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Auction: 26025 - Tibet - The 'Bramley' Collection, Part II
Lot: 3119

Tibet
Mount Everest Expeditions
The Fourth Expedition
1936 (2 May) stampless envelope to London showing a fine strike of the type G Expedition handstamp marked Received 28.1.37 with manuscript notations including "160" which is the recovered cover number; the reverse with the large oval of the Political Officer, Sikkim, partially 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 "Posted 2/5/36 Received 28/1/37. Light usual ageing, a scarce cover.

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Estimate
£500 to £700

Starting price
£350