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Auction: 26025 - Tibet - The 'Bramley' Collection, Part II
Lot: 3097

Tibet
Mount Everest Expeditions
The Second Expedition
Tractor Party (type A): 1924 (23 June) Bailey envelope registered to Edinburgh bearing Expedition label vertical strip of three tied by a fair strike of the Tractor Party handstamp in violet, used with India KGV 3p. (4), 1a. and 3a. tied by "yatung-tibet/via siliguri" c.d.s. and Yatung Tibet blue on white registration label, the reverse with Edinburgh (14.7) arrival c.d.s. . Rare registered mail to overseas. Photo

notes:
The Tractor Party led by Colonel Victor Haddick, included two Army drivers and Arthur Pereira. The Tractor Party was set up to carry mails and undeveloped rolls to the expedition's film processing studio at Darjeeling; Arthur Pereira was in charge of the photographic laboratories responsible for processing John Noel’s reels of film sent down from Everest.

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Estimate
£1,200 to £1,600

Starting price
£850