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The peak of Mount Everest, on a 14 annas stamp.
The Conquest of Everest
On 29 May 1953 Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, of the British expedition led by John Hunt, became the first climbers to stand on the summit of Mount Everest, at 8,848 metres the highest point on earth. Tenzing, who had grown up among the Sherpas and lived in Darjeeling, became a hero across India, and on 2 October 1953 India issued two stamps for the conquest of Everest. The 14 annas stamp repeats the design of the 2 annas, the summit of the mountain, for the higher postal rates.
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