1901 Wrench’s ‘Links of Empire’ British National Antarctic Expedition postcard No. 2 with Cape 1d cancelled at Cape Town (Oct 7) and postcard No. 3 with N.Z 1d cancelled at Lyttelton (Dec 24) both with the usual "ANTARCTIC / EXPDN / 1901 / S.S DISCOVERY" cachets on the front, both addressed to Karachi, India, with arrival datestamps of Tuticorin and Karachi. Card 2 also with a Durban c.d.s and card 3 with Christchurch and Colombo datestamps...
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Lot #19 - antarctica 1901-04 discovery expedition
1904 (Apr 25) Wrench’s ‘Links of Empire’ British National Antarctic Expedition postcard No. 4 amusingly depicting a Polar Bear in the Antarctic, with the usual "ANTARCTIC / EXPDN / 1901 / S.S DISCOVERY" cachet on the front, bearing N.Z 1d tied by Christchurch c.d.s., unusually sent to France with a Boulogne arrival c.d.s. Exceptionally fine condition. Photo on Page 7.
Suggested price: £ 200-250
Lot #20 - antarctica 1901-04 discovery expedition
1901 (Dec 17) Cover with "DISCOVERY ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1901" crest depicting a penguin on the flap, bearing N.Z 1d tied by Christchurch c.d.s, addressed in the handwriting of Captain Scott to his sister Mrs Ellison Macartney in London. Torn through the crest with a piece (mainly from the flap) torn out upon opening and rejoined. A scarce cover from Scott sent four days before the "Discovery" left Lyttelton. Photo on Page 7.
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Lot #21 - antarctica 1901-04 discovery expedition
1903 Cover with "DISCOVERY ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1901" crest depicting a penguin on the flap, written by Captain Scott and addressed in his handwriting to his sister Miss Scott in London, carried from the Antarctic by the S.Y "Morning" and posted upon its arrival at Lyttelton (March 25) franked by N.Z 1d, also bearing the very scarce blue vignette "NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION" with "DISCOVERY" written upon it in manuscript, backstamped at...
Lot #22 - antarctica 1901-04 discovery expedition
1903 (Dec 26) Christchurch Weekly Press postcard depicting "The Discovery, Kaiapoi Maoris Song of Welcome" on the front and "The Discovery Penguins" on the reverse, written by Len Burgess, a crew member on the Second Relief Expedition ship "Morning", to Master Leonard Storey in Christchurch. Written from the Ross Sea with the message "I should like you to be hear now we are punching into the ice, it is just like thunder going off", posted...
Lot #23 - antarctica 1901-04 discovery expedition
1904 (Jan 5) Christchurch Weekly Press postcard depicting "The Discovery’s Captain" on the front and "The Discovery in Lyttelton Graving Dock" on the reverse, written by Len Burgess, a crew member on the Second Relief Expedition ship "Morning", to Miss Janet Storey in Christchurch. Written on the day the ship reached the ice at McMurdo Sound with the message "We can now see the Discoverys masts. Capt. Scott is on the ice waiting to come on...
Lot #24 - antarctica 1901-04 discovery expedition
1904 (Jan 5) Christchurch Weekly Press postcard depicting "The Discovery in Lyttelton Harbour" on the front and "The Stern, Rounded to Resist Ice Pressure" on the reverse, written by Len Burgess, a crew member on the Second Relief Expedition ship "Morning", to Master Leonard Storey in Christchurch. Written on the day the ship reached the ice at McMurdo Sound with the message "We have arrived at last. Capt. Scott & Dr. Wilson came on...
Lot #25 - antarctica 1901-04 discovery expedition
1904 (May 9) Canterbury Times second series postcard depicting "Discovery in Winter Quarters" sent to Leonard Storey in Christchurch by Leonard Burgess, a crew member on the "Morning", bearing a N.Z 1d tied by Lyttelton squared circle. The short message is headed from H.M.S "Morning", and was written five weeks after the ship’s return from the Antarctic; a month later the "Morning" left New Zealand for England via the Falkland Islands. A...
Lot #26 - antarctica 1901-04 discovery expedition
1904 "Weeks Ltd" picture postcard illustrating the route taken from England to the Antarctic by the "Discovery" and "Morning" during the 1901-04 Antarctic Expedition, franked N.Z 1d booklet stamp tied by Lyttelton squared circle of 1st April, the day the two ships arrived back in New Zealand, signed by W. Colbeck, Captain of the "Morning". Addressed to J.J Kinsey, agent for the 1901-04, 1908-09 and 1910-13 Scott and Shackleton Antarctic...
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