BHUTANESE PHONOGRAPHIC STAMPS

Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at 12:47AM
Nicholas Monsour in Bhutan, Design, Ephemera, Music, Philology

Bhutan issued these phonographic stamps in 1973.  The first of their kind, the records contained recordings of folk songs, facts about the country and the Bhutanese national anthem.  They have adhesive backs for use as postage.  In 2008, Bhutan issued a CD-ROM stamp as an update to this design.

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Article originally appeared on NICHOLAS MONSOUR (http://nicholasmonsour.squarespace.com/).