Ended on Tuesday, 28 January 2020 at 07:00.

PENGUINS New Zealand - 17 Jan 1913 letter from Francis Drake, the Assistant Postmaster on BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION T

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Start of the sale:
Tuesday, 31 December 2019 at 06:12
Item n°904674601
Sale ends:
Tuesday, 28 January 2020 at 07:00
Lot:
#241
Catalogue:
All World Public Auction of Stamps & Postal History

PENGUINS New Zealand - 17 Jan 1913 letter from Francis Drake, the Assistant Postmaster on BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION TERRA NOVA R.Y.S. and Penguin headed notepaper addressed to his cousin 'Just a line to send you a stamp from the furthest South Post Office at Cape Evans which we shall reach tomorrow.' The letter is enclosed in a similarly crested envelope addressed to Essex with New Zealand 1d Dominion overprinted Victoria Land SG.A3, cancelled BRIT.ANTARCTIC EXPD. JA.18.13 and b/stamped LYTTELTON 12.FE.13.The 'stamp' is represented by ½d and 1d Victoria Land stamps SG.A2/3 stuck down on BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION TERRA NOVA R.Y.S & Penguin headed notepaper with typed address Cape Evans, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica Jan 18th 1913 with typed issue dates, signed Francis Drake Secretary B.A.E Assistant Postmaster Victoria Land.

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PENGUINS New Zealand - 17 Jan 1913 letter from Francis Drake, the Assistant Postmaster on BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION T

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