Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

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.
[Proposed price: £1,200-1,400]