EVEREST EXPEDITION 1953: An oblong 12mo postal souvenir
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EVEREST EXPEDITION 1953: An oblong 12mo postal souvenir miniature issued to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of The Conquest of Mount Everest in 1953, individually signed by Tenzing Norgay (1914-1986) Nepalese Indian Sherpa Mountaineer, the first man, with Edmund Hillary, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 1953 and John Hunt (1910-1998) Baron Hunt. British Army Officer, Leader of the successful British Expedition to Mount Everest, 1953. Both have signed with their names alone in blue inks to clear areas above and below an attractive printed design. With a limitations stamp to the verso, numbered 157 of 500. Together with Edmund Hillary (1919-2008) New Zealand Mountaineer, the first man, with Tenzing Norgay, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 1953. Black ink signature ('E. P. Hillary') on an oblong 8vo sheet of illustrated printed stationery from the Sherpa Hospital Committee in Auckland, New Zealand, of which Hillary was the chairman. VG to EX, 2
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EVEREST EXPEDITION 1953: An oblong 12mo postal souvenir
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