Lot 2474

1904 FPO No. 21 (18 Mar) to Col Bailey, Scotland, f.w. Indian QV typewritten “Tibet” (no dot) in pair, tied by FPO No. 21 cds. On reverse printed with Sikm Pioneers emblem. Transit Base Office (21 Mar). Arrived Edinburgh (9 Apr). Illustration fig. 15, p. 99 in “Tibet Stamps and Postal History” by Danny Wong and Steven Chazen. Only 16 recorded examples of Tibet typewritten on Indian stamps exist according to Waterfall. With BPA COA.

1904.3.18 軍郵21局寄蘇格蘭貝利上校，貼稀罕難得之西藏打字郵票半安娜雙連（正體字不帶點），銷軍郵21局日戳。3.21經基地郵局。4.9抵愛丁堡。附BPA證書。王劍智及蔡盛著《青康藏郵驛史》第99頁圖15原件。Waterfall統計西藏打字郵票存世僅見十六例。