Lot 3467

Description

Sir Edmund Hillary - George Lowe autographs in ink, on a piece of manila envelope, signed above two New Zealand health issue stamps featuring Mt Aspiring and above in a cloud is Everest, a rare personally autographed item given during the Sole New Zealand Post Everest Climb Tour signed by the newly knighted Sir Edmund Hillary and his best mate 'We knocked "The Bastard Off" guy', W.G.Lowe, and dated 'At Timaru 24/8/53'. Extremely fine and rare.

There is a lengthy lag between the date this was autographed on 24 August 1953 and the official Post Office release of the above stamps on 4 October 1954. The recipient knowing the two were in Timaru for a lecture at the NZ Alpine Club as part of their lecture tour got the autographs and then added the stamps when they were released.

With research.