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Postal service in Tibet, according to the historical records and works on history of postal service, was established in the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) and gained further development in the Qing Dynasty(1636-1911).
In the winter of 1909, a Tibet postal zone headquartered in Lhasa was set up under the administration of Qing Dynasty and later on branched in Chamdo in east Tibet, Yadong, Gyantse in Shigatze, southwest Tibet.
In April of 1911, the stamps were released into the market with the whole set consisting 11 pieces of stamps and on each piece there were three languages namely Chinese, Tibetan language and English and three currencies the silver coin, Indian rupee and Tibetan coins. In the same year, the Qing administration established the first full-time public organization and stamps became popularized, as can be traced in historical records and stamp collections of philatelists.
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