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Auction: 25023 - Tibet - The 'Bramley' Collection Part I
Lot: 22

Tibet
Regent Mail
Joint Letter With Amban
1811 (Aug.) cover to the King of Nepal bearing a fine strike of the seal of the seventh Demo Rinpoche, 35x35 mm with six lines of Horyig script and small character at top, used in combination with the Amban handstamp; believed to be the only recorded cover bearing both seals. The contents are summarised, "joint letter from 2 Ambans and Dalai Lama, please don't send headman like Harikrisha (he has no brain). Send a real wise man". The headman was a Nepalese official in Lhasa who looked after Nepalese traders.

A significant and historic item as the Dalai Lama rarely corresponded on political matters. A joint letter is a great rarity. Photo

Note: Mr Thomas Manning, the first visitor to Lhasa had an interview with the Dalai Lama in December 1811. The Dalai Lama was then 7 years old

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Estimate
£2,500 to £5,000

Starting price
£1800