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Auction: 25023 - Tibet - The 'Bramley' Collection Part I
Lot: 205

Tibet
Mount Everest Flights
The Houston Mount Everest Expedition
1933 (20 Apr.) second official flight sent air mail to London bearing India air mail 6a. and 8a. tied by three strikes of "houston mount everest flight/purnea" datestamp in bluish purple, with air mail etiquette and marked "via Delhi & Karachi" and "Late fee Paid", the reverse bearing Purnea (22.4) and West Norwood (2.5) arrival c.d.s. Also a photograph showing an elephant and plane at an aerodrome. Photo

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Estimate
£800 to £1,000

Starting price
£550