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Auction: 26025 - Tibet - The 'Bramley' Collection, Part II
Lot: 3222

Tibet
Chinese Imperial Post
1911 Surcharge Covers
1911 (13 Sep.) "Stursberg" envelope registered from Lhasa to Peking marked Via Chengtu bearing 2a. on 7c., 2½a. on 10c., and 3a. on 16c. cancelled by Lhasa (Type C4) c.d.s., with adjacent Lhasa registration (Type CR3) h/s. and Yachowfu (24.10) c.d.s.; the reverse with Batang (4.10), Tatsienlu (5.12), Peking Chinese and Peking bilingual (13.2.12) c.d.s. A vertical archive fold not detracting from the importance of this cover, less than ten recorded taking the Tibet Szechuan overland route, all from the same correspondence which was used to test the route. When finally the cover arrived at Peking, the Qing government was already overthrown. Photo

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Estimate
£1,200 to £1,600

Starting price
£850