Number of results: 34
3870
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: Official expedition postcard showing the ''Antarctic'' with message dated ''16/10/1901'' advising imminent departure from Gothenburg, initialled by expedition botanist (and later leader of the 1907-09 Swedish Magellanian Expedition) without postal markings, some corner creasing. Also 1955 postcard of the ''Antarctic'' from Chile to U.A.A. with corner marginal F.I.D. 1954 10s. signed by Skottsberg. Photo. Price Realised £150 |
3871
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: Cover sent by Carl Skottsberg, expedition botanist (and later leader of the 1907-09 Swedish Magellanian Expedition), from the Falkland Islands to his aunt in Karlshamn, Sweden showing fine strike of violet cachet ''S.Y. ''ANTARCTIC''/SWEDISH/EXPEDITION'' and arrival datestamp of May 9 1902 on reverse, the adhesive excised as usual nevertheless scarce. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3872
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: Swedish Relief Mission, Glamour picture postcard showing fine strike of the rare blue straight line ''ANTARKTISKA UNDSÄTTNINGSEXPEDITIONEN'' cachet and signed by captain of the ''Frithjof'' Olof Gyldén (signature dated Nov. 20 1903, day of arrival at Ushuaia), Axel Blom, J.Menader, S.R. Bergendahl, Dr. J. Torgersruud and A. Klinckowstrom, locally addressed in Buenos Aires franked 3c. cancelled July 13 1903 and resent from Ushuaia Dec. 3 with despatch and Buenos Aires Dec. 13 arrival datestamps. Photo. Price Realised £3000 |
3873
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: Picture postcard of racecourse signed by expedition leader Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld, locally addressed in Buenos Aires Dec. 3 1903, also card depicting Nordenskjöld (Wharton XLN-35 used to Montevideo (adhesive removed), )some staining. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3874
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: Picture postcard of Monte Sarmiento, Tierra del Fuego, signed on picture side by José M. Sobral (Argentine member of Nordenskjöld's expedition) ''7-12-1903'', locally used same day in Buenos Aires franked 3c. affixed overlapping, some minor toning. Photo. Price Realised £150 |
3875
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: La Nación postcards, nos. 32 signed by Carl Larsen and Jose Sobral, 33 signed by Sobral, 50 and 51, all used, some minor soiling etc. Wharton XLN-32, XLN-33, XLN-50, XLN-51. Photo. Price Realised £150 |
3876
| Sale number: 92 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: Selection incl. unused expedition lettersheet and envelope, watercolour sketch of iceberg near the Snow Hill winter station by expedition botanist Carl Skottsberg (Feb. 21, 1902), postcard of the ''Antartic'' (Wharton CI-7) signed by Skottsberg, and three aerogrammes, seven letters and a Christmas card signed by Skottsberg from a correspondence with Mark Smith between 1954 and 1957. Photo. Price Realised £520 |
2155
| Sale number: 99 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: Cover sent by Carl Skottsberg, expedition botanist (and later leader of the 1907-09 Swedish Magellanian Expedition), from the Falkland Islands to his aunt in Karlshamn, Sweden showing fine strike of violet cachet ''S.Y. ''ANTARCTIC''/SWEDISH/EXPEDITION'' and arrival datestamp of May 9 1902 on reverse, the adhesive excised as usual nevertheless scarce. Photo.* Price Realised UNSOLD |
728
| Sale number: 107 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: Cover sent by Carl Skottsberg, expedition botanist (and later leader of the 1907-09 Swedish Magellanian Expedition), from the Falkland Islands to his Aunt in Karlshamn, Sweden showing fine strike of violet cachet ''S.Y. ''ANTARCTIC''/SWEDISH/EXPEDITION'' and arrival datestamp of May 9 1902 on reverse, the adhesive excised as usual nevertheless scarce. Photo. Price Realised £110 |
1117
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: 1901 (Aug. 4) two Swedish 5ö. postal stationery cards written by Gösta Bodman from Gothenburg to his mother in before the ''Antarctic"" left Sweden in 1901, also 1904 (July 28) cover from Buenos Aires to Bodman in Upsala franked 5c. (3) and a hand-delivered envelope addressed to him in Buenos Aires in 1903. Anders Gustaf 'Gösta' Bodman (1875-1960), expedition meteorologist and hydrographer, is commemorated by Bodman Point on the northwest coast of Seymour Island. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1118
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: 1901 (Oct. 6) Swedish 5ö. stationery card written and signed by Gösta Bodman from Gothenburg to his mother in Upsala, informing her that the expedition was due to leave for the polar regions in the ''Antarctic'' on the following Tuesday. Anders Gustaf 'Gösta' Bodman (1875-1960), expedition meteorologist and hydrographer, is commemorated by Bodman Point on the northwest coast of Seymour Island. Photo. Price Realised £400 |
1119
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: 1901 (Dec. 27) lengthy fourteen page letter (without envelope) written by Gösta Bodman to his mother whilst travelling between Buenos Aires and the Falklands, one pages showing oval expedition cachet in violet. Also a contemporary original photograph of Bodman and his Expedition calling card. Anders Gustaf 'Gösta' Bodman (1875-1960), expedition meteorologist and hydrographer, is commemorated by Bodman Point on the northwest coast of Seymour Island. Photo. Price Realised £680 |
1120
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: Expedition documents, 1902 (Feb. 14) Memorandum written and signed by expedition botanist Dr. Carl Skottsberg, endorsed in Swedish ""Memo from Skottsberg to Ekelöf when ''Antarctic'' left the Winter Station"" (on Snow Hill Island). The notes beginning ""Red snow and green snow . . .'', most unusual. Photo. Price Realised £580 |
1121
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: 1903 incoming cover to expedition leader Otto Nordenskjöld, ''Chief of the Swedish South Polar Expedition/c/o The Swedish and Norwegian Consulate/Port Stanley/Malvinas'', registered Jan. 15 from Buenos Aires bearing 2c., 5c. pair, 15c. and redirected to Stockholm, with violet consular cachet, registration label and Stockholm Jan. 3 1904 arrival on reverse. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1122
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: 1903 (Nov. 21) incoming picture postcard addressed to chemist Gösta Bodman on the ''Antarctic'', sent from Löberöd, Sweden by his sister Kerstin, c/o the Norwegian & Swedish Consulate in Buenos Aires arriving Dec. 21, redirected to Upsala c/o Dr. O. Nordenskjöld (Jan. 18 1904) and further to Stockholm (Jan. 19). Anders Gustaf 'Gösta' Bodman (1875-1960), expedition meteorologist and hydrographer, is commemorated by Bodman Point on the northwest coast of Seymour Island. Photo. Price Realised £550 |
1123
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: 1903, incoming envelope and enclosed four page letter from his aunt addressed to Gösta Bodman c/o the Norwegian & Swedish Consulate in Buenos Aires, sent from Stockholm Nov. 27 franked 20ö., redirected to Upsala c/o Dr. O. Nordenskjöld, backstamped Buenos Aires Dec. 23 and Upsla Jan. 21. Anders Gustaf 'Gösta' Bodman (1875-1960), expedition meteorologist and hydrographer, is commemorated by Bodman Point on the northwest coast of Seymour Island. Photo. Price Realised £200 |
1124
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: Two incoming items addressed to expedition botanist Carl Skottsberg, Swedish Antarctic Expedition, Upsala, one a German 5pf. stationery card (with added 5pf.) sent 1904 (Mar. 12) from Berlin the other a cover (with enclosed letter) from Hamburg franked 20pf. Price Realised £140 |
1125
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: Complete printed sheet of 75 perforated and numbered labels intended to label rock and mineral samples discovered in the Falklands, South Georgia and Tierra del Fuego, folded horizontally and with two minor corner faults otherwise mainly fine unused. Price Realised £55 |
1126
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: Three items of unused expedition stationery, comprising two different types of writing paper and one envelope (endorsed ""Fotografier ifrån Carls resa (photos from Carl's journey)'', referring to expedition botanist Carl Skottsberg). Price Realised UNSOLD |
1127
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: Four mainly fine unused postcards showing Nordenskjöld and other expedition members incl. La Nación 1903 series XLN-32 and XLN-33 (sent under cover, slight faults). Price Realised £70 |
1128
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: Coloured picture postcard showing the ''Antarctic"" in Port Stanley harbour (Heyburn B-11-bx ) unused, and J. Peuser card showing her in Buenos Aires (Wharton CI-6-a) unused (corner mount creases). Price Realised UNSOLD |
1129
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: Bredahl of Buenos Aires, scarce triptych postcard (sides rejoined) showing the ''Antarctic'', Dr. Nordenskjöld and Capt. Larsen. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1130
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: La Nación series, two cards (Wharton XLN-50, XLN-51) showing the Relief Expedition ship ""Frithiof"" and its crew, unused and used (corners rounded) 1904 (Feb. 1) from Buenos Aires to Filipstad, Sweden, also two cards showing Staten Island and Ushuaia from the personal collection of Dr. Erik Ekelöf, medical officer and bacteriologist to the expedition. Price Realised £90 |
1131
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: Three different matt surface photographic cards, date and publisher unknown, showing the relief ship ''Uruguay'' in Antarctic waters. Price Realised £50 |
1132
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: Five cards showing the ''Uruguay'' and its crew incl. Wharton CD-1-a used as 1953 first day card, CD-3 unused (addressed), CE-1 unused, CE-3 used 1904 to France, XLN-30, a few minor stains otherwise chiefly fine. Price Realised £55 |
1133
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: ''Gloria a la Marina Argentina!'' Edo Fabre of Buenos Aires postcard showing the ''Uruguay'', Juián Irizar and map of Antarctic Peninsula, signed by expedition members Gösta Bodman, José Sobral, and Third Engineer Gualterio Carminatti, locally addressed with uncancelled overlapping franking. Wharton CI-4. Photo. Price Realised £80 |
1134
| Sale number: 119 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: ''RECUERDO DE LA EXPEDICION ARGENTINA'' (unknown Buenos Aires publisher), set of six picture postcards showing the officers of the ""Uruguay"", 'Irizar' being type 1 (''TARJETA POSTAL'' in capitals) with address on reverse, others type 2 (''Tarjeta Postal'' in italic), mostly fine unused. (6 cards) Price Realised UNSOLD |
668
| Sale number: 122 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: Handcarried envelope endorsed ''To my Geographical Friends/Letter of introduction for Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld'', unusual. Price Realised £40 |
669
| Sale number: 122 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: 1901 (Dec. 30) eight page letter showing the expedition cachet in violet, handwritten to his sister by chemist Gösta Bodman on the ''Antarctic'' headed ''Syd Atlanten'' and directing that incoming mail should be addressed c/o the ''Swedish & Norwegian Consulate'', ''Antarctic'', Port-Stanley, Falklands Islands''. Also two photographs of the rescue ship ''Uruguay'', of unknown date. Anders Gustaf 'Gösta' Bodman (1875-1960), expedition meteorologist and hydrographer, is commemorated by Bodman Point on the northwest coast of Seymour Island. Photo. Price Realised £380 |
670
| Sale number: 122 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: Complete printed sheet of 75 perforated and numbered labels intended to label rock and mineral samples discovered in the Falklands, South Georgia and Tierra del Fuego, folded horizontally, chiefly fine unused. Price Realised £70 |
671
| Sale number: 122 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: A group of postcards comprising ''RECUERDO DE LA EXPEDICION ARGENTINA'' (unknown Buenos Aires publisher), set of six picture postcards showing the officers of the ""Uruguay"", 'Irizar' being type 1 (''TARJETA POSTAL'' in capitals) with address on reverse, others type 2 (''Tarjeta Postal'' in italic), coloured picture postcard showing the ''Antarctic"" in Port Stanley harbour (Heyburn B-11-bx ) unused, and J. Peuser card showing her in Buenos Aires (Wharton CI-6-a) unused (corner mount creases), and Bredahl of Buenos Aires, scarce triptych postcard (sides rejoined) showing the ''Antarctic'', Dr. Nordenskjöld and Capt. Larsen. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
672
| Sale number: 122 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: 1954 (ca.) Argentine Expeditions, fourteen original archival photographs showing Snow Hill Island (7) with the wooden cabin where Otto Nordenskjöld and five of his colleagues spent two winters (one unplanned) and Paulet Island (7) including the remains of the refuge where the crew of the ''Antarctic'' were stranded from Feb.-Nov. 1903, each stapled to archival page with signed cachet of the hydrographic ship A.R.A. ''Chiriguano''. Price Realised £260 |
2728
| Sale number: 126 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: Complete printed sheet of 75 perforated and numbered labels intended to label rock and mineral samples discovered in the Falklands, South Georgia and Tierra del Fuego, folded horizontally, chiefly fine unused. Price Realised UNSOLD |
2729
| Sale number: 126 Antarctica: Swedish Expedition 1901-04: 'La Prensa' picture postcard celebrating the 15th anniversary of the relief expedition, with inset portrait of Gösta Bodman, expedition chemist and sent by Bodman to Carl Skottsberg, expedition botanist, with message (translated) ''In memory of the 8 November 1918 a few celebrating Gothenburgers are sending you many greetings"" with signatures of Bodman, K.A. Andersson, Otto Nordenskjöld, Elsa Bodman and Karen Nordenskjöld, sent 1918 (Nov. 8) within Sweden from Göteborg to Uppsala franked 7ö. Almost certainly unique. Photo. Price Realised £90 |
