Himalaya Expedition Mail

These envelopes that bear an expedition label with the Advertising marking in violet were not mailed. The markings look accurate, and the labels are authentic. However, considering the Advertising marking was always used with the Advertising post card, these are all addressed to the same person and were not mailed, I consider these to have been provided as a favor or to be suspect authenticity.

Table B1 - 1924 Mt. Everest - The Advertising Marking in Violet (M3v)

	Identifying Information

ID	Mailed To	Mailed From	Notes	Image
EV24-M3v_001	K Das Box 416 Darjeeling, Bengal, [India]	NA	Envelope 1 label Not mailed * Questionable authenticity
EV24-M3v_002	K Das Box 416 Darjeeling, Bengal, [India]	NA	Envelope 1 label Not mailed * Questionable authenticity
EV24-M3v_003	K Das Box 416 Darjeeling, Bengal, [India]	NA	Envelope 1 label Not mailed * Questionable authenticity
EV24-M3v_004	K Das Box 416 Darjeeling, Bengal, [India]	NA	Envelope 1 label Not mailed * Questionable authenticity
EV24-M3v_005	K Das Box 416 Darjeeling, Bengal, [India]	NA	Envelope 1 label Not mailed * Questionable authenticity

NOTE: Due to the small number of covers with this marking, I have combined the Appendix B and Appendix C data on one page.

Appendix C

Details of Covers

EV24-M3v_001 David Feldman Auction, Tibet - Olsson & Larson Collection, 12/5/2017, Lot: 20566, Estimate: 150 Euro Realized: NA Ebay 8/2018, Realized: $154 Courtesy of the Hackstaff collection Cover addressed to Bengal (privately FWD?). Cover bears a single expedition label tied by the expedition mark in violet (M3v). Due to all the covers with the violet marking being addressed to K. Das, this was either done as a favor or these are of suspect authenticity.
EV24-M3v_002 Courtesy of the Czyl collection Cover addressed to Bengal (privately FWD?). Cover bears a single expedition label tied by the expedition mark in violet (M3v). Due to all the covers with the violet marking being addressed to K. Das, this was either done as a favor or these are of suspect authenticity.
EV24-M3v_003 From Geofrey Flack catalog dated May 1999. Price $185 Cover addressed to Bengal (privately FWD?). Cover bears a single expedition label tied by the expedition mark in violet (M3v). Due to all the covers with the violet marking being addressed to K. Das, this was either done as a favor or these are of suspect authenticity. Ex Shambhala Collection From Geofrey Flack catalog dated May 1999. Price $185 Spink Auction, The Shambhala collection of Tibet, January 14, 2022, Lot: 598, Realized HK$2,600 (US $335)
EV24-M3v_004 Cover addressed to Bengal (privately FWD?). Cover bears a single expedition label tied by the expedition mark in violet (M3v). Due to all the covers with the violet marking being addressed to K. Das, this was either done as a favor or these are of suspect authenticity. Ebay, April 2020, Price $149
EV24-M3v_005 Cover addressed to Bengal (privately FWD?). Cover bears a single expedition label tied by the expedition mark in violet (M3v). Due to all the covers with the violet marking being addressed to K. Das, this was either done as a favor or these are of suspect authenticity. Signed by: TBD Ex Shambhala collection Spink Auction, The Shambhala collection of Tibet, January 14, 2022, Lot: 597, Realized: HK$2,800 (US $360)