Please Help Identify Nepal Postal Card

Hello, I need help to identify this postal card. Any information as well as country of origin will be gratefuly appreciated.
Many thanks
David

I believe this is from Nepal.

Thank you very much nigelc, I wouldn't have guessed that.
David

Nigel is correct, it is from Nepal. It's a "handmade" postal card -- I think you will find the edges are either not perfectly straight or 90º corners. Based on the slightly sloped sides of the bottom text tablet, it should be the circa 1887 issue. But the rough printing suggests a worn printing stamp and later production.

There is a thin paper variety, and based on the positioning of the curly braces, I think you do indeed have the thin paper variety. You will have to check.

David, could I trouble you to go back to your OP and edit the thread title to include (ID'ed Nepal). That will facilitate future searches. Thank you!

Thank you to all for this information, it is very informative. Thanks 51studebaker for changing the title of this post.
David

Your Postal Card used. (although the fleurons / devices in the corners look a little different)

"The Native Postmarks of Nepal" 1978
Wolfgang Hellrigl & Colin Hepper
Page 35

No IBSN Number

I had the same question . . . wow 6 years ago.

https://goscf.com/t/13561&SearchTerms=nepal

Here is the listing from the old Ascher catalog:

Can you expand please?
I can see Ascher on Google, under "great britain"
and again 1959 and 1980

Is it the postal stationery catalogue every time, or did they produce other issues?
I'd like to source the stationery issue.

Hi Rod,

Ascher published postal stationery catalogues. Here are a number currently on sale mostly dating from around 1928-30:

Ascher Ganzsachen-Katalog

http://www.philabooks.com/pages/Lis...=65&Kat2=314

Hello Nigel,
Thank you.
A bit pricey for moi, my budget would afford > say 25 eur

Anything there you may recommend?
Or would my money be better spent on Barefoot say?

(tough question)
Link saved

The Ascher "Grosser Ganzsachen-Katalog" [Great Postal Stationary Catalog] was published in two volumes in 1925 and 1928 to cover the postal stationary of the entire world. Still useful, I think, for identifying older issues. My copy is a searchable PDF, not an original or even a hardcopy reprint. I bought it on ebay, cannot remember for how much.

The only other catalog that I am aware of that attempted the same was the Higgins & Gage set of catalogs, initially published starting in 1964 with updates being made until 1986.

The only catalog for postal cards current used by collectors of Nepal is:

"Nepal Postal Stationery" by Dick van der Wateren (2nd Edition)

A collection of Nepal Classic Stamps is here if of interest: http://www.rfrajola.com/nepal/nepal.htm

Eric / Richard,
Thank you.

The Asher is 80 eur, PDF Version half price at 38 eur
Not available online right now, from my searches.