Tibet 1st issue 1 Srang, 1/3t and 1/6t die proof in violet, showing annotation “Tibetan stamps sumitted to the Lonchen at Kalimpong on
Tibet 1st issue 1 Srang, 1/3t and 1/6t die proof in violet, showing annotation “Tibetan stamps sumitted to the Lonchen at Kalimpong on 20th April 1912. S.W. Laden La.” The die proof cliches differ from the cliches used i n the issued stamps. Laden La was the British appointed aid to the Dalai Lama. Extraordinary. With Geoffrey Flack certificate. Illustration from “Tibet Stamps and Postal History” by Steven Chazen and Danny Wong fig 6, p. 237. 西藏獅圖第一版1兩、1/3章噶及1/6章噶紫色母模樣張，寫有批注“為1912年4月20日提交噶倫堡倫欽之西 藏郵票/萊登拉。”外觀與後來發行的子模不同。萊登拉為達賴喇嘛聯絡官。倫欽即為首席噶倫。稀罕萬分。 附Geoffrey Flack證書。蔡盛及王劍智著《青康藏郵驛史》第237頁圖例6號原件。
