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Auction: 25023 - Tibet - The 'Bramley' Collection Part I
Lot: 108

Tibet
Sikkim Field Force
Outgoing Mail
1888 (16 Dec.) India 4a.6p. stationery envelope to Miss Sandbach, Abergele cancelled by a readable strike of "experimental p.o./c-22" c.d.s. with Abergele (8.1) arrival c.d.s. on the reverse, with the original letter. Also 1888 (2 Oct.) a similar envelope to his mother bearing an incomplete strike of the "C-3" c.d.s., with the long original letter sent from "Tumlong, Raja's palace", with Abergele arrival c.d.s. (29.10) on the reverse. Included is another letter to his mother dated 1889 (20 June) sent from Jalapahar shortly before he left Sikkim. These covers are extremely rare, only a handful have been recorded. Photo

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Estimate
£2,000 to £4,000

Starting price
£1400