1939 large cover showing return address of "Indian Association of America" in New York, sent from China to "Ancient Famous Monastery Lhassa, Tibet", with Chungking cds on front, Haiphong, Hanoi, Saigon transit pmks, finally returned back to sender, cover faults, fascinating attempted inward usage (Image)

Est.US$250

1955 (11 Mar) inbound cover (with violet trader's mark) from Allahabad, India to Yatung, Tibet, redirected to Nepal. Indian stamps tied by "Tagore Town Allahabad", registry label on back, addressed to Lhasa, but on arrival in Yatung it received a large double ring Yatung-Tibet/via Siliguri (21 Mar 55) transit pmk, returned to Allahabad, where it received arrival pmk (26 Mar), redirected to Kathmandu, with "Indian Embassy (Nepal)" (29 Mar 55) pmk, fine cover, with Geoffrey Flack's description (Image)

Est.US$500