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Auction: 25023 - Tibet - The 'Bramley' Collection Part I
Lot: 296

Tibet
Chinese Imperial Post
1911 Surcharge Covers
The Trans-Himalayan Route
1911 (25 Aug.) the back and front of two On Postal Service envelopes to Peking; the address front with 2a. on 7c. (2) and 2½a. on 10c. (2) tied by fine strikes of the Lhasa Dollar dater type C4, a second strike at left, registered handstamp type CR3, Yatung-Tibet registration label and Shanghai bilingual c.d.s. (24.11), the reverse side bearing India K.E.VII ½a. and 1a. (4) tied by Yatung-Tibet type B2 c.d.s., Yatung-Tibet Dollar dater alongside, Shanghai British Post Office registered oval, Shanghai bilingual c.d.s. (24.11) and Peking arrival (1.12). Interesting pieces, not necessarily from the same cover. Photo

provenance:
The reverse side, Meiso Mizuhara, October 2002

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Estimate
£800 to £1,200

Starting price
£550