Antarctica: United States Expeditions 1934-61: ‘Byrd III’, United States Antarctic Service Expedition 1939-41, U.S.S. “North Star” visit to Pitcairn Island, 1939 (Dec. 14) unaddressed envelope with ‘Antarctic Snow Cruiser’ imprint with signature of Thomas Poulter below, unusually showing the double ring Pitcairn Island Postal Agency reserve c.d.s. of Dec. 14, Dr. Poulter having assisted with the preparation of the mail on Pitcairn, also...
Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History
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Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History
A specialised auction of over 1,570 lots, the property of 112 vendors, featuring the first part of the superlative collection of British Levant postal stationery formed by Dr Alan K Huggins MBE, RDP, FRPSL, a further offering of Kuwait from the fine collection of Dr L Philips of Brighton, outstanding Switzerland formed by the late John E Ager of Bookham, and a full section of Falkland Islands & Antarctica including the remarkable study of the 1938–50 Issue created by AG Belfield FRPSL
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Lot #1553 - falkland islands and antarctica antarctica: united states expeditions 1934-61
Lot #1554 - falkland islands and antarctica antarctica: united states expeditions 1934-61
Antarctica: United States Expeditions 1934-61: ‘Operation Deepfreeze’, 1960 (Feb. 17) envelope to Washington D.C. with typed endorsement “CARRIED BY HELICOPTER/TO EIGHTS COAST 2.17.60” and bearing 8c. with Eights Coast, Bellingshausen Sea Expedition cancellation used on this day only, scarce.
[Proposed price: £60-80]
Lot #1555 - falkland islands and antarctica antarctica: norwegian - british - swedish expedition 1949-52
Antarctica: Norwegian, British, Swedish Expedition 1949-52: Maudheim picture postcard with rare expedition penguin cachet, used in 1963 by expedition meteorologist Gösta Liljequist, with message and signature. Photo.
[Proposed price: £60-80]
Lot #1556 - falkland islands and antarctica antarctica: later expeditions
Antarctica: 1962 (May 9) airletter from Port Stanley to Winchester, franked Birds 6d. and containing typed message “Still out sledging. Hope to return in a fortnight.” dated Apr. 30 to his parents from geophysicist Mike Cox at Hope Bay on a year’s deployment at Base D, transmitted by Morse code for transcription and despatch, scarce and unusual. Photo.
[Proposed price: £60-80]
Lot #1557 - falkland islands and antarctica antarctica: later expeditions
Antarctica: 1962 (Nov. 19) airletter from Port Stanley to Winchester, franked Radio Centenary 6d. and containing typed message dated Nov. 7 to his parents from geophysicist Mike Cox at Hope Bay on a year’s deployment at Base D, transmitted by Morse code for transcription and despatch, scarce and unusual. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1558 - falkland islands and antarctica antarctica: later expeditions
Antarctica: 1963 (Feb. 1) envelope addressed to B.A.S. geophysicist Mike Cox on R.R.S. ”Shackleton”, bearing 1/2d. to £1 set of original set of fifteen.
[Proposed price: £60-80]
Lot #1559 - falkland islands and antarctica antarctica: collections
Antarctica: A collection in large and small binders etc. contained in a carton, with f.d.c’s, covers and cards with ranges of cachets, incl. Argentina, A.A.T. from 1957 with 1966-68 set mint (2, one unmounted) and on f.d.c.’s, B.A.T. with 1963-69 and 1971 decimal surcharge sets mint, 1971 Joint Services Expedition cover bearing 1969 to £1 Endurance, F.I.D. mint with 1946 Thick Maps varieties incl. ‘broken arc’ pairs, 1948-49 Thin Maps, 1954-...
Lot #1560 - falkland islands and antarctica antarctica: collections
Antarctica: An extensive range of mainly post W.W.II covers etc. (approx. 250) contained in a carton, strength in U.S. expeditions with Operation Deepfreeze with a good range of cachets, also Arctic from 1934 Aleutian Islands Survey, unassembled Revell plastic model kit of icebreaker U.S.S. “Burton Island”, etc.
[Proposed price: £80-100]
Lot #1561 - falkland islands and antarctica antarctica: british antarctic territory
Antarctica: British Antarctic Territory: 1958 (Jan. 3) large envelope addressed by ionospherics specialist W.H. Bellchambers to his wife in Cheltenham, bearing F.I.D. 1954 set tied by Base Z International Geophysical Year Expedition c.d.s’s and showing two good to fine strikes of scarce “ROYAL SOCIETY BASE/HALLEY BAY” double oval cachet. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #1562 - falkland islands and antarctica antarctica: british antarctic territory
Antarctica: British Antarctic Territory: 1958, large sheet bearing example strikes on piece of cancellations current at Base J, Base D, Loubet Coast, Hope Bay, Port Lockroy, Admiralty Bay, Marguerite Bay, Deception Island, Anvers Island, Signy Island, Argentine Island, South Georgia, Port Stanley and Fox Bay, dated between Feb. 3 and Apr. 22, together with explanatory letter from Postmaster H.L. ‘Nap’ Bound confirming the difficulty in...
Lot #1563 - falkland islands and antarctica antarctica: british antarctic territory
Antarctica: British Antarctic Territory: 1963-69 1/2d. to £1 (both) set of sixteen, fine used. S.G. 1-15a, cat. £225. Photo.
[Proposed price: £80-90]
Lot #1564 - falkland islands and antarctica antarctica: british antarctic territory
Antarctica: British Antarctic Territory: 1963-69 to £1 Endurance, two used on plain f.d.c’s from Signy Island, fine. S.G. 15a.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1565 - falkland islands and antarctica antarctica: british antarctic territory
Antarctica: British Antarctic Territory: 1963-69 to £1 Endurance, two used on plain f.d.c’s from Signy Island, fine. S.G. 15a.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1566 - falkland islands and antarctica antarctica: british antarctic territory
Antarctica: British Antarctic Territory: A collection of unmounted mint issues from 1977 to 2009 in a green stockbook with some miniature sheets, chiefly fine. Stated to cat. £950+.
[Proposed price: £200-300]
Lot #1567 - falkland islands and antarctica antarctica: british antarctic territory
Antarctica: British Antarctic Territory: An unmounted mint collection from 1969 to 1990 in special binder, with 1971 Treaty in corner pairs, many gutter pairs incl. 1984 and 1990 sets, etc., chiefly fine.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1568 - falkland islands and antarctica antarctica: british antarctic territory
Antarctica: British Antarctic Territory: A mainly fine unmounted mint collection in an album, issues from 1990 to 1998 apparently complete, also a small bag of Commonwealth issues. (100s)
[Proposed price: £80-100]
Lot #1569 - falkland islands and antarctica antarctica: french southern and antarctic territories
Antarctica: French Southern and Antarctic Territories: An extensive collection from 1956 to 1997 in a large red binder, with mint issues incl. 1955 15f. overprint, 1962-72 20f. Albatross, some full sheets, imperf. colour trials and proofs in issued and unissued colours, black prints, philatelic documents, épreuves-de luxe, early engraved views of the Ile Amsterdam and Ile St. Paul, and a range of f.d.c’s, mainly fine.
[Proposed price: £...
Lot #1570 - falkland islands and antarctica antarctica: new zealand - ross dependency
Antarctica: New Zealand, Ross Dependency: 1967 3c. Shackleton & Scott 3c. watermark inverted marginal block of four, unmounted mint (slight bends) S.G. 6w, cat. £300. Also 1971 Antarctic Treaty issues for New Zealand (2, used on piece), S.W.A. (unmounted mint block of four) and U.S.A. (used pair).
[Proposed price: £70-90]
Lot #1571 - falkland islands and antarctica arctic expeditions
Arctic Expeditions: 1897 (Dec. 20) U.S. War Department envelope sent from Washington franked 5c., addressed to journalist and author Arthur Brice in London, enclosing interesting two page typewritten letter composed and signed by American Polar explorer, and now Chief Signal Officer of the Army, Adolphus W. Greely, the envelope being also signed. The letter refers to the forthcoming second edition of Greely’s “Handbook of Arctic Discoveries”...
Lot #1572 - falkland islands and antarctica arctic expeditions
Arctic Expeditions: 1897 Andrée Balloon Expedition to the North Pole, 1898 chromo-litho picture postcard from Bavaria, written in German but addressed in French to “M. Andrée/en retour du pole nord/Hammerfest/ou à pole nord” (Mr. Andrée, returning from the North Pole) at Hammerfest or at the North Pole", with Hammerfest Mar. 16 1898 arrival c.d.s. and redirected to the newspaper Aftonbladet in Stockholm. A most unusual item relating to this...
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