Bhutan
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Category: Bhutan
Forum Name: Bhutan
Forum Description: The Stamps and Postal History of the little Country
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Topic: Bhutan
Posted By: Dave Witter
Subject: Bhutan
Date Posted: 01 May 2006 at 4:42pm
I was reading a recent obit for a man named Burt Todd, who, among other
things, "visited the Kingdom of Bhutan, where, as a guest of the
present Queen Mother, Ashi Kesang of the Dorji family, he designed and
distributed a series of unique postage stamps that were sold around the
world." This seems plausible except that it happened "shortly
after" 1949, whereas the first Bhutan issue in Scott's is 1962.
Anyone out there have more info. on this? It's quite intriguing...
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Posted By: Bob Gilbert
Date Posted: 09 February 2011 at 11:53pm
Burt Todd was indeed the instigator of the postage stamps of Bhutan, but although he had first visited the country long before it was not until 1962 that he arranged for the first stamps to be produced. There are several accounts of his life and his dealings with the Bhutanese royal family and government that can be accessed on the internet. See, e.g., http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/07/obituaries/07todd.html and http://www.philatelicdatabase.com/stamp-designers/burt-todd-and-the-stamps-of-bhutan/
------------- Bob Gilbert
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