1. VITTORIO SELLA. Kangchenjunga, Descent of Johnsong La, 1899, Sella number HS 105. 7.3x9.4" collodion print, printed 1901, mounted on 10x12" heavy brown board. Embossed with Vittorio Sella stamp in lower right of print. Inscribed in black ink mount recto: Kangchinjinga [sic] from the Kanchin Glacier. Inscribed in pencil mount verso: H 105 / HS 105

2. VITTORIO SELLA. Kangchenjunga, Lhonak, above Sayok Chu, from almost 17,000 feet., 1899, Sella number HS 89. 6.6x9" collodion print, printed 1901, mounted on 10x12" heavy brown board. Embossed with Vittorio Sella stamp in lower right of print. Inscribed in black ink mount recto: Kangchinjinga.[sic] Inscribed in pencil mount verso: 89 / HS 89.

Kangchenjunga 8,586 m 28,169 ft. lies in the Kangchenjunga Himal straddling Nepal and Sikkim, India with 3 of the 5 peaks on the border. Contains 16 peaks over 7,000 m (23,000 ft.). It is 78 miles 125 km east-southeast of Mt. Everest. It is 45 miles north of Darjiling. The western side is from Johnsong La down the Gingsang and Kangchenjunga glaciers and the rivers of Ghunsa and Tamur. South of the southern face of Kangchenjunga the Singalila Ridge separating Sikkim from Nepal.

It has five major peaks, Kangchenjunga Main 8,586 m 28,169 ft., Kangchenjunga West/Yalung Kang 8,505 m 27,904 ft, Kangchenjunga Central 8,482 m 27, 828 ft., Kangchenjunga South 8,494 m, 27,867 ft and Kangbachen 7,903 m 25,928 ft.

Johnsong La (Peak) 7,462 m 24,482 ft is 57th highest peak in the world straddling the borders of India, Nepal and China.

1. HS 105 Print Excellent, minor wear edge wear. Mount has edge and corner wear and dirt marks. Mount recto has tape marks.
2. HS 89 Good: visible small black marks and abrasions on print. Mount has edge and corner wear and dirt marks. Mount recto has tape marks.