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Auction: 20019 - The Shambhala collection of Tibet
Lot: 577

Tibet
British India Post Office
Mount Everest Expeditions
The Second Expedition
Tractor Party (type A): 1924 (5 June) an envelope addressed to the Officer Commanding Troops, Agra bearing an uncancelled Expedition label. with India K.G.V 1a. tied by Yatung Tibet c.d.s., the reverse with a fine strike of the Tractor Party handstamp in violet and the arrival c.d.s. (9.6); the envelope marked "mount everest/expedition,/1924". There is a light vertical fold. This is believed to be the earliest date this postmark was used. Photo


拖拉機團 (A 型); 1924年6月5日寄軍官指揮部隊Agra信函, 貼有未蓋銷珠穆朗瑪峰探險標籤, 及印度K.G.V 1a. 票, 銷西藏亞東日戳, 封背蓋有紫色拖拉機團 (A 型) 手戳及6月9日到達戳. 封上註有 "Mount everest/expedition/1924". 相信這是最早使用這郵戳的信封. 封有些折痕.

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