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Auction: 20019 - The Shambhala collection of Tibet
Lot: 684

Tibet
Chinese Imperial Post
The Trans-Himalayan Route
1911 (23 June) opened-out red band cover double registered from Lhasa to Shanghai bearing 1911 ½a. on 2c. and 2a. on 7c. (2) tied by Yatung type C3 c.d.s., the address side with similar Lhasa c.d.s. (3.7), boxed registered handstamp and large "AR" in double-circle, routed via India with additional K.E.VII ½a. and 1a. (4) tied by good strikes of "yatung-tibet /via silliburi" (26.6) c.d.s. with the registered handstamp alongside, the cover also shows the British Post Office Shanghai registered oval arrival datestamp (21.7). Fresh and a very attractive franking paying 1a. postage, 3a. for double registered and ½a. service fee. Photo


1911年6月23日由拉薩寄上海雙掛號破剖封, 貼1911年壹分蓋於二分票及肆分蓋於七分票 (2), 銷亞東C3 型日戳, 而封正面蓋一7月3日的相似拉薩日戳, 並有方框型掛號戳及蓋大型雙圈 "AR" 印, 信過印度時加貼K.E.VII 1/2a.及1a. (4), 銷清晰 6月26日"Yatung-Tibet/ via Siliburi"日戳, 旁有掛號戳, 同時封上更有7月21日上海英國客郵局㰐圓形掛號到達日期戳. 保存良好, 異常吸引的西藏封.

Sold for
HK$300,000

Starting price
HK$7000