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Auction: 26025 - Tibet - The 'Bramley' Collection, Part II
Lot: 3256

Tibet
1912 The First Issue
Waterlow Proofs
1/3 tr. in black on wove paper (25x30mm.) numbered "6831", from the Waterlow records. Fine and unique. Illustrated in "Tibet Stamps and Postal History" by S. Chazen and D. Wong at page 240. Photo

notes:
The British company Waterlow Bros. & Layton also produced an engraving from which die proofs were struck in various colours, please see the following lots. The denomination used in the design is the 1/3 Tanka. These were not adopted and it is not known whether they were ever submitted to the Tibetan Government. Sir Charles Bell, Political Officer of Sikkim, Bhutan and Tibet, who had cultivated the Dalai Lama's friendship during the latter's exile in India would undoubtedly have arranged these. (A few years later Sir Bell negotiated Sikkim's revenue stamps).

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Estimate
£1,500 to £2,500

Starting price
£1000