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Auction: 25023 - Tibet - The 'Bramley' Collection Part I
Lot: 282

Tibet
Chinese Imperial Post
1911 Surcharge Covers
Lhasa
1911 (13 Sept.) Stursberg envelope double registered to Peking "Via Chengtu" bearing 12a. on 50c. well tied by a fine strike of Lhasa Dollar dater type C4 with fine strikes of the registered handstamp and large "AR" in double-circle, Chinese transit c.d.s. on the reverse with Batang (4.10), Tatsienlu, Yachow and Peking arrival (13.2). A good cover carried on the Tibet - Szechuan overland route, it is thought that there are less than ten covers carried on this route, all from the same correspondence. Photo

provenance:
Robson Lowe auction, September 1971

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Estimate
£4,000 to £8,000

Starting price
£2800