Expedition Mail of the Himalaya
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Copyright
2022, Eddie Hackstaff
Appendix
C
1933
British Mt. Everest Climbing Expedition Cover
Details
of Cover EV33-M1_008
EV33-M1_008
Cover addressed to Los Angeles, California, USA, bearing a KVG
3a and ½a stamp. The cover shows the expedition mark on
front and stamp is tied by Gangtok cancel (Type ?) dated 21 June
1933(?). Cover was then forwarded to Yellowstone National Park
in Wyoming. Reverse shows Los Angeles receiving 31 July and Yellowstone
receiving 4 August in red.
Ex Shambhala collection
Captured from "Tibet", by Armand Singer
Also from Catalog of Himalayan Mountaineering Correspondence by
Singer and Gould
Spink Auction, The Shambhala collection of Tibet, January 14,
2022, Lot: 600; Realized: HK$15,000 (US $1,925)
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