INDIA 1907 SG123,129 Cover Sven Hedin Tibet Expedition

Stock Code: P212011462

1907 (7 Feb) registered cover sent by Swedish explorer SVEN HEDIN from Gyantse, Tibet, to his family in Stockholm, franked by 1902-11 1a carmine and 4a pale olive, each tied by "GYANTSE-TIBET/SILIGURI BASE" c.d.s. (Hellrigl B45), showing "R/TEMPORARY/P.O. Y" handstamp alongside, with Stockholm arrival c.d.s. (10.3) on reverse. Minor faults, still a charming and rare cover from Hedin's 1905 to 1908 3rd expedition, during which he investigated the Central Iranian desert basins, the western highlands of Tibet, and became the first European to reach the Kailash region, the midpoint of the earth according to Buddhist and Hindu mythology.

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