Are These Real Stamps?

One looks like a Tibet stamp, and one looks like a South American remote province, but I have no idea what they are. thanks!

The stamp on the right is from Nepal. Stamps of this design were issued between 1881 and 1899 in a number of varieties - color, paper, details of the design.

The stamp on the left is a local issue of Uyghurs on the Xinjiang province of China.

Boy, the folks in this group are good! I would have no clue where to begin to identify these stamps!

As an aside, Uyghurs or Uighurs is pronounced "WEE ghurs."

I learned a few years back when I tried to climb a peak about 100 miles south from Kashgar, just off the Karakoram Highway. None of us summited due to weather, but still an interesting experience (an American group climbing in a Turkish region of China; also Kyrghiz & Tajiks; using a Russian outfitter/guide).

Oldtriguy1960 is right!Amazing knowledge in this group! And Climber Steve, sounds like a great experience. I can't climb a ladder without getting the shakes!

I'll echo the comments about the knowledge here. This is off topic just a bit, but just think how great this internet thing is for a second. 30 years ago, a collector would have had to take these stamps to a dealer, a club, or a show to get an answer. Or maybe they'd send the stamps or photocopies thereof somewhere across the country trying to get an answer. Maybe he never got an answer or figured it was too much trouble to bother with. If and when he got that answer, it would only be given to him and him alone. Today, both stamps were ID'd, without the collector or the stamps leaving home, in a mere 9 hours by collectors on two continents. Plus, the info got shared with hundreds (thousands?) of other collectors simultaneously.

I've only been collecting seriously as an adult for about 4 years or so now. I collected as a kid in the pre-internet era, but I can't imagine collecting without the internet today. My collecting habits would certainly be drastically different, if I even collected at all.

Collector!

Have you ever seen an infinity stone!?

jol34: The Uighurs are in the news a lot: autonomy, ethnicity, assimilation, etc. Hold onto that stamp!