Expedition Mail of the Himalaya

   

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Appendix C

1936 British Mt. Everest Climbing Expedition Cover

Details of Cover EV36-M1_008

EV36-M1_008
Recovered theft Cover #163

Cover to England from Hugh Ruttledge, one of the expedition leaders. The cover shows 1 expedition mark on front annotated "H.R., Jikyap Tibet, 15-4-1936". The cover is unstamped.

Captured from "Tibet", by Armand Singer
Also from Catalog of Himalayan Mountaineering Correspondence by Singer and Gould

Ex Shambhala collection

Spink Auction, The Shambhala collection of Tibet, January 14, 2022, Lot: 608
Realized: HK$9,000 (US $1,155)

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