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Auction: 26025 - Tibet - The 'Bramley' Collection, Part II
Lot: 3156

Tibet
Chinese Imperial Post
Tibetan Frontier
1898 (18 Mar.) envelope from Hankow to Front Wayne, USA bearing China Dowager small surcharge ½c. on 3ca. (4), 1c. on 1ca. (2), 2c. on 2ca. and 4c. on 4ca. cancelled by despatch "Dollar Chop" c.d.s., mail sent through the Japanese post office and bearing Japan new Koban 10c. cancelled by "Shanghai I.J.P.O." (24.3.) c.d.s. The reverse with Shanghai "Dollar Chop" (21.3), Yokohama (1.4), San Francisco (April) and arrival Fort Wayne (26.4) c.d.s. Included and transcripted, the eight pages letter, written from Yankar Tibetan Frontier dated (22. Jan. 98) with very interesting content describing the lives of Tibetan children including ...The boys very often become Lamas and when they do they go to a monastery and become pupils learning to chant and read. Their teachers are sometimes very severe and beat them when they do not correctly recite their lessons...The girls have to work much harder than the boys making the food, drying manme for fuel, carrying water, etc., etc., etc.... A fine and fascinating piece of history. Photo

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Estimate
£1,500 to £2,500

Starting price
£1000