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Auction: 26025 - Tibet - The 'Bramley' Collection, Part II
Lot: 3007

Tibet
Dalai Lama Mail
Thirteenth Dalai Lama
1924 (c.) wrapper from the 13th Dalai Lama at Lhasa franked with Tibet 1912 1/6t. strip of four printed in a deep yellow-green paint and bearing a sharp impression of the wax seal of the thirteenth Dalai Lama with dot and crescent (Dawson 6) (some cracking). Received at Phari, with manuscript notation 1 o'clock on the 6th day of the 2nd month, Tibetan calendar. An extraordinary exhibition item being the only recorded Dalai Lama cover bearing more than two Tibetan stamps of any value, most, in any case, being sent stampless. Photo

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Estimate
£1,500 to £2,500

Starting price
£1000