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Auction: 20019 - The Shambhala collection of Tibet
Lot: 631

Tibet
British India Post Office
Mount Everest Flights
The Houston Mount Everest Expedition
1933 (10 Apr.) envelope to Squadron Leader Norton in Sind bearing India K.G.V 1a.3p. tied by Purnea c.d.s., the flap printed "raj darbhanga" with a good strike of the three-line Expedition handstamp in purple (type X), Karachi (13.4) and Drigh Road (14.4); vertical folding crease and light soiling. Photo

Drigh Road Airfield, Karachi, is the oldest air base in Pakistan and one of the most famous. Founded soon after RAF India Command was formed in 1918 as an aircraft depot.


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