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Auction: 26025 - Tibet - The 'Bramley' Collection, Part II
Lot: 3120

Tibet
Mount Everest Expeditions
The Fourth Expedition
1936 (7 May) envelope to London bearing a fine strike of the type G Expedition handstamp marked "Camp II" and manuscript "AIR MAIL" crossed through in pencil, with G.B. KGV 1½d. tied by Fulham c.d.s. (30.1.37), other manuscript notations including "98" which is the recovered cover number; the reverse with the large oval of the Political Officer, Sikkim, mostly 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". Clean and fine. Photo

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Estimate
£500 to £700

Starting price
£350