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

Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: 1913 (Jan. 18) registered expedition cover endorsed sent by Lieutenant Wilfred Bruce, navigating officer on the “Terra Nova” and the brother-in-law of expedition leader, Captain Robert Scott, from the fourth and final mailing from the Cape Evans base, this the only mailing to include registered items, addressed to Canterbury, New Zealand, bearing Victoria Land 1d. (3) cancelled by expedition c.d.s’s with No. 37 registration label similarly cancelled, backstamped Lyttelton, Christchurch and Ashburton Feb. 12 transit and arrival markings. The property of another vendor. Photo.
[Proposed price: £1,000-1,200]