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Auction: 26025 - Tibet - The 'Bramley' Collection, Part II
Lot: 3041

Tibet
British Missions
Frontier Commission
1903 (7 July) envelope to Mrs Younghusband in Calcutta, marked Await arrival bearing India ½a. strip of four tied by Gangtok c.d.s., redirected to the Residency in Indore with the appropriate backstamps including the arrival c.d.s. (12.7); right stamp faulty, part of the flap missing and some edge wrinkling and creasing. Still quite fresh and a rare double rate cover. Photo

notes:
"Sir Francis Younghusband was appointed leader of the Expedition which was to meet the Tibetans at Khamba-Jong, and the advance guard arrived on July 7th, 1903, after climbing over 16,000ft Kongra Pass" (A.C.Waterfall)

This letter date exactly 7th July!

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Estimate
£300 to £500

Starting price
£150