Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 20019 - The Shambhala collection of Tibet
Lot: 606

Tibet
British India Post Office
Mount Everest Expeditions
The Fourth Expedition
1936 (6 Apr.) stampless envelope from Edwin Kempson Good to J. Westwood in India bearing a fine strike of the type G Expedition handstamp marked "Camp I" and dated, the reverse with the large oval handstamp of the Press Officer, Sikkim partly covered by the "Suffered detention ..." label and manuscript, "Received 10/1/37". Includes a letter from the same correspondence dated 5 May on Expedition notepaper from "Camp I Rongbuk Glacier", the contents note that they were still establishing Camp III and gives other details of camp life and expectations. A very good cover and letter. Photo


1936年4月6日由Edwin Kempson Good 寄印度Westwood 的無郵票信封, 蓋有G 型Expedition 戳記, 並註 "Camp I" 及日期, 封背有印有鍚金㰐圓形新聞官員戳記, 部份被 "Suffered detention…"簽紙所覆蓋, 並手寫 "Received 10/1/37" 字樣, 另有一5月5日由相同通訊者的探險隊便箋, 註有"Camp I Rongbuk Glacier", 内容指出他們仍在建立三號營地 并提供營地生活和期望的其他細節. 一件難得的信封和信函.

Sold for
HK$14,000

Starting price
HK$7000