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Auction: 20019 - The Shambhala collection of Tibet
Lot: 675

Tibet
Chinese Imperial Post
1911 Surcharge Covers
Yatung
1911 (31 Aug.) envelope registered to Attungol in India bearing 3p. on 1c. to 2½a. on 10c. part set of five tied by superb strikes of Yatung type C3 Dollar dater along with a superb strike of the registration handstamp CR1 (earliest recorded date), the reverse with Attungol arrival (9.9); hinge remainders on reverse, otherwise fresh and fine.


The validity of Chinese postage stamps used in Tibet involved much negotiation between China and Britain, but the British never gave in; thus this cover to India without Indian stamps is quite unusual. Photo

provenance:
Meiso Mizuhara, October 2002


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Sold for
HK$30,000

Starting price
HK$6000