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Auction: 26025 - Tibet - The 'Bramley' Collection, Part II
Lot: 3174

Tibet
Chinese Imperial Post
Unoverprinted Covers
1910 (Nov.) envelope registered from Lhasa addressed to the Commander in Chief of the Nepalese Army in Kathmandu, bearing CIP 1c. and 5c. cancelled by Lhasa (Type C2) handstamp, with adjacent registration (Type CR3) h/s and a further strike of the Lhasa h/s. The reverse with Gyantse (Type C1) and Yatung (Type C1) h/s and additionally franked with India KEVII ½a., 1a. and 2a. to pay for the external postage cancelled by yatung tibet via siliguri (14.11) c.d.s. with Yatung registration h/s on the front. The China CIP 2c. most likely not belonging and substituting a missing CIP 10c., the India 1a. scuffed, envelope opened for display and with some creasing, still quite fresh and an extremely rare combination. Photo

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Estimate
£1,000 to £1,500

Starting price
£700