Number of results: 46
3909
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: Telegram envelope and form addressed to Jack Frost, King Edward VII Land, the envelope ''Post paid'' bearing 1d. Universal cancelled ''31 DE 07'' at Lyttelton with ''FE 3/08'' expedition c.d.s. on reverse, later receiving red octagonal Christchurch Unclaimed datestamp of Mar. 9 1908, most unusual. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3910
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: Canterbury Times postcard from Scott's 1901-04 Expedition (Sledge Parties Preparing to Start) addressed to expedition representative Joseph Kinsey bearing Christchurch Exhibition 1d. lightly cancelled by Jan. 1 1908 c.d.s. (earliest known use) and additionally tied by fine Feb. 27 1908 strike. Rare, only five postcards of this date recorded, all to Kinsey. Wharton DE-8. Photo. Price Realised £210 |
3911
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: 1908 (Jan. 15) Expedition stationery envelope addressed to Wellington bearing King Edward VII Land 1d. cancelled by first day expedition c.d.s., with Jan. 22 Dunedin transit and Jan. 24 machine arrival on reverse, folded both vertically and horizontally and with some stains but scarce, only 130 covers believed to have been produced. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3912
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: Improvised entire from Ernest Joyce, general storeman responsible for dogs, sledges, etc., addressed to a young lady, apparently of some romantic interest, in London, franked by King Edward VII Land 1d. cancelled by Feb. 3 1908 expedition c.d.s. with additional 1d. similarly cancelled inside, Lyttelton and Christchurch Mar. 7 transit markings, somewhat soiled and fragile with hinge reinforcement. Interesting autograph message headed ''King Edward VII Land'', ''We have had a pretty rough time up to now. We are now passing along the Great Ice Barrier looking for a place to put up our hut, hope to find it tomorrow''. Illustrated opp p.9 in ''King Edward VII Land'' by Alexander Séfi (1912). Also unused picture postcard depicting Joyce (Wharton GA-3). Photo. Price Realised £700 |
3913
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: 1908 (Feb. 3) most attractive hand illustrated postcard addressed to the sister of geologist Raymond Priestley in Tewkesbury with message from ''The Icy Regions'', franked by King Edward VII Land 1d. tied by expedition c.d.s. The property of another vendor. Photo. Price Realised £320 |
3914
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: 1908 (Feb. 3) O.P.S.O. envelope addressed to the Old Age Pensions department in Wellington, bearing King Edward VII Land 1d. cancelled by expedition c.d.s., transit and arrival backstamps, creases and other imperfections but unusual usage. Photo. Price Realised £120 |
3915
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: 1908 (Feb. 3) expedition stationery long envelope addressed to Cheltenham, franked by King Edward VII Land with expedition c.d.s., two vertical cover folds but an attractive clean item. Photo. Price Realised £120 |
3916
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: Expedition envelope addressed by Bertram Armytage of the shore party, to Melbourne, Victoria, franked by King Edward VII Land 1d. cancelled by Feb. 3 1908 expedition c.d.s. Photo. Price Realised £170 |
3917
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: 1908 (Feb. 3) long expedition envelope addressed to expedition representative Joseph Kinsey in Christchurch, bearing King Edward VII Land 1d. tied by expedition c.d.s., vertical fold well clear. The property of another vendor. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3918
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: Expedition envelope addressed by biologist James Murray to Liverpool, franked by King Edward VII Land 1d. cancelled by Feb. 3 1908 expedition c.d.s., the cover toned and with other faults nevertheless a scarce item. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3919
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: 1908 (Feb. 4) picture postcard of Auckland harbour addressed to Christchurch with message from electrician and member of the motor party, Bernard Day headed ''Cape Royds'' sent from Lyttelton Mar. 7 franked 1/2d. Pictorial. ''These are our new quarters at the foot of Erebus, we could not get into King Edward's land so had to return here.'' The property of another vendor. Photo. Price Realised £320 |
3920
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: 1908 (Feb. 4) Autograph letter from T. W. E. 'Edgeworth' David, geologist and director of scientific staff, the letter dated Feb. 20, ''We are at present drifting in a heavy blizzard'', but enclosed in expedition envelope, roughly opened, to Christchurch bearing King Edward VII Land 1d. cancelled by Feb. 3 c.d.s., backstamped Lyttelton Mar. 7 transit. During this expedition David was to lead the first ascent of Mount Erebus and reach the South Magnetic Pole. The property of another vendor. Photo. Price Realised £780 |
3921
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: 1908 (Feb. 4) real photographic postcard of Waimangu Geyser addressed to Paisley, Scotland, with message from electrician and member of the motor party, Bernard Day headed ''Cape Royds'' apparently promising an expedition stamp as ''everybody is craving for one in New Zealand'' yet franked by unoverprinted 1d. Universal from Lyttelton Mar. 7. The property of another vendor. Photo. Price Realised £320 |
3922
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: 1908 (Feb. 27) Coloured picture postcard of Wellington harbour, addressed to J. Kinsey, expedition representative in New Zealand, and unusually bearing unoverprinted 1d. Universal cancelled by expedition c.d.s. The property of another vendor. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3923
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: Autograph letter on SY ''Nimrod'' expedition letterhead from T. W. E. 'Edgeworth' David, geologist and director of scientific staff, to Edgar Waite, curator of Canterbury Museum in Christchurch, introducing Dr. William A.R. Michell, a fellow member of the shore party, ''Dr Michell has made himself beloved by all on board the Nimrod'', the letter dated Feb. 22 but enclosed in expedition envelope bearing King Edward VII Land 1d. cancelled by Feb. 3 c.d.s. During this expedition David was to lead the first ascent of Mount Erebus and reach the South Magnetic Pole. Photo. Price Realised £450 |
3924
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: Unaddressed expedition envelope bearing King Edward VII Land 1d. unusually cancelled by Feb. 27 1908 expedition c.d.s. in green with additional strike in black alongside, minor creases. From the Kinsey family collection. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3925
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: Cover addressed to the wife of the captain of the ''Nimrod'' Rupert England c/o Mrs Tapley, Governor's Bay, sent Apr. 9 1908 from Christchurch franked 1d. Universal (tone spot) whilst ''Nimrod'' was in Lyttelton. Lieutenant Rupert G. England, RNVR, was said to have resigned his post for health reasons but had been in continual disagreement with Shackleton who found his captain frustratingly overcautious. Also a picture postcard of the ''Nimrod'' (Wharton GI-7) Photo. Price Realised £120 |
3926
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09: Incoming picture postcard sent from Christchurch Nov. 28 1908, franked 1d. Universal and addressed to a Miss Gertrude Roberts at ''King Edward VII Land/South Pole'', showing violet two line cachet ''NOT KNOWN AT/KING ED-V11 LAND'', similar ms. endorsement, and red Christchurch Unclaimed octagonal datestamp of ''4-DEC 1908''. Very scarce, only 39 envelopes and 43 postcards received this marking. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3927
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: Expedition envelope addressed by expedition leader Ernest Shackleton to Auckland, franked by King Edward VII Land 1d. cancelled by Mar. 4 1909 expedition c.d.s., vertical creasing. Also Shackleton's signature on piece and scarce photographic vignette postcard of the return of the expedition (Wharton GG-2) unused. Photo. Price Realised £350 |
3928
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: Selection incl. King Edward 1d. cancelled ''JA 15/08'', unused expedition hydrographic label on parchment, postcards with Wharton types GA-3, 4, 7, 9 and 10 showing Plasmon biscuits advertisement on reverse, GB-2-a (used Jan. 5 1908), GF-6 (slightly trimmed), GI-7, GI-1a, Hassan cigarette card of Shackleton, ''King Edward VII Land'' by Sefi (reprint), study notes, etc. Price Realised £240 |
3929
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: Picture postcards (Unknown publisher), Sets 1 and 2, mainly fine unused, GA-11 with slight tonespotting on reverse but with additional example showing Plasmon biscuits advertisement. Wharton GA-1 to GA-12. (13) Price Realised £190 |
2156
| Sale number: 99 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: King Edward VII Land 1908 Royle printing 1d. rose-carmine, unmounted mint, light horizontal crease, otherwise fine. S.G. A1, cat. £475. Photo.* Price Realised UNSOLD |
2157
| Sale number: 99 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: ''King Edward VII/Land'' 1d. rose-carmine, Royle printing, right margin block of six (2 x 3) c.t.o. by Expedition ''MR 4/09'' c.d.s's (closing date of the first Antarctic post office), endorsed and signed in margin, ''Some of the first/Polar stamps issued/EH Shackleton/Postmaster'' and further on reverse of margin, ''To the Hon JA Calder/from Ernest Shackleton/Ottawa 1921''. Presented by Shackleton to the Canadian senator and noted philatelist, James Alexander Calder (1868-1956). Photo.* Price Realised £650 |
2158
| Sale number: 99 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: ''King Edward VII/Land'' 1d. rose-carmine, Waterlow printing, c.t.o., faint hint of toning otherwise fine. S.G. A1b, cat. £850. Photo.* Price Realised £170 |
730
| Sale number: 107 Antarctica: British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09: King Edward VII Land 1d., Royle printing, a rare block of eight (4 x 2) from the foot of the sheet with part papermaker's wmk. ''ZEAL'' in margin, small part original gum (disturbed), some toned perfs. and colour diffusion, striking. S.G. A1. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
731
| Sale number: 107 Antarctica: British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09: King Edward VII Land 1d., an exceptional irregular block of 34 from the top of the sheet, c.t.o. Mar 4 1909, the closing date of the first Antarctic post office, annotated and signed ''The first Polar issued/E.H. Shackleton'' in upper margin, mainly fine. S.G. A1. Photo. Price Realised £1400 |
737
| Sale number: 116 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: 1908 (Feb. 27) picture postcard addressed to Christchurch, bearing New Zealand 1906 Christchurch Exhibition 1/2d. pair tied ''BRIT ANTARCTIC EXPD/BE 27/08'' c.d.s's, fine. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1148
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: King Edward VII Land 1d. examples mint (vertical crease, Brandon certificate, 1978), used block of four and singles (2, one on piece with ''MR 4/09'' expedition c.d.s.). S.G. A1, cat. £727. Price Realised £120 |
1149
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: Expedition envelope addressed to Sussex bearing King Edward VII Land 1d. tied by ''JA 15/08'' first day c.d.s., horizontal cover fold well clear. Photo. Price Realised £270 |
1150
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: 1908 (Feb. 23) expedition envelope addressed to Edgar Waite, Curator of the Canterbury Museum, franked King Edward VII Land 1d. endorsed ''Introducing Dr. Michell/of S.Y. ''Nimrod'''' with enclosed letter on expedition S.Y. ''Nimrod'' stationery headed ''Off Evans/Febry. 22nd 1908'' written and signed by Edgeworth David. Expedition geologist and Director of scientific staff, Tannatt William Edgeworth David (1858-1934), led the first ascent of Mount Erebus and claimed the South Magnetic Pole for the British Empire. Dr. William A.R. Michell, was surgeon and a fellow member of the shore party. Edgar R. Waite had himself participated as a zoologist on the 1907 Sub-Antarctic Islands Scientific Expedition. Ex Harry Evans. Photo. Price Realised £850 |
1151
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: 1908 (Feb. 27) coloured picture postcard of Queenstown bearing New Zealand 1d. tied by Expedition c.d.s., with typewritten address to agents Kinsey Barns & Co. and endorsement ''Per S.Y. ''Nimrod''. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1152
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: 1908 (Feb. 27) Canterbury Times picture postcard from 1901-04 Expedition (Set 2, Wharton DE-20) addressed to J. Kinsey in Christchurch, bearing New Zealand 1906 Christchurch Exhibition ½d. pair cancelled by lightly struck Canterbury c.d.s., reused with two strikes of expedition c.d.s., faint staining. The property of another vendor. Photo. Price Realised £180 |
1153
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: Mainly unused selection of cards comprising Expedition cards, Set 1 GA-3, GA-4, GA-5 and GA-6 (lightly toned), two cards showing the ''Nimrod'' GH-1 and GI-2, also two cards from Shackleton's 1914-16 Expedition: Figurehead of London NA-7 and NA-8, three Keystone View co. stereoscope cards showing the ''Belgica'', Amundsen and de Gerlache respectively and Cerebos Salt advertising card XPU-1-a (faults). (12 items) Price Realised £250 |
680
| Sale number: 122 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: 1907 (Aug. 16) expedition envelope sent by Ernest Shackleton to fellow explorer Otto Nordenskjöld in Sweden, franked 21/2d. with machine cancellation, Gothenburg Aug. 18 arrival backstamps. Also a scan of the original enclosed letter signed by Shackleton, now held in the Nordenskjöld archive in the Library of the University of Gothenburg. Photo. Price Realised £800 |
681
| Sale number: 122 Antarctica: British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09: 1907 (Dec. 21) New Zealand 2d. stationery envelope addressed to a Capt. Russell (not a member of the expedition) at King Edward VII Land, sent from Christchurch endorsed ''Per ''Nimrod'' with red framed Christchurch Unclaimed octagonal datestamp of ''9 MAR 1908'', backstamped Lyttelton Jan. 1 and, unusually, by fair Br. Antarctic Exped. c.d.s. of ''FE 3/08''. Scarce, it being said that Shackleton fed most fictitiously named mail to the penguins. Photo. Price Realised £250 |
682
| Sale number: 122 Antarctica: British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09: 1908 King Edward VII Land 1d., examples mint, unused and used (2) on pieces, mainly fine, also ''King Edward VII Land'' by Alexander Séfi (David Field, 1912). S.G. A1. Photo. Price Realised £110 |
683
| Sale number: 122 Antarctica: British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09: 1908 King Edward VII Land 1d. right marginal arrow block of four from rows 5 and 6 showing light and dark overprints cancelled by central expedition c.d.s. ''MR 4/09'', closing date of the first Antarctic post office. S.G. A1, var. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
684
| Sale number: 122 Antarctica: British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09: 1908 King Edward VII Land 1d., two blocks of four cancelled by central expedition c.d.s., one ''FE 27/08'' without time slug on the day the post office was fully established, the other (on piece) ''MR 4/09'', closing date of the first Antarctic post office. S.G. A1. Price Realised UNSOLD |
685
| Sale number: 122 Antarctica: British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09: 1908 King Edward VII Land 1d. rose-carmine, Waterlow printing, lightly cancelled, fine. S.G. A1b, cat. £850. Photo. Price Realised £300 |
686
| Sale number: 122 Antarctica: British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09: Selection of thirteen items, incl. 1908 (Feb. 27) coloured picture postcard of Wellington harbour, addressed to J. Kinsey, expedition representative in New Zealand, and unusually bearing unoverprinted 1d. Universal cancelled by expedition c.d.s., four page souvenir fundraising pamphlet ''Souvenir of the ''Nimrod'' after a thrilling expedition'' by W.W. Boyes, published by the N.Z. Times Co. Ltd, horizontal fold, also cards GA-2 to GA-4, GA-7, GA-9 to GA-12 and GI-7 unused, GB-1a used. Photo. Price Realised £350 |
687
| Sale number: 122 Antarctica: British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09: Large lady's fan, or abanico, depicting a bullfighting scene, signed by ''Ernest H. Shackleton/B.A.E. 1907-09'', also previously by ''Fridtjof Nansen 18/22/11/92'' whilst in preparation for his ''Fram'' Expedition attempt on the North Pole. Some faults but a most unusual item. Photo. Price Realised £270 |
688
| Sale number: 122 Antarctica: British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09: Real photographic cards, ''LIEUTENANT SHACKLETON & HIS FRIEND POWYS ...'', a little faded, (Wharton GE-1), ''SHACKLETON'S DASH FOR THE SOUTH POLE'' (GI-1-b), corner crease, ''S.S. NIMROD LYTTELTON MAR.25.09'' (GL-7) and untitled (GL-9, ''Nimrod'' at Gladstone Pier, Lyttelton) and one unlisted by Wharton (''The ''Nimrod'' leaving Lyttelton for the South Pole: January 1st 08'', oval vignette), unused, scarce. (5 cards) Photo. Price Realised £550 |
2730
| Sale number: 126 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: Picture postcards (Unknown publisher), Sets 1 and 2, mainly good to fine unused. Wharton GA-1 to GA-12. (12 cards) Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
2731
| Sale number: 126 Antarctica: British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09: 1908 King Edward VII Land 1d. right marginal arrow block of four from rows 5 and 6 showing light and dark overprints cancelled by central expedition c.d.s. ''MR 4/09'', closing date of the first Antarctic post office. S.G. A1, var. Photo. Price Realised £70 |
2732
| Sale number: 126 Antarctica: British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09: 1908 King Edward VII Land 1d., two blocks of four cancelled by central expedition c.d.s., one ''FE 27/08'' without time slug on the day the post office was fully established, the other (on piece) ''MR 4/09'', closing date of the first Antarctic post office. S.G. A1. Price Realised £90 |
914
| Sale number: 129 Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: Canterbury Times postcard (Gun Cotton Explosion) from the British National Expedition 1901-04 addressed to J.J. Kinsey in Christchurch bearing King Edward VII Land 1d. and Victoria Land 1d. cancelled by expedition c.d.s's of Feb. 27 1908 and Feb. 9 1911 respectively, an unusual item linking three different expeditions. Wharton DE-7. Photo. Price Realised £220 |
