Postage stamps and postal history of Mongolia
Appearance
![]() | You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Russian. (January 2015) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Mongolia_1924_5c.jpg/130px-Mongolia_1924_5c.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/An_used_postage_stamp_of_Mongolia_from_personal_collection%2C_featuring_lord_Buddha.jpg/130px-An_used_postage_stamp_of_Mongolia_from_personal_collection%2C_featuring_lord_Buddha.jpg)
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Mongolia.
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and the People's Republic of China to the south, east and west. Ulaanbaatar is the capital and largest city.
First posts
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/1917_Ulankom_newspaper_wrapper.jpg/220px-1917_Ulankom_newspaper_wrapper.jpg)
The first stamps used in Mongolia were those of Russia from 1858[2] who operated a number of post offices in the country.
First Mongolian stamps
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Stamp_order_Chingiskhan.jpg/260px-Stamp_order_Chingiskhan.jpg)
The first stamps of Mongolia were issued in August 1924, depicting the Vajra, a scepter that is a religious symbol in Buddhism.[2][3]
-
The 1932 series
-
The 1932 series
-
The 1932 series
-
The 1932 series
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ The Liphschutz collection, Part III and IV. Lugano: Guido Craveri, 1994, Lot No. 2158.
- ^ a b "Stamp Atlas, Mongolia". Sandafayre (Holdings) Ltd. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ^ "Mongolia | Stamps and postal history | StampWorldHistory". Archived from the original on 2018-03-03. Retrieved 12 August 2018.[title missing]
External links
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stamps of Mongolia.