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Auction: 26025 - Tibet - The 'Bramley' Collection, Part II
Lot: 3138

Tibet
Mount Everest Flights
The Houston Mount Everest Expedition
Indian Air Mail Society Mail: 1933 (8 Apr.) envelope to Calcutta, bearing India 9p. and ½a. tied by Purnea c.d.s., with The Houston-Mt. Everest Expdtn. coloured label tied by the illustrative handstamp with a second strike on the reverse with Park Street arrival c.d.s. (10.4) and Stephen Smith signature. Fine and scarce. Photo.

note:
On 7th April the secretary of the India Air Mail Society saw Blacker and Fellowes, who consented to carry a souvenir mail on a flight over the Himalayas. A fee of one guinea each was charged in aid of charities, 87 covers were carried then posted in Purnea in the normal way. 250 labels were produced

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Estimate
£200 to £300

Starting price
£100