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| WORLD : ANTARCTIC & ARCTIC | ||||
| Lot | Description | Status | ||
| 2018 |
AAT: 1984 South Magnetic Pole Expedition 30c, error blue almost totally OMITTED, so background looks white. VF MUH. SG 61(var). An important new discovery which first came to light in 2004, from a retired PO employee. Only 1 sheet existed with 30 error stamps. 2009 Ceremuga AIEP photo-cert. (P)
| AVAILABLE at A$600 | ||
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| 2019 |
Germany: 1913 South Pole Expedition PPC printed in Buenos Aires showing the expedition ship "Deutschland" & franked Germania 20pf & red expedition label tied by "Deutsch Seepost Linie Hamburg-Sudamerika 1 2 13" oval pmk & label also tied by Lisbon pmk of same date, plus another label on reverse tied by same Hamburg Line pmk (both labels flts). Message is headed by a small drawing of a seal & dated "Lisbon 1-2-13" & addressed to a crew member of the "SS Silvia" in Buenos Aires. Apparently sent by expedition member on way back to Germany. (P)
| AVAILABLE at A$2200 | ||
| 2020 |
Germany: 1913 use of PPC of Buenos Aires franked Argentina 5c & German South Pole Expedition label tied "Buenos Aires SET 17 1913?" machine pmk. Message in German, to Germany. (P)
| AVAILABLE at A$1800 | ||
| 2021 |
Great Britain 1921-22 Shackleton-Rowett Expedition: GB 1912-24 KGV 1½d brown, blk of 4, with 2 strikes "TRISTAN DA CUNHA" cachet & central "S.R ANTARCTIC / EXPEDITION 1921" cds. VFU, perfs reinforced. Very rare as only small number of stamps used by the expedition. 2010 Ceremuga photo-cert. (P)
| AVAILABLE at A$700 | ||
| 2022 |
Great Britain 1921-22 Shackleton-Rowett Expedition: GB 1912-24 KGV 1d red, blk of 4, with 2 strikes "GOUGH ISLAND" cachet & central "S.R ANTARCTIC / EXPEDITION 1921" cds. VFU, perfs reinforced. Extremely rare as only small number of stamps used by the expedition & only a fraction of them were with the Gough Island cachet. 2010 Ceremuga photo-cert. (P)
| SOLD at A$800 | ||
| 2023 |
Great Britain 1921-22 Shackleton-Rowett Expedition: GB 1912-24 KGV ½d green with clear "ENDERBY LAND" cachet & full "S.R ANTARCTIC/EXPEDITION 1921 / 8 SP 21" cds applied before start of the voyage. Great rarity as the expedition never reached Enderby Land, and this h/s was not used again apart from few strikes made before the start of the voyage -this is the only example of the ½d recorded! 2009 Ceremuga photo-cert. (P)
| AVAILABLE at A$1200 | ||
| 2024 |
Italy: 1926 North Pole Flight Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile Zeppelin stamp showing airship over pole & route map, vert pair, lower stamp INVERTED centre due to frame cliche being inverted. Superb fresh, normal MLH, error MUH, with special expedition cachet on reverse. Spectacular. (P)
| SOLD at A$250 | ||
| 2025 |
Italy: 1926 North Pole Flight Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile Zeppelin stamp showing airship over pole & route map, cnr blk of 4, LL stamp INVERTED centre due to frame cliche being inverted, plus IMPERF horiz between vert prs, with special flight cachets on back. Superb fresh, 2 normals MLH, error MUH. Spectacular & extremely rare error combination. (4) (P)
| AVAILABLE at A$700 | ||
| 2026 |
Italy: 1926 North Pole Flight Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile Zeppelin stamp showing airship over pole & route map, horiz cnr IMPERF pair, left stamp INVERTED centre due to frame cliche being inverted, plus with blue colour (oceans) DOUBLE printed, and brown colour (continents) totally omitted. VF UN. Spectacular & extremely rare error combination. (2) (P)
| AVAILABLE at A$500 | ||
| 2027 |
New Zealand: 1915 Auckland Islands General Grant Expedition ½d green & 1d red. Superb VFU on piece with "AUCKLAND ISLANDS CATLING'S EXPEDITION 23 MAR 1916" cancels. While mint sets are easily available, used sets are extremely rare with only several recorded. BPA photo-cert. (2) (P)
| AVAILABLE at A$1500 | ||
| 2028 |
Polar Mail: Good collection of covers, mainly South Pole inc Argentina 1964-81 (40), Brazil (4), Chile (11) -mostly 1970s, Peru (2), French Antarctic 2003-04 (5), Peru (2), USA (70) 1947 to mid 1980s. Most with cachets inc "Operation Highjump 1947" (3), "Operation Deep Sea 1965", "USS Burton Island 1965" etc, plus odds inc couple of real photos, AAT & obscure European. Appear all diff. Mostly F-VF. (170)
| SOLD at A$375 | ||
| 2029 |
Literature: "Discovery II in The Antarctic" by John Coleman-Cooke (1st edition, 1963, retail $50). "Seventh Continent" by Scholes (Book Club edition, 1954, retail $30). "The World's Great Adventure inc the Heroic Achievements of Admiral Richard Evelyn Bird" by Miller (1st ed, 1930 -missing end paper map, retail $80+). "Biological Reports of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition 1955-58" (pub 1966, Israel) "With Scott to the Pole" by Marshall (1960 ed), "America in the Antarctic to 1840" by Mitterling (1st ed, 1959, retail $60), "Edward Wilson: Nature Lover" by Seaver (1941 ed, retail $60). Plus 4 others inc "Antarctic Housewife" by Nan Brown (1st ed, 1971). Some minor foxing - toning & sl water damage in places, generally F or better. Est total Gaston Renard 1999 retail $350. (11 books inc 2 paper backs)
| AVAILABLE at A$80 | ||
| 2030 |
Literature: "Endurance -An Epic of Polar Adventure" by Cmdr Frank Worsley (1939 reprint, retail $40). "The Last Continent" by Liverside (1st Ed, 1958, retail $40). "A World of Men (Exploration in Antarctica)" by Herbert (1st Ed, 1968 inc pull-out map supplement, retail $65). "Scott of the Antarctic" by Pound (1st Ed, 1966). "The Lonely South" by Graves (Travel Book Club Ed). "Antarctica - Or Two Years Amongst the Ice at the South Pole" by Nordenskjold (1977 English Ed pub by UQP, retail $125). "The Loneliest Continent" by Chapman (1st Ed, 1967). "The Great White South" by Ponting (1950 Ed, retail $60). "The Norwegian with Scott" Hattersley-Smith, pub by National Maritime Museum 1984, retail $80). "This is Antarctica" by Dukert (1968 Ed, Angus & Robertson). "From Scott to Fuchs" by Bowman (Cadet Ed, 1960). "Great True Adventures in Ice & Snow" by Bristow & Hinton (1957). F-VF. Est retail (Gaston Renard 1999) $500+. (12)
| AVAILABLE at A$110 | ||
| 2031 |
Literature: E.H. Shackleton "21 Meilen Vom Sudpol (die Geschichte der Britischen Sudpol-Expedition 1907/09)", pub W Gusserot, Berlin, circa 1910. Written in German in Gothic style text, 2 vol set. Light foxing to fly pages o/w VGC. Rare duo.
| AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
| 2032 |
Literature: "Kapitan Scott-Letze Fahrt" (Zweiter Band), pub by S.A. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1913, (Part 2, written in German in "Gothic style text). 384 pgs with photographs & 2 maps as a lift-out "appendix". VG condition.
| AVAILABLE at A$50 | ||
| 2033 |
Literature: "The Voyage of the Discovery" by Capt Robert F. Scott. 2 vol orig 1905 s/c ed "For circulation only in India & British Colonies. Sl cover wear, end papers foxed, o/w GC, comp with maps.
| AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
| 2034 |
Literature: "Antarctica-The Last horiz on" by Bechervaise (pub 1979, by Cassell Australia, retail $125). "A History of Polar Exploration" by Mountfield (1974 Hamlyn, retail $75). "Sending Into History" by Harrowfield (1st ed 1981, MacMillan, retail $135). "The Winning of Australian Antarctica -Mawson's BANZARE Voyages 1929-31", by Price (1st ed 1962, retail $125). "Scott's Last Voyage -(Through The Antarctic Camera of Herbert Ponting)" by Savours, editor (1st ed 1975, retail $85). "Two Huts In The Antarctic" by Quartermain, (1st ed, 1963, stiff pictorial wrappers, retail $75), "Penguin Road" by Daiziel & illustrated by Frank Norton (2nd ed 1956, retail $70), "Photographer of the World -A Biography of Herbert Ponting" by Arnold (1st ed 1969, retail $100), plus 3 others. Some foxing/toning in places, generally F-VF. Gaston Renard 1999 retail $800+ (11)
| AVAILABLE at A$200 | ||
| 2035 |
Literature: "Mawson of the Antarctic" by Paquita Mawson (1st Ed, 1964). "The Great White South" by Herbert G Ponting (10th Impression, 1933). "South with Mawson" by Charles F Laseron (2nd Ed, 1957). "Blizzard & Fire, (A Year of Mawson, Antarctica)" by John Bechervaise (1st Ed, 1963). "Once More on my Future, (The Life of Frank Hurley)" by F Legg & T Hurley (1st Ed, 1966). "Australia in the Antarctic" by R A Swan (1st Ed, 1961). "The Far South" by John Bechervaise (1st Ed, 1961). "Fourteen Men (The Story of the Australian Antarctic Expedition to Heard island)" by Arthur Scholes (1st Ed, 1951). "South with Scott" by Admiral Lord Mountevans ('reduced size", revised 1948 Ed, pub by Collins-London & Glasgow). "The Sea & the Snow" by Philip Temple (1st Ed, 1966). "South with Scott" by Admiral Sir Edward RGR Evans (comp with fold-out map, pub ca 1960 by Collins-London & Glasgow). Est Gaston Renard 1999 retail list $500. Foxing in places, mainly end papers, partially dirty on top edges, o/w F-VF. (11 books)
| SOLD at A$110 | ||
| 2036 |
Literature: "Scott of The Antarctic - The Film & It's Production" by David James (retail $65). "The Sea & The Snow" by Temple (1st edition 1966, retail $85). "Antarctic Conquests" by Chapman (1st ed, 1965). "The Abominable Snow-Women" by Dorothy Braxton (1st ed, 1969), "A Very Gallant Gentleman" (No Surrender Oates) by Bennacchi (1935 - retail $95). "The Conquest of the South Pole" by J Gordon Hayes (1936, retail $95). "Alone" by Richard E Byrd (1939 -spine damage). Plus 5 others inc "South Latitude" by Ommannery. Estimated Gaston Renard 1999 total retail $500. Generally F-VF. (12 books)
| AVAILABLE at A$110 | ||
| 2037 |
Literature: "Shackleton's Argonauts" by Frank Hurley with photographs by the author (1956 Ed, pub by Angus & Robertson). "The Crossing of Antarctica" by Fuchs & Hillary (2nd Cadet Ed 1965, pub by Cassell-London). "South With Scott" by Admiral Lord Mountevans (1958 Ed, pub by Collins-London). "Shackleton's Boat Journeys" by Commander Worsley (1940 Ed, pub by Hodder & Stoughton). "South With Mawson" by Laseron (1st Ed 1947, pub by Harrap & Co-London). "The Great White South" by H G Ponting (10th Ed 1932, pub by Duckworth-London). "The Worst Journey in the World" by Cherry-Garrard (2 Vol set, pub by Penguin 1938, aged & foxed). "Antarctica" Helm & Miller - The Story of the NZ Party of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition (pub by Govt Printer, Wellington 1964). "Antarctica Ahoy" by Smuul (pub in English by "Foreign Language Publishing House - Moscow"). "The Coldest Place on Earth" by Thomson (1st Ed, 1969). "Scott's Last Expedition" - The Personal Journals of Captain Scott. Most not mentioned in Gaston & Renards 1999 comprehensive list. Some light edge aging & foxing in places, high overall retail. (12)
| SOLD at A$100 | ||
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