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Auction: 20019 - The Shambhala collection of Tibet
Lot: 671

Tibet
Chinese Imperial Post
1911 Surcharge Covers
Gyantse
1911 (23 July) illustrated envelope to Yatung bearing ½a. (2, one each side) tied by Gyantse type C3 c.d.s., similar on the reverse along with a fine strike of Yatung type C3 arrival (1.8). Fine and attractive.


This is a soldier's letter from an officer in the Second Battalion to an officer of the Right Wing in Yatung Camp. Chinese soldiers did not enjoy free post privilege and their mail is scarce. Within two months of this letter the Chinese army in Lhasa mutinied against their commanders, a direct cause of their being ousted from Tibet. Photo


1911年7日23日江孜寄亞東美術封, 貼壹分两枚, 銷江孜C3型日戳, 封背另蓋一相似郵戳, 旁有8日1日亞東C3型到達戳. 保存良好, 極具收引力之收藏品. 這是二營軍官寫給亞東營右翼軍官的信函. 中國軍人沒有免費郵遞特權, 故該等郵件甚稀缺. 在這封信寄出之兩個月內, 拉薩的中國軍隊叛亂了他們的指揮官, 而這是他們被驅逐出西藏的直接原因.

Sold for
HK$30,000

Starting price
HK$12000