Issued in 1953 to mark on conquest of Mount Everest by Edmund Hillary and Denzing Norgay on 29 May 1953
Issued in 2003 to mark the Golden Jubilee of the Ascent of Mount Everest
The 1953 British Mount Everest expedition was the ninth mountaineering expedition to attempt the first ascent of Mount Everest, and the first confirmed to have succeeded when Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit on Friday, 29 May 1953. Led by Colonel John Hunt, it was organized and financed by the Joint Himalayan Committee. News of the expedition's success reached London in time to be released on the morning of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, 2 June.
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