On June 19th,1970 several earliar stamps were overprinted to convert them to the inland letter-mail rate of 20 Chetrum. These were all high-value reminders,what were not much needed for inland mail. (part I of 4)
I think the reason for that is quite simple: The commemoratives were meant for export (sale) abroad,mainly North-America and Europe (and later to Japan). So they cater to the taste of these customers. Not bad if they stayed with motives of Bhutan.But others can be somewhat of a rather poor taste.Worst to me are the Disney-issues of the 1980th. By the way,those early definitives are well sought after.And because of that relatively expensive. (in comparison to their face-values)
Another set of overprints to "recycle" not needed high values. Set of 23 values,issued Nov.2nd,1970. (part I of 2) I own only the ones I show.To find the missing ones is pratically not possible,unless a complete set will come around.Even that would mean a lot of good luck to make it happen.
Of this set,issued Nov.17th,1970,honouring the Apollo XIII mission, I have the souvenir sheets only. They contain all stamps of the set.As neither the set or the s.s. are that cheap,I´ll pass on the set,till one at a very good price should come along. (part I of 3)
(part III of 3) According to Michel-cat. the motives of this set are not much related to the Apollo XIII mission: 2 Ch. Illustration from "From Earth to the Moon" by Jules Verne (1865) 5 Ch. V2 (V = Vergeltungswaffe = revenge-weapon),W.W.II,Germany, the first ballistic rocket. 15 Ch. Vostok I (Russia 1962) 25 Ch. Mariner II (USA 1962) 30 Ch. Gemini VII (USA 1965) 50 Ch. Starting rocket 75 Ch. Man in space 1.50 Nu. Apollo XIII (!) 2 Nu. Earth seen from the Moon 3 Nu. Spiral-Galaxy 6 Nu. Earth,Sun,Mars and Jupiter seen from the Moon 7 Nu. Space-station (fantasy)
On Feb.27th,1971 four definitives,all of the same design,were issued. Hopefully I will find this set and can show it later. An outright silly issue follows: Sculptures of different epoches,issued Feb.27th,1971. Silly,because they are made up by embossed plastic-foil,what makes them so thick,that they do not fit in any form of stock-books or albums. I´ll show the s.s. only.I am not sure wether I own the singles also,as they will be in some box somewhere. (part I of 2)
