Tibetan so values can be indentified by color. A 1 sang value was issued in 1950.
 * In 1914, a larger square design was issued.
 * In 1920, the previous two issues were printed in shiny dense enamel paint.
 * In 1933, a square design was issued with TIBET at the bottom.

Officials

 * In 1945, values in various sizes were issued, all inscribed STAMP.

