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Auction: 26025 - Tibet - The 'Bramley' Collection, Part II
Lot: 3118

Tibet
Mount Everest Expeditions
The Fourth Expedition
1936 (26 April) stampless long format envelope to London showing a strike of the type G Expedition handstamp marked Shekar Dzong with manuscript notations including "184" which is the recovered cover number; the reverse with the large oval of the Political Officer, Sikkim, almost all covered by the label "Suffered Detention in Gangtok post office owing to the Postmaster's failure to affix postage stamps and to forward them in time. The post-master has been sent to jail for his offence" and manuscript in pencil". Some creasing, water staining and discolouration. A scarce cover.

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Estimate
£400 to £600

Starting price
£280