Sale No: 5154
Lot No: 6074
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Cat No: Collection
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U.S., Classic Polar Exploration Collection, 1927-76. 26 mostly better Polar covers from a long-lost era in a 3-ring binder; 1927 Wilkins Arctic Second Season Detroit News (AAMS PP57a) flown 12,000 miles by air and 100 miles on foot signed by Hubert Wilkins (cat $600), 1928 Third Season Detroit News (AAMS PP64) Alaska to Spitsbergen autographed by Wilkins (cat $675), 1928 First Powered Flight in the Antarctic (AAMS PP72a) signed by Carl Ben Eielson and Hurbert Wilkins and reused for the 1931 Wilkins-Ellsworth Trans-Arctic Submarine Expedition (cat $350), Minkus cachet on envelope postmarked at Little America, Antarctica and signed by R E Byrd at the South Pole, Dustin Trans-Polar Flight Around the World (AAMS PP356) with printed letter, Byrd lecture tour covers, Bernt Balchen signature on 1930 envelope, scarce Byrd III Expedition paquebot envelope from the USS North Star, five seldom seen USS Bear covers (Byrd III) including day of arrival in January 1940 and two from Evacuation of East Base in March (including wonderful letter on USS Bear stationery the day of the emergency evacuation, 1960 airmail envelope postmarked Ladd AFB from Fletcher's Ice Island (T-3) and a similar timeframe cover from the International Geodetic Greenland Expedition, and lastly an autographed envelope from Australian Hurbert Wilkins; classic material from both poles of the globe, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 2.4 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Estimate $1,500-2,000
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Opening US$ 1,000.00
Sold...US$ 1,000.00
Closed..Jan-30-2022, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 1000
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