1913 (Jan 18) Cover addressed to "Commander R.E Byrd, New York, U.S.A" with Victoria Land 1d tied by the Antarctic c.d.s. Byrd went on to lead five Antarctic expeditions between 1928 and 1956 as well as a successful Trans-Atlantic flight in 1927 and an unsuccessful attempt to fly to the North Pole in 1926. Photo on Page 23.
Suggested price: £ 400-500
Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
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Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
The Martin Lynes Collections of Forces Mail, Postal Mechanisation and Holy Land; British Post Offices Abroad from the Mike Kitson Collection; USA, Canada & West Indies Wreck Mail from the Collection of Robin Gwynn, RDP; Boer War; fine Antarctica; Worldwide Postal History from a retiring dealers stock; KUT Polish Camp Mail; Extensive G.B and Irish Postal History with Registered Mail, Railway Letters, Uniform Penny Post and Irish T.P.Os.
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Lot #101 - antarctica 1910-13 scott expedition
Lot #102 - antarctica 1910-13 scott expedition
1913 (Jan 18) Long cover with the "BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, TERRA NOVA R.Y.S" crest printed on the flap, addressed by Lt. Francis Drake, the Assistant Postmaster, to Dr H.D Robertson at Wellington Hospital. Franked by Victoria Land 1⁄2d and 1d tied by the Antarctic c.d.s backstamped at Lyttelton (Feb 12). One of 47 letters sent at the request of Mr Robertson, Secretary of the Post and Telegraph Dept. in Wellington, probably to his...
Lot #103 - antarctica 1910-13 scott expedition
1913 (Jan 18) Piece bearing the Antarctic c.d.s and the typed message "At the request of Mr Robertson, Secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department, I am sending you a letter bearing a 1⁄2d stamp of this post office". 47 Covers bearing both stamps were posted with one of these typed letters enclosed.
Suggested price: £ 100-120
Lot #104 - antarctica 1910-13 scott expedition
1913 (Jan 18) Long cover with "BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, TERRA NOVA R.Y.S" crest printed on the flap, bearing Victoria Land 1d cancelled to order with the Antarctic c.d.s. The cover has then been posted at Blenheim on May 14th, registered to London, franked by N.Z KEVII 3d, with a Blenheim registration label applied, backstamped at Wellington. An unusual cover, sent to the Antarctic Stamp Dept., the office from which remainders of the...
Lot #105 - antarctica 1910-13 scott expedition
1908 (Feb 27) Cover with "BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1907" printed on the flap, bearing a New Zealand 1d booklet stamp tied by the Antarctic c.d.s in green with a further strike alongside in black, applied on the "Nimrod" on its return voyage to New Zealand, addressed to J.J Kinsey in Christchurch. Kinsey has then applied a King Edward VII Land 1d C.T.O with the Antarctic c.d.s of MR 4 09 (used on the "Nimrod" at Cape Royds, the day the...
Lot #106 - antarctica 1910-13 scott expedition
1913 Leaflet issued by the Antarctic Stamp Dept. advertising Victoria Land stamps mint or used, the 1⁄2d at 25/- each and the 1d at 5/- each. Also a letter on Antarctic Stamp Dept. notepaper signed by the Secretary F. Hugh Vallancey sending the two stamps mint (for which 30/- was paid) and an impression of the postmark, and giving prices for various varieties found on the 1d including no stop and comma for a stop. (2).
Suggested price...
Lot #107 - antarctica 1910-13 scott expedition
Victoria Land 1⁄2d and 1d stamps each affixed to a separate certificate confirming they are genuine, with reproduction signatures of Cmdr. Evans and Francis Drake, the stamps cancelled to order by the Antarctic c.d.s of JA 18 13. Both very fine, just 2,400 1⁄2d stamps issued. S.G. £970 as stamps. (2). Photo on Page 25.
Suggested price: £ 380-450
Lot #108 - antarctica 1910-13 scott expedition
1913 New Zealand KEVII 1⁄2d block of four with central "SOUTH POLE CARNIVAL DISASTER / CHRISTCHURCH / 24 FEB. 1913" datestamp in violet, light staining to a few perfs, otherwise fine and scarce. The carnival was held on this one day to raise funds for families of those who lost their lives on the expedition; very few examples of the special datestamp are recorded. Photo on Page 17.
Suggested price: £ 150-180
Lot #109 - antarctica 1921-22 shackleton-rowett expedition
1922 (May 25) G.B 11⁄2d Pair with upper margin cancelled by boxed "ENDERBY / LAND" and the "S-R. ANTARCTIC / EXPEDITION 1921" c.d.s, light crease to the right stamp, the pair split and rejoined. 284 11⁄2d stamps were used by the expedition. Photo on Page 17.
Suggested price: £ 80-100
Lot #110 - antarctica 1921-22 shackleton-rowett expedition
1922 G.B 11⁄2d Pair cancelled by boxed "GOUGH / ISLAND", unusually without the expedition c.d.s. 284 11⁄2d stamps were used by the expedition. Photo on Page 17.
Suggested price: £ 100-120
Lot #111 - antarctica 1921-22 shackleton-rowett expedition
1922 (Jan 14) G.B 2d Pair cancelled by boxed "GOUGH / ISLAND" and the Expedition c.d.s both in violet. 984 2d stamps were used by the expedition. Photo on Page 17.
Suggested price: £ 100-120
Lot #112 - antarctica 1921-22 shackleton-rowett expedition
1922 G.B 3d Block of four, the upper pair cancelled by boxed "TRISTAN / DA CUNHA" and lower pair by boxed "GOUGH / ISLAND", each pair also with the undated circular Expedition handstamp. 362 3d stamps used by the expedition. A fine block, with B.P.A Certificate (1980). Photo included on Front Cover.
Suggested price: £ 250-300
Lot #113 - antarctica 1921-22 shackleton-rowett expedition
1922 (May 25) G.B 6d Pair cancelled by boxed "GOUGH / ISLAND" and the Expedition c.d.s. 326 6d stamps were used by the expedition. Photo on Page 17.
Suggested price: £ 120-150
Lot #114 - antarctica 1921-22 shackleton-rowett expedition
1922 (May 30) G.B 2/6 Cancelled by boxed "GOUGH / ISLAND" and the Expedition c.d.s. Only 40 2/6 stamps were used by the Expedition, receiving the boxed cancels of Gough Island, Enderby Land or Tristan da Cunha; only about 10-15 2/6 stamps can therefore exist with any one of these cancels. Fine and very scarce. Photo on Page 17.
Suggested price: £ 250-300
Lot #115 - antarctica 1921-22 shackleton-rowett expedition
1922 (May 25) Cover to "Professor Sims, Union Observatory, Johannesburg, South Africa" with G.B. 2/6 tied by boxed "GOUGH / ISLAND" and the "S-R. ANTARCTIC / EXPEDITION 1921" c.d.s, applied whilst the "Quest" was at Tristan da Cunha. Only five or six covers are believed to exist with any of the three boxed cancels used by the expedition; this cover especially scarce with the 2/6 value of which just 40 stamps were supplied to the exhibition...
Lot #116 - antarctica 1921-22 shackleton-rowett expedition
1922 (May 25) Stampless cover to England with "TRISTAN DA CUNHA / SOUTH / ATLANTIC" type II cachet and "S-R. ANTARCTIC / EXPEDITION 1921" c.d.s, a 11⁄2d F.B charge mark applied in the London Foreign Branch with 1⁄2d and 1d postage dues cancelled at Wokingham (July 11). Creases, tear to the base and left edge with sellotape, still a reasonable looking cover.
Suggested price: £ 140-180
Lot #117 - antarctica 1921-22 shackleton-rowett expedition
1922 (May 25) Cover to England with G.B 2d cancelled by "TRISTAN DA CUNHA / SOUTH / ATLANTIC" type II cachet and two strikes of "S-R. ANTARCTIC / EXPEDITION 1921" c.d.s, a third strike of the Expedition c.d.s on the front, small edge tear at lower right corner, otherwise fine and an attractive cover. Photo on Page 25.
Suggested price: £ 300-400
Lot #118 - holy land - the martin lynes collection
Judaica/Postcards. 1856-1980 Postcards, covers, labels, etc., including picture postcards of famous Jews or Holy Land views (126, all pre-1940); Zionist Congress datestamps from Vienna (1925) or Basel (1946); other covers to or from Jewish addresses (12, including 1856 Italian entire letter with cachet "COMMISSIONE ISRAELITICA / MONCALVO"); JNF and other Jewish labels (39), etc. (183).
Suggested price: £ 150-200
Lot #119 - holy land forerunners and foreign post offices
1864-1901 Covers from G.B to Jerusalem, the 1864 cover from Staplehurst with Alexandria French P.O backstamp, the four 1893-1901 covers with Jerusalem French P.O backstamps, two also with "GRAND NEW HOTEL / A. & J. MORCOS / JERUSALEM" cachets applied upon redirection from the hotel. One cover (stained) from the painter Mr Holman Hunt. (5).
Suggested price: £ 100-120
Lot #120 - holy land forerunners and foreign post offices
1908-14 Covers, cards and wrappers from the German Post Offices at Jerusalem (3) or Jaffa (with boxed "Aus Jerusalem / Deutsche Post"); the French Post Offices at Jerusalem (4) or Caiffa; or the Italian Post Office at Jerusalem. (10).
Suggested price: £ 100-120
Lot #121 - holy land forerunners and foreign post offices
Austrian P.O. 1887-1913 Covers and cards with datestamps of the Austrian P.O at Jerusalem (10) or Caifa (5), including 1903 parcel card franked 5pi, 1893 Austria 5sld postcard (torn) disallowed at the Jerusalem P.O and charged 5d in England with "T" handstamp, 1913 Caifa c.d.s on a Post Office receipt and on 1912 registered cover franked 2pi and bearing a yellow registration label, 1888 5sld postcard with "CAIFA" and 1895 5kr postcard with "...
Lot #122 - holy land forerunners and foreign post offices
Russian P.O. 1901-1914 Cards comprising 1890 Russian Levant 4k postcard with violet ROPIT Jaffa c.d.s and 1902-14 picture postcards franked Russian Levant 1k strip of four, 2k, (2) or 2k pairs (2) tied by ROPIT datestamps of Jerusalem in violet or black (5, three types). (6).
Suggested price: £ 150-200
Lot #123 - holy land forerunners and foreign post offices
1886-95 Turkey 20pa postal stationery postcards cancelled by violet "JERUSALEM / TURQUIE" c.d.s (Bale 761v) or bilingual narrow setting datestamps (Bale type 8) of Jerus, Nasrie, Safed or Caifa in violet, (Bale 764v, 766/8), one with oval "GRAND NEW HOTEL / A. & J. MORCOS / JERUSALEM" cachet. Also a Jaffa interpostal seal. (6).
Suggested price: £ 180-240
Lot #124 - holy land forerunners and foreign post offices
1887-1917 Covers and cards (21) and fronts (2) including 1914 card with stamps and cancels of the Austrian, German, French, Italian, Russian and Turkish offices in Jerusalem; cards bearing French or French Levant stamps from the French P.O at Jerusalem (8) or Jaffa (2); 1917 stampless Feldpost card from the German Military Mission at Jerusalem with bilingual "FELDPOST / MIL. MISS. / A.O.K.4" c.d.s; items bearing Turkish stamps with various...
Lot #125 - holy land forerunners and foreign post offices
1904-18 Covers and cards with double ring or octagonal bilingual datestamps, comprising a stampless official cover with seal handstamps and Jaffa 2 backstamp; 20pa postal stationery postcard with Nasre c.d.s; parcel cards with Beni-Saab c.d.s or octagonal Naplous 1 datestamps; picture postcards with datestamps of Naplous, Jericho or Bon Samaritan all in violet. (Bale 784m 798v, 799v, 806v, 808, 826, 875). (7).
Suggested price: £ 200-...
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