Lot No. 2357
| Auction No. | 29 |
| Category |
Commonwealth & Foreign |
| Est. | $150 |
| Status | SOLD $180 |
India 1924 (30th Oct) Mount Everest Expedition led by General CG Bruce. A pictorial postcard showing Mt Everest from the base camp in the Rongbuk Valley, Tibet with "Dispatched by Postal Runner to India" printed above message. Addressed to Master R Sutherland, it is signed "Best Wishes JBL Noel Captain Mt Everest Expedition" who was the photographer & movie camera operator for the accent. The postcard has the blue mountain cinderella cancelled by Rongbuk Glacier Base Camp cachet in red with India 1½a KGV tied by Calcutta British Empire Exhibition slogan cancel. A couple of corner bends otherwise sound. It was an ill-fated attempt with the two man team of Mallory & Irvine disappearing into the mist only a couple of hundred feet short of the summit. The body of Mallory was found in 1999 but Irvine is yet to be found. A scarce item full of history.