Number of results: 78
3949
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: 1907 envelope addressed to his mother in Scotland by Lt. Henry Robertson 'Birdie' Bowers, sent from Mandalay ''31 MA 07'' franked 1a. and redirected to Switzerland with added G.B. 11/2d. (surface scrape) cancelled at Rothesay ''AP 22/07'' with Apr. 24 arrival backstamp. Also photocopy of transcript (by his sister May) of original enclosed letter written whilst on duty on board the R.I.M.S. vessel ''Sladen''. The only member of the Scott expedition without polar experience, Bowers had enlisted in the Royal Indian Marine Service in 1905, and later perished with Scott in their tent on their return from the South Pole. The property of another vendor. Photo. Price Realised £200 |
3950
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: 1909, eight page autograph letter to his mother headed ''Northbrook/Rangoon River/15 I '09'' written on Royal Indian Marine stationery and signed on first page by Lt. Henry Robertson 'Birdie' Bowers, who perished with Scott in their tent on their return from the South Pole. This lengthy and informative letter, indicating his restlessness with his current situation, was written whilst on duty on board the R.I.M.S. gunboat ''Northbrook''on the Rangoon river to discourage gunrunning. The only member of the Scott expedition without polar experience, Bowers had enlisted in the Royal Indian Marine Service in 1905. A very scarce item, most Bowers letters being now held in archives. The property of another vendor. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3951
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: 1909 Royal Indian Marine Service envelope addressed to his mother in Scotland by Lt. Henry Robertson 'Birdie' Bowers, sent Mar. 4 1909 franked 1a. (slight perf. toning) with Rothesay Mar. 20 arrival backstamp. Also photocopy of transcript (by his sister May) of original enclosed letter written whilst on duty on board the R.I.M.S. vessel ''Dufferin''. The only member of the Scott expedition without polar experience, Bowers had enlisted in the Royal Indian Marine Service in 1905, and later perished with Scott in their tent on their return from the South Pole. The property of another vendor. Photo. Price Realised £210 |
3952
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Three autograph letters written and signed by Lieutenant Wilfred Bruce, navigating officer on the ''Terra Nova'' and the brother-in-law of expedition leader, Captain Robert Scott, the first a two page letter headed ''P&O S.S. Oriental/Shanghai/via Siberia/15.3.10'', the second a five page letter headed ''Terra Nova/Mangnui N I/Aug. 21st 1911'', and the last a single page from ''Terra Nova/Lyttelton/17th Nov 1912'' enclosed in envelope addressed to Buriton Rectory, Stratford on Avon (redirected to Stourbridge), sent from Christchurch Nov. 19 1912. The ''Terrra Nova'' left Lyttelton on Dec. 4 to evacuate the South Pole party and Base members. Photo. Price Realised £450 |
3953
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Royal Geographical Society printed menu for farewell luncheon held in honour of Captain Scott and his expedition at the Holborn Restaurant, May 31 1910 with separate instructions for attendance (slight creases). The property of another vendor. Photo. Price Realised £420 |
3954
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Official acknowledgement of donation of £2.10s. on British Antarctic Expedition, 1910 letterhead and accompanying receipt bearing G.B. K.E.VII 1d. cancelled by purple double oval expedition '' 6 JUN 1910'' datestamp, both signed by Scott. The property of another vendor. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3955
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Capt. Lawrence Oates, two page autograph letter headed ''S.Y. Terra Nova/Cardiff'' sent to his mother in Colwyn Bay with complaints of an excess of visitors and invitations, ''We are in a frightful state of ordered confusion'', and accompanying cover franked 1d. tied by June 10 1910 Cardiff machine cancellation with next day arrival backstamp. An important item sent shortly before the final departure of the expedition. Ex Flaat. The property of another vendor. Photo. Price Realised £3200 |
3956
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: 1910 (Aug.) Cape of Good Hope 1/2d.+1/2d. reply card (separated) locally addressed Aug. 2 by the Secretary of the Royal Society of South Africa with invitation to a fundraising banquet in honour of ''Captain Scott and the Officers and Scientific Staff accompanying him on his Antarctic Expedition'', the reply half redirected to third party, both halves with diagonal corner bend. The property of another vendor. Photo. Price Realised £110 |
3957
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Expedition envelope locally addressed and hand delivered to the HM Dockyard at Simonstown, enclosing autograph letter dated ''1/9/10'' regarding supplies, sent by chief engineer Edgar Riley, ''We sail at daylight on Friday (tomorrow).'' The property of another vendor. Photo. Price Realised £230 |
3958
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Expedition envelope enclosing interesting seven page (one sheet missing) autograph letter from able seaman on the ''Terra Nova'' James Paton telling of the journey from Simonstown, selection of the shore parties, etc., sent to London Oct. 17 1910 franked Victoria 1d. (2) cancelled by Port Melbourne duplex, the cover a little soiled and stained. Ex 'Discovery' collection. The property of another vendor. Photo. Price Realised £270 |
3959
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Rotary Photographic postcard of Scott and the ''Terra Nova'' sent by Kathleen Scott, wife of Captain Scott, to her sister in Stratford-on-Avon from Sydney during her return voyage from New Zealand after her husband's departure to the Antarctic, bearing unaccepted New Zealand 1/2d. with circular ''T/10/CENTIMES'' mark alongside and ''1D/I.B. below, received Jan. 7 1911 with arrival c.d.s., horizontal crease but an important item. ''I've seen him off & now I'm on my way home . . . Wolf (Wilfred Bruce, her brother and an officer on the ''Terra Nova'') went off with him all in great form . . . Wolf will be heard of again in April, Con (Scott, her husband) not till April 1912 or perhaps 1913''. Also an unused example of the card. Wharton KB-7199B Price Realised £1600 |
3960
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Autograph letter headed ''Ross Sea/1st January/1911'' on expedition stationery written by Edward Atkinson, enclosed in expedition envelope to London franked by Victoria Land 1d. cancelled by fine strike of Jan. 19 1911 expedition datestamp, both rather aged and a little faded. Dr. Edward L. Atkinson, surgeon and parasitologist, was in command of the expedition's base at Cape Evans for much of 1912 and who led the party which found the tent containing the bodies of Scott, Bowers and Wilson, Photo. Price Realised £230 |
3961
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Autograph four page letter on ''Terra Nova'' expedition stationery headed ''Ross Sea/Antarctic/2/1/11'' written by meteorologist George Simpson, ''Tomorrow we expect to be in sight of winter quarters ... Weare all full of hope and are looking forward to the new life which will commence as soon as we land.'' Enclosed in expedition envelope addressed to Derbyshire franked Victoria Land 1d. cancelled by Jan. 19 1911 c.d.s. whilst two days sailing from Cape Crozier, together with printed slip, annotated by Simpson on reverse, warning the recipient not to divulge any information received nor publish any photographs. Photo. Price Realised £550 |
3962
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Victoria Land 1/2d. and 1d. tied by Jan. 18 1913 individual expedition c.d.s's to piece from ''Terra Nova'' expedition stationery. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3963
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Small expedition envelope addressed by Lieutenant Teddy Evans to Sir Clements Markham in London, franked by Victoria Land 1d. by Jan. 19 1911 expedition c.d.s, the earliest date, vertical fold well clear of adhesive and some very faint staining. Lieutenant Edward R.G.R. Evans, R.N., was second-in-command of the expedition and captain of the ''Terra Nova''. He accompanied Scott to within 150 miles of the Pole, but later became seriously ill with scurvy and was invalided home, only narrowly surviving the return journey. Sir Clements Markham, former President of the Royal Geographical Society, was the principal organiser of the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901–04, and assisted with fundraising for the 1910 Expedition, serving on the organising committee and arranging the deal which brought in Lieutenant Evans as second-in-command in return for the abandonment of Evans's own expedition plans. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3964
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Expedition envelope bearing Victoria Land 1d. cancelled Jan. 19 1911 expedition c.d.s. with autograph two page letter on expedition stationery headed ''Ross Sea/Antarctic/3/1/11'' written by meteorologist George Simpson to the daughter of physicist Arthur Schuster at Bedale School, enclosing a mint marginal example of our ''special stamp'' and, advising intention to place the envelope in another for sending ''as the stamp will be worth having they may be stolen in the post.'' The property of another vendor. Photo. Price Realised £260 |
3965
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: 1911 (Jan. 23), the rare cancellation date, this believed to be the only recorded example, on small expedition envelope addressed by member of the motor party Bernard Day to the sister of fellow expedition member Raymond Priestley in Tewkesbury, franked by Victoria Land 1d. showing raised ''D'' variety, tied by expedition c.d.s., slight soiling. Ex Styles. Photo. Price Realised £550 |
3966
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Victoria Land 1/2d. unused (regummed), 1d. unmounted mint block of twelve (R. 6/4-8/7]) incl. variety no stop after ''LAND'', one (not the variety) with tear, 1d. unmounted mint vertical pair with missing perforation pin (one with comma in place of stop), and marginal block of four (toned), one with broken ''V''. Photo. Price Realised £420 |
3967
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Victoria Land 1d., six examples affixed to large piece of ''Terra Nova'' expedition letterhead, five cancelled by Feb. 9 1911 expedition c.d.s., the other uncancelled, endorsed and initialled at foot by by assistant postmaster Francis Drake, creases clear of adhesives and a little faint staining. Photo. Price Realised £190 |
3968
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Small expedition envelope addressed by Lieutenant Wilfred Bruce, navigating officer on the ''Terra Nova'', to his sister Kathleen, wife of expedition leader Captain Robert Scott, initialled at lower left and bearing Victoria Land 1d. showing no stop after ''LAND'' variety {R. 7/5] cancelled by Feb. 9 1911 expedition c.d.s., vertical cover crease well clear. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3969
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Small expedition envelope addressed by expedition leader, Captain Robert Falcon Scott to Sir Clements Markham in London, franked by Victoria Land 1d. tied by fine Feb. 9 1911 expedition c.d.s. Sir Clements Markham, former President of the Royal Geographical Society, was the principal organiser of the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901–04 and launched Scott's polar career. He had strongly supported the 1910 Expedition, assisting with fundraising and serving on the organising committee. Photo. Price Realised £400 |
3970
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Rotary Photographic postcard of Scott and the ''Terra Nova'' sent with greetings message headed ''Cape Evans/McMurdo Sd./Victoria Land/9.2.11 Antarctic'', written and signed by assistant postmaster Francis Drake, sent to expedition representative Joseph Kinsey in Christchurch bearing Victoria Land 1d. tied by neat Feb. 9 1911 c.d.s. Wharton KB-7199B. Photo. Price Realised £230 |
3971
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: New Zealand Post & Telegraph Dept. O.H.M.S. envelope, with mourning band for death of King Edward VII, endorsed ''Personal'' and addressed to Donald Robertson, Secretary of the Post & Telegraph Department in Wellington who had been involved in the authorisation of the Victoria Land overprints, addressed by assistant postmaster Francis Drake, franked Victoria Land cancelled by fine Feb. 9 1911 expedition c.d.s. with Lyttelton Apr. 1 transit on reverse, vertical creases barely detract. Photo. Price Realised £220 |
3972
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Large expedition envelope endorsed on reverse ''From S.Y. Terra Nova, McMurdoe Strait/Ross Sea/Lat. 77° 49' S/Long. 176° 0'E'' addressed to zoologist John Stanley Gardiner at Caius College, Cambridge, franked by Victoria Land 1d. cancelled by expedition Feb. 9 1911 c.d.s. Photo. Price Realised £210 |
3973
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Real photographic picture postcard of the ''Terra Nova'' at Lyttelton (Wharton type KE-5) sent to his cousin in London by Petty Officer Arthur Bailey, with interesting message, ''we have had a lively time so far as no doubt you have seen by the papers'', franked Victoria Land 1d. tied by expedition Feb. 9 1911 c.d.s., slight soiling. Also another real photographic card of the ''Terra Nova'' and contemporary photograph. Photo. Price Realised £420 |
3974
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Large expedition envelope addressed to Elsmie Ward, daughter of a prominent Wellington businessman, addressed by assistant postmaster Francis Drake, franked Victoria Land neatly cancelled by Feb. 9 1911 expedition c.d.s. with Lyttelton Mar. 31 transit on reverse. One of a group of 58 covers sent to important people in New Zealand. Photo. Price Realised £140 |
3975
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: ''Terra Nova'' expedition envelope addressed by geologist Raymond Priestley, member of the northern party, to his brother in Tewksbury, franked by Victoria Land 1d. cancelled by Feb. 9 1911 expedition c.d.s., some staining, vertical crease and other faults. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3976
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: 1911 (Feb. 9) small expedition envelope initialled ''T.N.'' at upper left, addressed to Christchurch franked by Victoria Land 1d. tied by expedition c.d.s. The property of another vendor. The property of another vendor. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3977
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: 1911 (Feb. 9) mailing, Huddart Parker & Co. shipping company envelope to Christchurch franked by Victoria Land 1d. tied by expedition c.d.s. with Lyttelton Mar. 31 transit on reverse, creases clear of adhesive. Photo. Price Realised £120 |
3978
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Large ''Terra Nova'' expedition envelope addressed and endorsed from T. Griffith Taylor, geologist, to Prof. T.W.E. David (Edgeworth David, had been a member of Shackleton's 1907-09 expedition during which he had led the first ascent of Mount Erebus and reached the South Magnetic Pole) sent from Lyttelton Apr. 1 1911 franked 1d. Dominion. Price Realised £230 |
3979
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Expedition envelope addressed to his father in Stratford-on-Avon by Lieutenant Wilfred Bruce, navigating officer on the ''Terra Nova'' and the brother-in-law of expedition leader, Captain Robert Scott, sent Aug. 22 1911 from Mangonui franked by 1d. Dominion, a little roughly opened with flap detached. Photo. Price Realised £140 |
3980
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Expedition envelope addressed to Joseph Kinsey, official representative in Christchurch, New Zealand, bearing Victoria Land 1d. (2) cancelled by expedition c.d.s. of ''9 FE/11'' and ''3 MR/12'' respectively, scarce combination. Photo. Price Realised £150 |
3981
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: ''Last News/Back again in the Hutt/The pole is a certainty/Last news 160 miles from the Pole/The skiis a great success'' a dramatic short message written and signed on expedition stationery by Tryggve Gran, Norwegian ski-expert, contained in large expedition envelope addressed to Dorothy Marshall in Wellington, some tonespotting and tears at top, franked by 1d. Dominion cancelled by Lyttelton Apr. 3 1912 squared circle. Also a photograph of Gran with Evans. Whilst Scott and the rest of the Southern party were on their journey to the Pole, Tryggve Gran accompanied the geological expedition led by T. Griffith Taylor to the Western mountains. In November 1912 Gran was part of the search party that found the tent containing the bodies of the Polar party and returned to the base at Cape Evans wearing Scott's skis, so that they at least might complete the journey. Photo. Price Realised £1900 |
3982
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Large expedition envelope addressed to Katherine Brownlow, sister of expedition leader Robert Scott at his mother's address in Henley-on-Thames, sent from Lyttelton Apr. 3 1912 franked New Zealand 1d. Dominion, sent just a few days after (but before it became known) Scott's death, very slight staining. B.P.A. certificate (1997) The property of another vendor. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3983
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Large expedition envelope addressed by Lieutenant Wilfred Bruce, navigating officer on the ''Terra Nova'', to London, twice redirected, franked by 1d. Dominion cancelled at Lyttelton Apr. 13 1912, some soiling etc. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3984
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Large expedition envelope, some vertical creasing, addressed to Gwenllyan Levick, the sister of George Murray Levick, a member of the Northern party, in Sussex, bearing Victoria Land 1d. tied by Feb. 9 1911 expedition c.d.s. Also sheet of ''Terra Nova'' stationery bearing a further example cancelled by Jan. 18 1913 c.d.s., apparently the original enclosure. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3985
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: 1913 (Jan. 18) registered ''Terra Nova'' expedition cover from the fourth and final mailing from the Cape Evans base, this the only mailing to include registered items, addressed to England with much of address obscured, bearing Victoria Land 1/2d. (2) and 1d. (2) cancelled by expedition c.d.s's with No. 94 registration label similarly cancelled, backstamped Lyttelton Feb. 12 and other transit markings, faint staining and rather roughly opened but enclosing typed advisory message from assistant postmaster Francis Drake. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3986
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: 1913 (Jan. 18) registered expedition cover endorsed sent by Lieutenant Wilfred Bruce, navigating officer on the ''Terra Nova'' and the brother-in-law of expedition leader, Captain Robert Scott, from the fourth and final mailing from the Cape Evans base, this the only mailing to include registered items, addressed to Canterbury, New Zealand, bearing Victoria Land 1d. (3) cancelled by expedition c.d.s's with No. 37 registration label similarly cancelled, backstamped Lyttelton, Christchurch and Ashburton Feb. 12 transit and arrival markings. The property of another vendor. Photo. Price Realised £1200 |
3987
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Large expedition envelope addressed to London by assistant postmaster Francis Drake, bearing Victoria Land 1/2d. and 1d. tied by fine Jan. 18 1913 expedition c.d.s. struck on the evacuation day of the Cape Evans base with original enclosure showing Feb. 9 1911 c.d.s. The property of another vendor. Photo. Price Realised £650 |
3988
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Canterbury Times postcard from Scott's 1901-04 Expedition (Weddell Seal Rookery) addressed to expedition representative Joseph Kinsey bearing Victoria Land 1/2d. (defective at top) and 1d. individually cancelled by expedition c.d.s. of ''9 FE/11'', 3 MR/12'' and ''FE 4/13' (1/2d.) respectively. Rare, this last date when the ''Terra Nova'' was on its return journey to New Zealand is only known on 'Kinsey' items. Wharton DE-12. Photo. Price Realised £190 |
3989
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Late use of expedition envelope sent from Lyttelton Feb. 12 1913 to Armidale, N.S.W., bearing 1d. Dominion pair. The property of another vendor. Photo. Price Realised £95 |
3990
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Three items presented as mementoes by Petty Officer John Hugh Mather of the ''Terra Nova'' to Lt. Cmdr. H.E. Sanders comprising unused expedition envelope, small format, signed by Mather dated Feb. 13 1913, and two Victoria Land 1d. stamps, one c.t.o., the other on fragment commercially used but stained due to encounter with a snowdrift. Price Realised £120 |
3991
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Large expedition envelope addressed by Norwegian ski expert Tryggve Gran to his mother in Norway (locally redirected), showing Lyttelton registration label but with stamps torn away by the recipient. Obverse and reverse separated, the latter showing red octagonal Christchurch Feb. 14 1913 and Wellington Feb. 16 transit marks, Christiania Mar. 29 arrival. Also explanatory letter signed by Gran in 1966. Photo. Price Realised £110 |
3992
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Expedition large mourning envelope with autograph letter on expedition mourning stationery, dated Feb. 28 1913, written by Evan G.H. Evans, sent from expedition headquarters in London franked by 1d. Downey Head on Mar. 1 1913 to Gwenllyan, the sister of George Murray Levick, a member of the Northern party, in Sussex, promising to keep her informed of news of the return of the ''Terra Nova''. Also three Scott memorial postcards. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3993
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: 1913 (Mar. 11) telegram sent from Queanbeyan relaying invitation to ''Commander Evans of Antarctic expedition'' to Canberra ceremony, the posted invitation not received and ordering the recipient at Customs House to ''do everything necessary to see that he comes along''. The property of another vendor. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3994
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Victoria Land 1d. (with comma in place of stop) tied by fine ''JA 18/13'' Expedition c.d.s. (fixed at the time of arrival of the ''Terra Nova'' at Cape Evans), to official Expedition certificate sold for the benefit of a publishing fund. Photo. Price Realised £110 |
3995
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: 1913 (Aug. 2) message on ''Terra Nova'' expedition notepaper, written by physicist and expedition member Charles Seymour Wright and sent from Caius College, Cambridge with Victoria Land 1d. (2) affixed, one cancelled by Jan. 18 1913 expedition c.d.s., a little faint staining. The property of another vendor. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3996
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Expedition stationery, six unused items comprising Expedition letterhead and large envelope, ''Terra Nova'' expedition letterhead (three sizes) and large envelope. Also unused National Antarctic Expedition S.Y. ''Morning'' letterhead from Scott's first expedition, odd crease or minor stain nevertheless scarce. The property of another vendor. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3997
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Scarce real photographic picture postcard of dogs on board the ''Terra Nova'' at Cardiff, unused. Wharton KF-9. The property of another vendor. Photo. Price Realised £150 |
3998
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Fine Art Society picture postcards, Series 1 and 2, two sets of seven cards, mainly fine unused. Wharton KA-1 to KA-14. Photo. Price Realised £280 |
3999
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: 1944, Cambridge University Department of Geology envelope (later annotation) and signed letter from Professor Frank Debenham to an autograph seeker in Wembley. Frank Debenham was one of a group of three geologists on the 1910–1913 Expedition, exploring and mapping the western mountains of Victoria Land. He was unable to take part in the ill-fated attempt on the South Pole due to a knee injury sustained while playing football in the snow, although he did join the second western journey with Griffith Taylor, Tryggve Gran and William Forde. He later became the first director of the Scott Polar Research Institute. The property of another vendor. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
4000
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: 1944, envelope (with University of Birmingham economy label) and signed autograph letter from Raymond Priestley, then Vice-Chancellor, with an interesting comment on the scarcity of his book ''Antarctic Adventure'', half the edition having been destroyed in a Zeppelin raid in 1916. Priestley served as a geologist on both Shackleton's 1907-09 and Scott's 1910-13 expeditions. The property of another vendor. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
2162
| Sale number: 99 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: ''VICTORIA/LAND'' 1/2d. mint with some toned perfs, 1d. upper right corner marginal unmounted mint horizontal pair with sheet no. ''D666929''. Also 1913 (Nov. 4) letter from the 'Antarctic Stamp Dept.', signed and handstamped, accompanying original supply of the pair, and official advertisement. Most unusual. S.G. A2, A3, cat. £860. Photo.* Price Realised UNSOLD |
2163
| Sale number: 99 Antarctica: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13: Victoria Land 1d., a mint block of four showing variety missing stop [R. 7/5], lightly folded along horizontal perfs., otherwise fine. S.G. A3, cat. £590. Photo.* Price Realised £220 |
2164
| Sale number: 99 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: A small group comprising Victoria Land 1911-13 1d. mint (3), 1/2d. and 1d. tied to separate pieces with Expedition c.d.s's, 1915 Auckland Islands General Grant Exhibition 1d. mint, and Ross Dependency 1957 8d. mounted on card and signed by the designer, mostly fine.* Price Realised £380 |
2165
| Sale number: 99 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Expedition envelope addressed to Joseph Kinsey, official representative in Christchurch, New Zealand, bearing Victoria Land 1d. (2) cancelled by expedition c.d.s. of ''9 FE/11'' and ''3 MR/12'' respectively, scarce combination. Photo.* Price Realised £210 |
2166
| Sale number: 99 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Selection on leaves, incl. ''VICTORIA/LAND'' 1/2d. c.t.o. ''JA 18/13'' (fixed at the time of arrival of the ''Terra Nova'' at Cape Evans) on piece affixed to official certificate (slight staining), 1d. affixed to sheet of expedition letterhead with later message, also prints (15, one on board) of official advertisement promoting the overprints. Photo.* Price Realised UNSOLD |
733
| Sale number: 107 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Victoria Land 1d. tied by Expedition c.d.s. dated ''9 FE/11'' (opening day of the post office at Cape Evans) to Tuck's 'Flower' postcard to Christchurch, and by ''JA 18/13'' c.d.s. (fixed at the time of arrival of the ''Terra Nova'' at Cape Evans) to plain envelope, also Christchurch ''Weekly Press'' postcard (Wharton DC-2) from Scott's 1901-04 Expedition locally used in 1906 franked 1d. Universal, a few minor stains. (3 items) Price Realised £170 |
734
| Sale number: 107 Antarctica: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13, Victoria Land 1/2d. and 1d. each tied by fine ''JA 18/13'' Expedition c.d.s. (fixed at the time of arrival of the ''Terra Nova'' at Cape Evans), to individual official Expedition lettersheets. Photo. Price Realised £380 |
1166
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: 1911 (Feb. 9) expedition envelope to London franked Victoria Land 1d. tied by expedition c.d.s., endorsed ''Posted at the Winter quarters/of the Br. Ant. Exp. 1910/Cape Evans - Erebus Isd.'', this the opening day of the post office. Photo. Price Realised £260 |
1167
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: 1912 (Mar. 3) large expedition envelope addressed to agent Joseph Kinsey in Christchurch, addressed and initialled at lower left by assistant Postmaster Francis Drake, franked Victoria Land 1d. tied by expedition c.d.s. on the day which the ''Terra Nova'' sailed from the Antarctic base, a few minor stains. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1168
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Personal greetings map postcard written and signed by T. Griffith Taylor to Ian Macaulay in Sydney, unfranked but showing expedition ''3 MR/12'' c.d.s., the day on which the ''Terra Nova'' sailed from the Antarctic base. Thomas Griffith Taylor (1880-1963) was the leader of the successful geological team, responsible for the first maps and geological interpretations of significant areas of Antarctica. Whilst Scott led his party of five to the South Pole, Griffith's party carried out a separate expedition to the Granite Harbour region. The ''Terra Nova'' proved unable to reach the party on Jan. 15 as agreed and on Feb. 5 the group began a southward trek until rescued from the ice when spotted by the ship on Feb. 18. Photo. Price Realised £620 |
1169
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13, 1913 (Jan. 18) Official ''Terra Nova'' Expedition long envelope from the fourth and final mailing, addressed to Donald Robertson, Secretary of the Post & Telegraph Department in Wellington, by assistant postmaster Francis Drake, one of 47 such addressed to prominent figures, bearing ''VICTORIA/LAND.'' 1/2d. (showing thick ''V'') and 1d. tied by expedition c.d.s. struck on the evacuation day of the Cape Evans base, vertical folds and horizontal cut below adhesives. Ex 'Braemar'. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1170
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Expedition stationery piece endorsed ''Feb 8th/At Sea'' bearing Victoria Land 1/2d. and 1d. individually cancelled by ''JA 18/13'' expedition c.d.s. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1171
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13, Victoria Land 1/2d. and 1d. each tied by fine ''JA 18/13'' Expedition c.d.s. to pieces affixed to individual official expedition certificates sold to raise funds, a few minor creases and stains clear of adhesives. S.G. A2, A3, cat. £970 as used. Ex 'Braemar'. Photo. Price Realised £230 |
1172
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Victoria Land 1d. unmounted mint and tied by ''JA 18/13'' expedition c.d.s. to letter on official notepaper (folded and slightly toned) headed ''18/2/1913/Terra Nova/Lyttelton NZ'', written and signed by Petty Officer Arthur Samuel Bailey (1878-1925), a member of the ship's party who was later awarded a Polar Medal, ''We had a fast trip down south but it was sad news that awaited our arrival''. Also 1/2d. with fake overprint and expedition cachet, S.G. A3. Photo. Price Realised £580 |
1173
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: 1914, the 'Shanghai' cards reproducing Ponting expedition photographs, ''20 Photographs Describing Capt. Scott's Expedition to the South Pole'' sold for ''1/2 Dollar Gold'', a rare set less KD-4 (frost-bitten hand) but with printed cover envelope (slight faults). (19 cards) Wharton KD-1 to KD-3, KD-5 to KD-20. Photo. Price Realised £1300 |
1174
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Mainly unused selection of postcards comprising Fine Art Society series 1, Wharton KA-1. KA-2, KA-5, KA-6, KA-11 (2) and Rotary Photo. KB-7199B (2, one used in 1913). (8 cards) Price Realised £130 |
691
| Sale number: 122 Antarctica: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13: Victoria Land 1/2d. (marginal) and 1d. (fault), mint examples hinged to individual small official Expedition certificates. S.G. A2, A3. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 122 Antarctica: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13: Victoria Land 1d. mint singles (4), one with no stop after ''LAND'' [R. 7/5], a little heavily mounted, another with raised ''IA'' in ''VICTORIA'' [R. 2/12], and two unmounted mint blocks of four, one showing partial trace of double overprint, the other lower marginal and incl. 'comma' for stop (faint tone spot clear of variety), mostly fine. (12) S.G. A3, a, vars. Price Realised £250 |
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| Sale number: 122 Antarctica: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13: Large expedition envelope addressed to the Postmaster at Port Chalmers addressed by Assistant Paymaster Francis R.H. Drake, franked Victoria Land 1d. cancelled by Feb. 9 1911 expedition c.d.s., opening day of the post office at Cape Evans, with Lyttelton Mar. 31 transit on reverse, together with original enclosure also showing c.d.s., also Victoria Land 1d. tied by Jan. 18 1913 expedition c.d.s. (fixed at the time of arrival of the ''Terra Nova'' at Cape Evans) to expedition stationery sheet, some creases and faint stains. The former one of a group of 58 covers sent to important people in New Zealand. Photo. Price Realised £150 |
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| Sale number: 122 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: 1912 (Mar. 3) large expedition envelope addressed to agent Joseph Kinsey in Christchurch, addressed and initialled at lower left by Assistant Paymaster Francis R.H. Drake, franked Victoria Land 1d. tied by expedition c.d.s. on the day which the ''Terra Nova'' sailed from the Antarctic base, a few minor stains, and Expedition stationery piece endorsed ''Feb 8th/At Sea'' bearing Victoria Land 1/2d. and 1d. individually cancelled by ''JA 18/13'' expedition c.d.s. Photo. Price Realised £230 |
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| Sale number: 122 Antarctica: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13: Envelope addressed by Lieutenant Teddy Evans to Cardiff franked by Victoria Land 1d. pair tied by Expedition ''JA 18/13'' c.d.s's, roughly opened and partly repaired. Lieutenant Edward R.G.R. Evans, R.N., later Lord Mountevans (1880-1957), was second-in-command of the expedition and captain of the ''Terra Nova''. He accompanied Scott to within 150 miles of the Pole, but later became seriously ill with scurvy and was invalided home, only narrowly surviving the return journey. Photo. Price Realised £380 |
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| Sale number: 122 Antarctica: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13, 1913 (Jan. 18) Official ''Terra Nova'' Expedition long envelope from the fourth and final mailing, addressed to Donald Robertson, Secretary of the Post & Telegraph Department in Wellington, by Assistant Paymaster Francis R.H. Drake, one of 47 addressed to prominent figures, bearing ''VICTORIA/LAND.'' 1/2d. (showing thick ''V'') and 1d. tied by expedition c.d.s. struck on the evacuation day of the Cape Evans base, vertical folds and horizontal cut below adhesives. Ex 'Braemar'. Photo. Price Realised £230 |
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| Sale number: 122 Antarctica: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13: Selection incl. 1913 (June 10) letter on expedition London letterhead signed by Lieutenant Teddy Evans, contemporary advertisements for ''Scott's Last Expedition'' in 2 vols. and ''The Scott Memorial Portrait'', cards KB-7199B and C, etc. Lieutenant Edward R.G.R. Evans, R.N., later Lord Mountevans (1880-1957), was second-in-command of the expedition and captain of the ''Terra Nova''. He accompanied Scott to within 150 miles of the Pole, but later became seriously ill with scurvy and was invalided home, only narrowly surviving the return journey. Photo. Price Realised £210 |
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| Sale number: 122 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Hand-delivered envelope addressed to a young collector with 1932 (Oct. 24) personal letter from Official Representative Joseph Kinsey in Christchurch, together with another from her father, enclosing Victoria Land 1/2d. and 1d. used, also two postcards addressed to Kinsey bearing King Edward VII Land 1d. and unoverprinted 1d. Universal respectively, both cancelled by expedition ''FE 27/08'' c.d.s. and unused postcard (a few tone spots on reverse) of the ''Nimrod'' (Wharton GA-4). Sir Joseph James Kinsey (1852-1936), founder of the shipping firm of Kinsey, Barns & Co., was a close personal friend of Capt. Scott and had served as attorney for the ''Discovery'', ''Nimrod'', ''Terra Nova'' and ''Aurora'' relief expeditions, in recognition of which he was awarded the Scott Medal by the R.G.S. in 1914 and a knighthood in 1919. Photo. Price Realised £500 |
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| Sale number: 126 Antarctica: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13: Victoria Land 1/2d. (marginal) and 1d. (fault), mint examples hinged to individual small official Expedition certificates. S.G. A2, A3. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 129 Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: 1913 (Mar. 10) letter on Scottish Society of New Zealand, Christchurch stationery written with message of support by James Macintosh, Chief addressed to able seaman William McDonald on board the ''Terra Nova'' at Lyttelton. William 'Bill' McDonald had sailed from Lyttelton on both the second and third voyages of the ''Terra Nova'' and had helped to build the cross which stands atop Observation Hill, behind Scott Base in honour of the fallen members of the party. Mount McDonald in Victoria Land was later named was named by the New Zealand Federated Mountain Clubs Antarctic Expedition 1962-63 for him. Photo. Price Realised £250 |
