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Auction: 20019 - The Shambhala collection of Tibet
Lot: 528

Tibet
The Younghusband Expedition
F.P.O. 32 Gyantse
1904 (5 Oct.) a similar picture postcard to Lebong bearing India Q.V. 3p. grey tied by a fair strike of "field post office no. 32" c.d.s., a good strike of "FIELD P.O. No.26" (12.10) and Lebong arrival (13.10); good. The picture is of a Tibetan Medicant holding a large prayer wheel. Photo

F.P.O. 32 was a travelling post office, here used in Gyantse as the Younghusband force decamped from Tibet


1904年10日5日另一類似明信片寄印度Lebong, 貼印度Q.V. 3p. 票, 銷較清晰"field post office no. 32"日戳, 10月12日 "FIELD P.O. No.26" 戳, 及10月13日Lebong 到達戳. 圖片一面是持著大型法輪的西藏人. 保存良好.

Sold for
HK$6,500

Starting price
HK$3800