Leh School Joseph Gergan Mission Jammu Kashmir India 1899

Description

This is an antique
green
and white Art Nouveau postcard of Leh,
Jammu and Kashmir
,
India with an undivided back. It shows 2 beautiful views: 1. Christian Schoolboys.
The child on the right is Joseph Gergan (1878-1946): he was later well known as a historian of Ladakh and as a translator of the Christian Bible into Tibetan. The boy on the left is called Ali: he later moved from Ladakh to Kotgarh on the southern side of the Himalayas, not too far from Simla.
2. School. This postcard was published by Verlag der Missionsbuchhandlung Hernnhut in about 1899. So it is more than one HUNDRED and 15 years
OLD
. No writing on its back. The publisher’s code is No. 12. However creases on the top corners they do not affect the pictures (see scan) and it is still a great collectable. Condition: good. This postcard should be in every Indian or Mission collection. Buyer pays $ 3.00 for handling and worldwide shipping. Buyer of multiple items can save on shipping. Buyer of multiple items must wait for the invoice. Buyer must make his payment within 14 days. Please take a look in my
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