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Auction: 26025 - Tibet - The 'Bramley' Collection, Part II
Lot: 3154

Tibet
Chinese Imperial Post
Incoming Mails
1910 (26 Aug.) red band cover registered from Kulun (Urga) Mongolia to Lhasa Tibet, marked Via Calcutta India, franked with CIP coiling dragon 2c. and 4c. cancelled by despatch c.d.s., travelled through Kalgan (3.9) to Shanghai (17.9), via the French post office (17.9), to India Tuticorin (3.10), base office (7.10), and gyantse via siliguri (11.10) Overall light ageing not detracting from the rarity of this cover. A very rare cover, believed to be one of just two known mails from Mongolia to Tibet in existence from this period. Photo

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Estimate
£3,000 to £5,000

Starting price
£2100