Bhutan

Bhutan is a small kingdom in the Himalaya Mountains.
 * In 1955, the royal post began using revenue stamps to prepay letters carried by its messengers. Outrgoing mail to India or China was required to also have their stamps in oder to be carried further.
 * In 1962, Bhutan issued its first postage stamps.
 * In 1966, Bhutan began its novelty stamp program with round stamps printed on gold-colored foil.
 * 1967 saw the first of several lenticular 3-D stamps.
 * In 1968 a heavily embossed paintings issue was released.
 * In 1969, the steelmaking issue was printed on steel foil and prayer banner set was printed on self-adhesive fabric.
 * In 1973, a set of playable phonograph record stamps was issued.
 * In 2009, a set of CDs in sealed envelopes were issued as self-adhesives.

 File:Bhutan first revs.jpg|Revenues used as the first postage stamps, from 1954 or 1955 depending on source. File:Bhutan 3D.jpg|3-D stamp from the 1970 conquest of space set. 

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