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Edmund P Hillary Signed 1984 First Day of Issue Cover 1st to Climb Mount Everest

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Edmund P Hillary Signed 1984 First Day of Issue Cover 1st to Climb Mount Everest
Autographs
Edmund P. Hillary First to Climb Mount Everest Signed 25th Anniversary Alaskan Statehood First Day Postal Cover
EDMUND P. HILLARY (1919-2008). New Zealand Mountaineer, First to Climb Mount Everest.
January 3, 1984-Dated, Special First Day of Issue Vignette Postal Cover Signed, “E.P. Hillary” in the address area at lower right, Fairbanks, AK, Choice Mint. Hillary Signs this special cover measuring 3.5” x 6.5.” The cover includes a new 20 Cents United States Postage Stamp that commemorated the 25th Anniversary of Alaskan Statehood. Beautiful quality and scarce.
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand Mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt. From 1985 to 1988 he served as New Zealand's High Commissioner to India and Bangladesh and concurrently as Ambassador to Nepal.