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Auction: 26025 - Tibet - The 'Bramley' Collection, Part II
Lot: 3121

Tibet
Mount Everest Expeditions
The Fourth Expedition
1936 (27 May) card to England bearing a good strike of the type G Expedition handstamp marked "Camp III" with India 2a. just tied by large oval of the Political Officer, Sikkim; the two handstamps 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". Manuscript notation "28.1.37". Minor usual creasing, a rare card. Photo

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Estimate
£700 to £1,000

Starting price
£480