Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

1908 (Feb 3) Cover with "BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1907" printed on the flap, sent to Masterton, New Zealand, with KEVII Land 1d tied by the Antarctic c.d.s. The second expedition mail, the c.d.s used at the expedition’s base at Cape Royds on McMurdo Sound, the mail sent back on the "Nimrod" which departed on February 22nd for Lyttelton. Unobtrusive tears at upper and lower edges, otherwise fine, about 550 letters carried on this mail. Photo on Page 13.
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