REGION: Asia
COUNTRY: Mongolia
YEAR PRINTED: 1991
VALUE: 55 tugrik
This stamp forms part of a set of eight issued by Mongolia in 1991 to celebrate the traditional Tsam Hindo-Buddhist masked dance. This stamp depicts Yama (Tshoijoo), king of the dead and the underworld. Yama decides which of the dead ascend to paradise or are punished below. He is the most important of the Mongolian gods.
REGION: Asia
COUNTRY: Mongolia
YEAR PRINTED: 1991
VALUE: 65 tugrik
This stamp forms part of a set of eight issued by Mongolia in 1991 to celebrate the traditional Tsam Hindo-Buddhist masked dance. This stamp depicts Gongor, also known as Tsagaan Machagal. This god’s primary purpose is protection of the world and Buddhist religion, spreading prosperity and eliminating poverty and misery everywhere he goes.
REGION: Asia
COUNTRY: Mongolia
YEAR PRINTED: 1991
VALUE: 85 tugrik
This stamp forms part of a set of eight issued by Mongolia in 1991 to celebrate the traditional Tsam Hindo-Buddhist masked dance. This stamp depicts Khangard, the Mongolian adaptation of the Hindu demon-bird Garuda, servant of the god Yama.
REGION: Asia
COUNTRY: Mongolia
YEAR PRINTED: 2001
VALUE: 100 tugrik
This stamp forms part of a set of seven issued by Mongolia in 2001 to celebrate the traditional Tsam Hindo-Buddhist masked dance. This is the third set of Mongolian stamps featuring Tsam masks, the others being issued in 1984 and 1991. This stamp depicts Jamsran, the war god and defender of Buddhism. Unlike most Mongol gods, this one does not derive from Hinduism and may represent an god of indigenous mythology.
REGION: Asia
COUNTRY: Mongolia
YEAR PRINTED: 2001
VALUE: 120 tugrik
This stamp forms part of a set of seven issued by Mongolia in 2001 to celebrate the traditional Tsam Hindo-Buddhist masked dance. This is the third set of Mongolian stamps featuring Tsam masks, the others being issued in 1984 and 1991. This stamp depicts Mangus, the grey old man and one of the local lords. This enigmatic character undoubtedly predates the Hindo-Buddhist conversion of Mongolia and represents a fierce shamanic character.
REGION: Asia
COUNTRY: Mongolia
YEAR PRINTED: 2001
VALUE: 150 tugrik
This stamp forms part of a set of seven issued by Mongolia in 2001 to celebrate the traditional Tsam Hindo-Buddhist masked dance. This is the third set of Mongolian stamps featuring Tsam masks, the others being issued in 1984 and 1991. This stamp depicts Yama (Tshoijoo), king of the dead and the underworld. Yama decides which of the dead ascend to paradise or are punished below. He is the most important of the Mongolian gods.
REGION: Asia
COUNTRY: Mongolia
YEAR PRINTED: 2001
VALUE: 20 tugrik
This stamp forms part of a set of seven issued by Mongolia in 2001 to celebrate the traditional Tsam Hindo-Buddhist masked dance. This is the third set of Mongolian stamps featuring Tsam masks, the others being issued in 1984 and 1991. This stamp depicts Selmechi (also known as Ditokdshad), the “holder of the knives” who serve Jamsran, the Mongolian god of war. They usually appear in a group of eight, and wield swords and daggers.
REGION: Asia
COUNTRY: Mongolia
YEAR PRINTED: 2001
VALUE: 200 tugrik
This stamp forms part of a set of seven issued by Mongolia in 2001 to celebrate the traditional Tsam Hindo-Buddhist masked dance. This is the third set of Mongolian stamps featuring Tsam masks, the others being issued in 1984 and 1991. This stamp depicts Jamsran, the war god and defender of Buddhism. Unlike most Mongol gods, this one does not derive from Hinduism and may represent an god of indigenous mythology.
REGION: Asia
COUNTRY: Mongolia
YEAR PRINTED: 2001
VALUE: 50 tugrik
This stamp forms part of a set of seven issued by Mongolia in 2001 to celebrate the traditional Tsam Hindo-Buddhist masked dance. This is the third set of Mongolian stamps featuring Tsam masks, the others being issued in 1984 and 1991. This stamp depicts Khokhimoi (also known as Durteddagva), the lord of graveyards who consumes corpses. The character sometimes appears in dances as a male and female pair.
REGION: Asia
COUNTRY: Mongolia
YEAR PRINTED: 2001
VALUE: 60 tugrik
This stamp forms part of a set of seven issued by Mongolia in 2001 to celebrate the traditional Tsam Hindo-Buddhist masked dance. This is the third set of Mongolian stamps featuring Tsam masks, the others being issued in 1984 and 1991. This stamp depicts Mahakala, the most paradoxical of Mongolian gods. On one hand, he is a demon prince and god of diseases and plagues. On the other, he brings prosperity to the living and shepherds the dead into paradise. Probably his closest relation is to Shiva of the Hindu pantheon.
