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Lot# 1316 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 1316 Nepal

    Mount Everest Expedition 1924/2002: Covers/cards (25), with 1924 illustrated 'Noel' card with blue label franked by 3 p. grey (2) and 1 a. brown cancelled at Darjeeling, six covers in variable condition with "DAILY MAIL / Himalayan Expedition 1954" cachets in red, 1958 (3) & 1960 cards (3) for Swiss Expedition (signed), 1963 Austrian Expedition card (signed), 1970 Annapurna Expedition card (signed), 1972 Lhotse German expedition cover, 1972 'Tiroler-Himalaya-Expedition' card (signed), 1976 Mt. Tukuche illustrated cover (signed), 1978 cover for 25th Anniversary of the first ascent used from Namche Bazar with embedded silver coin cancelled Namche Bazar and signed by Sherpa Tensing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF