I Found Nagaland ...on The Map

on Sundays we tour the countryside and usually find a flea market...i found one that a large map of India..i was looking for feudatory state without luck..but I did spot Nagaland..near the border with Myanmar/Burma..they exist but the stamps are wallpaper !

I once met a missionary in Wisconsin who worked in Nagaland. The ethnic background of some of the tribes there appears far more east Asian and they look quite distinct from one might think of as an Indian. In fact they look downright Mongolian or Korean with bright faces, rosy cheeks and high cheekbones.

The missionary told me that Nagaland is a very dangerous place to be. Naga society consists of a tribal culture with tribes of many diverse practices and beliefs. Sounds fascinating!

Phil,

Straight on to Neverland and make a left.




Butch

Holy sh%#@&*)+% !!

Yes, it makes one bite one's tongue,

I do agree, most Nagaland <are> wallpaper,
but for the genuine philatelist from that country
it is going to be a while to live down the labels
perpetuated, I believe, originally from the US.

I have a nice image somewhere of the Indian states,
I'll try and dig it up, showing Nagaland.

Subsequent to religious partition,
Nagaland here is shown as "Naga Hills"

I, myself quite like wallper. My friends at our local stamp club call stamps from Poland and Hungary Walllpaper. Some of those stamps are among my favorites and I'm not ashamed to admit it.

Dianne

By the way great map Rodd

I may copy that one for my collection.

Dianne

Certainly Dianne

acknowledgement: a short history of India and pakistan
walter wallbank
a mentor book 1958

Yep, I collect Hungary and Poland too, lovely stamps!
I havn't met a stamp I didn't like

You must update your map, Rodney. Several new states have been added since then. India's almost back to the state it was in in the good old days of the British Raj!

There's a good one here:

http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/ind...ical-map.htm

That's a great map Tony,
I'll keep the other one as it's current to the time of the stamps.

very funny tony india had 400 states under the raj I dont even see 50 on the map ;)

Dianne, have I got Hungary for you...not all are CTO, some are mint and postally used !

Let me know how much and I'll take em. I'll send the spares along to Gussy.

Dianne

Is this where Naugahyde comes from?