£300
SMALL ASIAN CARD/COVER GROUP: Includes 1901 Xmas card from Yokohama (not posted), Nepal native script cover bearing 1930 'Shiva' types, China 1932 cover from Teng Yueh to Plymouth and China 1932 flown cover from Hankow to Shanghai, addressed to Sir John Hope Simpson, UN National Flood Relief Commissioner, the lot includes a 1962 Russian Pamirs Expedition cover addressed to a relative Dr. Howard Somervell (1922 & 1924 Everest Expeditions). Sir John later took up senior appointments in Newfoundland. Port Hope Simpson was named after him and lot inc. a 1974 Canada cover from there. (6) Cross Reference: CHINA
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