Number of results: 34
1417
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: 1901 (Oct. 16) official expedition picture postcard of the ""Antarctic"" (Wharton CA-1)sent by Carl Skottsberg, the expedition botanist, from Gothenburg to his mother in Stockholm on the day of the expedition's departure, franked 5 öre cancelled PKXP No 8.A, with next day arrival c.d.s. and two line cachet of the Hotel Göta Kallare where the members of the expedition had been staying. Photo. Price Realised £1150 |
1418
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: 1901 (Oct. 19) official expedition envelope sent insured by Carl Larsen from Sandefjord, Norway, to Copenhagen, correctly franked by 3 öre and 20 öre pairs and insured for 350 kr., with five wax seals on reverse, one embossed ""C.A. LARSEN"", with Oct. 21 arrival. The only recorded insured expedition cover. Photo. Price Realised £1250 |
1419
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: 1901 (Oct. 19) official expedition picture postcard of the ""Antarctic"" (Wharton CA-1) written and signed by leader Otto Nordenskjöld on the 17th and sent from Sandefjord to Gothenburg franked 5 öre, with fine strike of violet ''S.Y. ''ANTARCTIC''/SWEDISH/EXPEDITION'' cachet at left and next day arrival c.d.s. below. Photo. Price Realised £780 |
1420
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: 1901 (Oct. 24) official expedition envelope sent by Carl Skottsberg, the expedition botanist, from Dover to his mother in Stockholm, backstamped by Oct. 26 arrival c.d.s.'s, the adhesive excised as usual but very scarce. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1421
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: 1901 (Oct. 27) official expedition picture postcard of the ""Antarctic"" (Wharton CA-1) sent by Gustaf Schönbäck, steward on the vessel, from Falmouth to Stockholm (redirected), franked 1d. and with Oct. 20 arrival datestamps. Photo. Price Realised £1700 |
1422
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: 1901 (Nov. 14) homemade photographic card sent to his mother in Sweden by Gösta Bodman, meteorolgist and hydrographer with the expedition, during the stopover in Sao Vicente, franked by Cape Verde 20r., showing violet cachet ''S.Y. ''ANTARCTIC''/SWEDISH/EXPEDITION'' and Upsala Nov. 27 arrival at left. Photo. Price Realised £1400 |
1423
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: 1901 (Dec.) Envelope sent by Carl Skottsberg, the expedition botanist, from Buenos Aires to Stockholm, showing fine strike of violet cachet ''S.Y. ''ANTARCTIC''/SWEDISH/EXPEDITION'' and arrival datestamp of ''15/1/02'' on reverse, the adhesive excised as usual but very scarce. Photo. Price Realised £250 |
1424
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: 1902 (Jan.) homemade photographic triptych card sent to Sweden by Gösta Bodman, meteorolgist and hydrographer with the expedition, during the brief stopover in Port Stanley, franked by Falklands 1d. with unidentified cancellation, showing violet cachet ''S.Y. ''ANTARCTIC''/SWEDISH/EXPEDITION'' and Feb. 5 arrival datestamp at left. Photo. Price Realised £580 |
1425
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: 1902 (Jan. 6) official expedition picture postcard of the ""Antarctic"" (Wharton CA-1) sent unstamped by Dr. Erik Ekelöf, medical officer and bacteriologist to the expedition, to his father in Sweden endorsed from ""Staten Island/6/1/02"" during stopover in Argentina, with ""T"" in circle, Buenos Aires transit, Stockholm Mar. 7 arrival and 20 öre postage due marking. Photo. Price Realised £650 |
1426
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: 1902 (July 9) envelope sent from Port Stanley to Sweden (redirected within the country) during overwintering, franked at double rate by Falklands 21/2d. (2) cancelled F.4B (with inverted code ""C"" and ""JU"" for ""JY"" month date error), showing violet cachet ''S.Y. ''ANTARCTIC''/SWEDISH/EXPEDITION'', transit and arrival datestamps on reverse, slight creasing and roughly opened. Photo. Price Realised £720 |
1427
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: 1902 (Aug. 19) Envelope sent from Otto Nordenskjöld in Port Stanley to Uppsala, Sweden, franked by Falklands 21/2d., and showing fine strike of violet cachet ''S.Y. ''ANTARCTIC''/SWEDISH/EXPEDITION'' and arrival datestamp of Sept. 26 on reverse, rare. Photo. Price Realised £720 |
1428
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: 1902 (Nov.) Argentine photographic postcard showing iceshelf addressed by Samuel Duse, expedition cartographer, to Sweden and posted from Ushuaia prior to the departure of the ""Antarctic"" on Nov. 5, with violet cachet ''S.Y. ''ANTARCTIC''/SWEDISH/EXPEDITION'' at left and bearing Argentine 1c. and 5c. cancelled Buenos Aires Nov. 18 and with Stockholm Dec. 14 arrival. Photo. Price Realised £800 |
1429
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: Swedish Relief Mission, 1903 (Aug. 25) picture postcard of Bremerhaven sent by expedition member P. Persson to Sweden with fine blue straight line ''ANTARKTISKA UNDSÄTTNINGSEXPEDITIONEN'', with message recording intended departure for Plymouth on the 27th, the card arriving in Karlskrona on that day, creased and with stamps removed but a rare expedition cachet. Photo. Price Realised £2300 |
1430
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: Argentine Relief Expedition, 1903 (Sept. 5) picture postcard of the New Palace Theatre, Plymouth, sent from Plymouth to Sweden by a member of the expedition with return addresses quoted as the Swedish & Norwegian Consulate in Madeira or Buenos Aires, and showing fine strike of the rare violet straight line ""Antarktika undsättningsexpeditionen"" expedition cachet, arriving Gothenburg Sept. 9, archival punch-holes covered for display but very rare, one of just two known examples of the lower case cachet. Photo. Price Realised £2400 |
1431
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: Swedish Relief Mission, 1903 (Sept.) picture postcard of Pope Pius X addressed to ""Hen C. Nigel/Sudpolsfararen ""Frthiof""/Funchal/Madeira"", redirected to Buenos Aires, sent from Stockholm on Sept. 10 franked by 5 öre pair, very slight toning. The only known item addressed to the ""Frithiof"". Photo. Price Realised £600 |
1432
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: Argentine Relief Expedition, 1903 (Oct. 24) homemade photographic card sent and signed by Jorge Yalour, officer on the Argentine relief vessel ""Uruguay"", posted next day from Ushuiaia, Tierra del Fuego, to Buenos Aires franked 5c., rare. Photo. Price Realised £1450 |
1433
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: Swedish Relief Mission, 1903 (Nov. 21) postcard of the ""Frithiof"" (Wharton CI-9) written, dated and sent by expedition leader Olof Gylden with interesting message and fine strike of rare blue straight line ''ANTARKTISKA UNDSÄTTNINGSEXPEDITIONEN'' cachet, posted from Ushuiaia on Dec. 3 to Vice-Consul C. Bolinder in Sweden bearing 5c., with Buenos Aires Dec. 13 transit, Stockholm Jan. 8 1904 arrival and 4 öre postage due marking. Photo. Price Realised £6200 |
1434
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: 1903 (Dec. 11) invitation and printed menu card for celebration meal held at the Centro Naval in Buenos Aires in honour of the safe return of the ""Uruguay"" from its rescue mission, the menu bearing eleven signatures incl. officers Irizar, Hermelo, Yalour and Sobral. Rare. Photo. Price Realised £550 |
1435
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: 1903 (Dec. 12) postcard with sketch of Nordenskjold (Wharton CI-11), dated and signed by him two days after the departure from Buenos Aires of the expedition party on the ""Tijuca"", addressed back to the city with fragment affixed bearing German 5pf. cancelled at Boulogne Jan. 5 1904 and additionally tied by ""DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/LINIE/HAMBURG/SUD AMERIKA/5/1/04"" oval datestamp which also cancels original Argentine 5c., most unusual. Ex Flaat. Photo. Price Realised £250 |
1436
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: Picture postcard of Tierra del Fuego showing signatures of Samuel Duse, Otto Nordenskjöld, Carl Skottsberg, Carl Larsen, Gösta Bodman, K.A. Andersson and José Sobral, minor corner bends or creases but very scarce. Photo. Price Realised £200 |
1437
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: Binnie of Port Stanley, S.Y. ''Antarctic'' series (similar to Binnie's Malvina Series I, see Heyburn), six picture postcards depicting Nelson Island, Landing stores at Winter Station, Greenland Dogs, Tabular Iceberg, View from Nelson Island and Penguin Rookery (Wharton CB-2, CB-4, CB-6, CB-7, CB-8 and CB-10), unused except CB-7 used from Stanley 1905 (Mar. 28) to Rotterdam (stamp removed). Photo. Price Realised £320 |
1438
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: Ballester of Punta Arenas, six cards from the set of eight picture postcards, comprising Wharton CC-1 and CC-2 and CC-8 addressed to England but uncancelled, CC-3 and CC-7 unused, CC-5 used to Cheshire (stamps removed). Price Realised £160 |
1439
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: ''RECUERDO DE LA EXPEDICION ARGENTINA'' (unknown Buenos Aires publisher), with white border, set of six cards (Wharton CD-1 to CD-6) with CD-1 signed by Irizar, CD-3 by Yalour and CD-4 by Bertodano, locally used except CD-5 and CD-6 unused and with additional unused example of CD-1 showing Fernet Branca advertising overprint. (7) Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1440
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: ''RECUERDO DE LA EXPEDICION ARGENTINA'' (unknown Buenos Aires publisher), without white border, the set of six cards less Wharton CD-4a, comprising CD-1a (signed by Irizar) and CD-3a locally used, CD-2a unused, CD-5a and CD-6a unused. (5) Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1441
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: Argentine Relief Expedition, selection of thirteen cards, incl. CD-1 used, CD-1-a unused (with Lloyds label affixed to picture side), CE-2 unused, CE-3 used, La Nación cards XLN-16, XLN-30, XLN-34 (two differing inscriptions) and XLN-40 used, XLN-36, XLN-39 and XLN-53 unused, and coloured Belgian card depicting rescue, unused. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1442
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: 'Recuerdo de la Expedición Polar Argentina' unknown publisher, Wharton CE-1 locally used in La Plata (a trifle stained), CE-2 unused, CE-3 unused (with note) and CE-2a with dated signature (Dec. 2 1903) of Felipe Fliess, locally used in Buenos Aires. Photo. Price Realised £320 |
1443
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: 'Recuerdo de la Expedición al Polo Sud' (unknown publisher), the 'set' of four postcards (Wharton CF-1 to CF-4), CF-1 and CF-3 locally used, the others to France (CF-4 with stamps removed). Photo. Price Realised £160 |
1444
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: Garcia Suarez flag postcards, Wharton CG-1 and CG-2 locally used to the same addressee. Price Realised £65 |
1445
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: privately produced photographic cards featuring the return of the ""Uruguay"", set of four cards (Wharton CH-1 to CH-4) unused. Photo. Price Realised £300 |
1446
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: Picture postcard ""SOUTH GEORGIA, PITCHING THE TENT IN CUMBERLAND BAY, 28TH MAY 1902"", unknown publisher but similar to Falkland Islands Heyburn F series 'British Isles Only', unused, scarce. Wharton CI-1. Photo. Price Realised £60 |
1447
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: Picture postcard ""SOUTH GEORGIA, PITCHING THE TENT IN CUMBERLAND BAY, 28TH MAY 1902"", unknown publisher but similar to Falkland Islands Heyburn F series 'British Isles Only', used 1907 (Feb. 26) to U.S.A. by John Rowen, U.S. Consul in Port Stanley, franked by Falklands Q.V. 1/2d. and carried on the Oropesa'' with Sheldon, Iowa, Apr. 6 arrival although slightly delayed by mis-sending to Buxton, Iowa (annotated ''Missent'' twice in ms.), trivial tear and one creased corner. Wharton CI-1. Photo. Price Realised £240 |
1448
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: Bredahl ""RECUERDO/de la/Expedición del ""ANTARTIC""/AL/POLO SUD"" triptych picture postcard, unused, very scarce. Wharton CI-3. Photo. Price Realised £60 |
1449
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: An attractive selection of individual picture postcards comprising Wharton CI-4 signed by José Sobral, used, CI-5, CI-6 signed by Sobral, unused, CI-6a used, CI-6b unused, CI-6c used to London (stamp removed), CI-7, CI-7a, CI-10, unused, CI-12 and CI-14 used to France, and also Falkland Islands postcard from 1901 George Biggs series showing the ""Antarctic"" in harbour (Heyburn B-11-bz) unused. (12) Price Realised £190 |
1450
| Sale number: 81 Antarctica: Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-04: La Nación series of picture postcards, selection of six cards comprising Wharton XLN-16 ''Uruguay'' departing and XLN-34 Nordenskjöld's hut unused, XLN-39 ''Antarctic'' with water over deck, used to Italy, XLN-40 ''Antarctic'' last moments, bearing cancelled 6c. but unposted, XLN-53 Deck of the ""Frithiof"", unused(with ms. note) and XLNX-1 photographic card of the departure of the ""Uruguay"" (as illustrated by Wharton, reverse damaged). Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
