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Auction: 20019 - The Shambhala collection of Tibet
Lot: 624

Tibet
British India Post Office
Mount Everest Flights
The Houston Mount Everest Expedition
1933 (5 Apr.) the Kanchenjunga Flight: envelope to London bearing India K.G.V 1a.3p. pair ited by the special circular Purnea datestamp and marked in ink, "certified that this cover has been over KANCHENJUNGA 4/4/33 PFM Fellows, the reverse bearing a fine strike of the three-line type X postmark in purple. Fine and rare. This is the second of the only two carried. Photo

provenance:
'Sapphire'. October 2010


A contemporary article from Dinajpur on 5th April states, "it is reported that Air-Commodore Fellows went up yesterday at 10 a.m. in one of the test flights but having lost his way in the clouds had to alight here at 3 p.m. for shortage of petrol. On arriving here, he sent a telegram to Purnea for supply of petrol and accordingly Lord Clydsdale arrived with the second plane about three hours later. But the supply of petrol yet proving inadequate, fresh supply was sent for and with this the third plane arrived this morning. They all left for Purnea this morning"


1933年4月5日由乾城章嘉峰航班寄倫敦信函, 貼印度K.G.V 1a.3p. 票一對, 銷特別Purnea 日戳, 並以墨水寫 "certified that this cover has been over KANCHENJUNGA 4/4/33 PFM Fellows", 封背蓋三線X 型紫色郵戳. 保存完好及罕見, 此封是經此航路遞送兩件信函之一.

Sold for
HK$38,000

Starting price
HK$9000