PAKISTAN

PAKISTAN / پاكِستان

Service stamps.
Khyber Pass.
Stamp issued on 23.03.1961.
Face value: 7 Pakistani paisa.
Printed by Pakistan Security Printing Corporation.
Printing: Recess.
Size: 29 x 24.5 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. D87.
- Scott No. O80. 
- Siddiqui No. S81.
- Stanley Gibbons No. O81.
- Yvert et Tellier No. S63A.

The Khyber Pass (خیبر درہ) is a mountain pass in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, on the border with Afghanistan (Nangarhar Province). It connects the town of Landi Kotal to the Valley of Peshawar at Jamrud by traversing part of the Spin Ghar mountains. Since it was part of the ancient Silk Road, it has been a vital trade route between Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent and a strategic military choke point for various states that controlled it.