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Auction: 20019 - The Shambhala collection of Tibet
Lot: 609

Tibet
British India Post Office
Mount Everest Expeditions
The Fourth Expedition
1936 (27 Apr.) envelope to Mrs Trotter with the original letter from Dr Noel Humphries, bears a good strike of the type G Expedition handstamp marked "Base Camp", the Air Mail etiquette has been crossed through and the reverse with the large oval of the Political Officer, Sikkim partly covered by the "Suffered detention ..." label with manuscript note in red ink, "Rather late now but the envelope may interest", the address side bears G.B. K.E.VIII 1½d. tied by Portsmouth & Southsea machine postmark for 1937 (29 Jan.) and the cover redirected to Jersey.

With a long letter on 1936 Expedition notepaper which includes, "... We reached Base Camp yesterday. Everest looks magnificent but unclimbable! ... As soon as the lower camps are established I shall go onto camp IV at 23,000 ft. with Smythe and Skipton who will make the first attack on the summit" plus other details about the weather and location. There is some sight water damage from its long burial but this does not detract from this important letter, believed to be one of only three to survive with contents. Photo


1936年4月27日寄給Trotter女士信函(連原信), 由Dr. Noel Humphries 寄出, 蓋有G型額峰探險戳記, 並註 "Base Camp (大本營)", 封背航空標記被劃銷, 封背是錫金的㰐圓形政府官員戳記, 並覆蓋於"Suffered detention…"紙簽, 以紅墨水筆記 "Rather late now but the envelope may interest", 封正面貼英國K.E. VIII 1½d., 銷1937年1月29日Portsmouth & Southsea 郵政機戳. 而信函又轉遞往Jersey. 而以探險隊便箋書寫之內容為記述登峯的情况及天氣信息. 雖然信封有些摺痕, 但没有減低這信的重要性, 據知此信函是僅有的三封幸存下來的信件之一.

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HK$19,000

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