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Auction: 20019 - The Shambhala collection of Tibet
Lot: 537

Tibet
Sven Hedin Tibet Expedition
1906 (21 Aug.) envelope registered to his father in Stockholm bearing, on the reverse, India K.E.VII ½a. (10) and 1a. (2) tied by neat "leh/kashmir" c.d.s. and Stockholm arrival (17.9), the address side with a good strike of the Leh boxed registered handstamp and arrival notation. A charming and delightful cover written in the hand of this famous explorer. Photo

The Swedish explorer set off for Tibet from Leh, Ladakh (Little Tibet) in 1906. He reached Shigatse in February 1907 but no further. He then returned through Spiti to Simla.


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