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Auction: 26025 - Tibet - The 'Bramley' Collection, Part II
Lot: 3157

Tibet
Chinese Imperial Post
Unoverprinted Covers
1910 (22 June) red band cover, registered sent from Lhasa to Chengtu via Shanghai bearing on the reverse CIP 1c. (8) and 2c. (6) cancelled by Lhasa (Type C1) handstamp, The front with registration 'R' (Type CR1) handstamp, Shanghai (25.7) and faint Chengtu datestamp. Fine and most desirable exhibition item being the earliest recorded CIP Tibet cover. Photo

note:
Illustrated in “Tibet Stamps and Postal History” by Steve Chazen
and Danny Wong, page 149.

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Estimate
£3,000 to £5,000

Starting price
£2100