Arctic and Antarctic Cover Lots

(100-150) British Antarctic Territory CoversExcellent lot of (100-150) various British Antarctic territory covers with many better covers. Noticed many 1960-70 era covers. We noticed H.M.S. Endurance covers, South Georgia and Falkland Islands, Bransfield research ship cancels, Adelaide Islands, Halley Bay, many are signed by reseachers and such, etc. Many $1-20 covers throughout. Suggested bid $400 (Image)

Est. 250.00-500.00

Arctic and Antarctic Cover Lots

French Southern & Antarctic Territory Cover Lot (50)+Very useful lot of (50)+ covers, all franked with various FSAT stamps from the mid-1960's to the mid 1970's era. Wide range of issues with many better $5-40 covers. While some are first days that are also many that are not. Noticed a Scott 18 on a Thala Dan research ship cover, C28 on a Paquebot Gallien cover, several lle Saint-Paul/Amsterdam covers, several posted at sea with ship cancels, etc. Excellent lot of seldom seen material. Suggested bid $500 (Image)

Est. 400.00-700.00

Arctic and Antarctic Cover Lots

Alaska - Dog Sled Emergency Events Covers (200)+Excellent lot of (200)+ various Alaska covers from the late 1930's to about 1975 in two cover albums. Lot contains (25) 1944-1948 Dog Team Post covers from various legs of the routes. Ten emergency via airplane covers. Numerous first flights. A few WWII era censored covers. Then in the second binder we find weather stations, dog sled races, Mt.McKinley ascent covers signed by the climbers, Barrow Wiley post covers, Santa land, etc. Rarely seen group of covers. Much in the $5-20+ range. Suggested bid $500 (Image)

Est. 400.00-700.00

Arctic and Antarctic Cover Lots

(200-250) Antarctic Region CoversExcellent lot of (200-250) various U.S. Antarctic covers. Most are have various research base rubber stamp cachets from the mid-1970's era. Noted numerous U.S. university research projects, Operation Deep Freeze, Williams Field, USARP, many are signed by various expedition and research team members. Very nice lot of $1-10 covers throughout. Once part of the Peter Barretta Antarctic collection. Suggested bid $400 (Image)

Est. 300.00-500.00

Arctic and Antarctic Cover Lots

(150-200) Arctic and Antarctic CoversInteresting lot of primarily 1960-1990 era polar regions covers, mostly Antarctic. Wide range of issues. Besides the various OPeration Deep Freeze we also note Norwegian base covers, Argentina and British Falklands covers, U.S.C.G. Northwind naval research vessel covers, various Antarctic bases cancellations, a few handpainted event covers, Ross Dependency covers, Polar Duke reaserch vessel, etc. Many good $1-10 covers here that just never got put away into this consignor's collection. A rare opportunity to find this many cover good covers. Suggested bid $400 (Image)

Est. 300.00-500.00

Arctic and Antarctic Cover Lots

Australia and Antartic Territories Antarctica Covers (100)+Excellent lot of (100)+ various covers from the Antarctic with stamps from both Australia and Antarctic Territories. The collection covers several different Antarctic expeditions starting with a pair of rarely seen 1947 Research Expedition covers, about a dozen from the the 1950's era with a few first days, then about a dozen more franked with AAT stamps from the 1959-1960 expedition and opening of the Wilkes post office, several first days of the 1967 AAT set, several covers posted aboard ships including the Nella Dan, several 1974 expedition covers and so on. Well worth examination. Many seldom seen covers. Suggested bid $400 (Image)

Est. 250.00-500.00

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Two Rare Postcards From 1918 FRAM Drift ExpeditionPair of rarely seen Fram Drift Expedition postcards. The Roald Amundsen arctic expedition was delayed until 1918 because of WWI. The pack ice in which the FRAM was frozen drifted by the northern coast of Siberia and never made it to the North Pole. Both cards bear original postmarks of 9/13/1918 which was the day of departure. The FRAM was abandoned in 1920. The mail was not recovered until 1924. The bottom card was registered at Oslo in 1924 after removal from the FRAM. Very few pieces of mail from the FRAM survived. Suggested bid $300 (Image)

Est. 250.00-400.00

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1922 Maud North Pole Expedition Collars and CoversIn 1922 Roald Amundsen departed from Seattle for Alaska on the steamship MAUD. On boards was as Junkers J13 airplane in which he intended to fly over the North Pole to Spitzbergen. The plane crashed on a test flight ending the expedition. North Pole stamp collars in the same colors of the U.S. 1¢ to 4¢ postage stamps of the period were issued by the expedition in sheets of 9. These were to placed on the envelope and then the postage on them. The center collar had an error with ARI instead of AIR. Two unused collars are here along with two flight covers AAMC 1021. One bearing one complete set of collars with stamps plus an extra 2¢ value with the original June 3rd, 1922 dated cancel and North Star Air post markings. The four cent value is in the error "ARI" collar instead AIR. The other cover is franked with a single 2¢ value with the July 28 Nome Alaska cds, the MAUDEXPEDITION rubber stamps and the North Star marking. Great pair of covers. Suggested bid $400 (Image)

Est. 300.00-500.00

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1924 Trans-Polar Flight Expedition Covers and StampsIn 1925 Roald Amundsen attempted to fly from Spitzbergen to the North Pole aboard two Dornier Wal seaplanes. They were forced to land on the ice about 150 miles short of the North Pole. Once they prepared a runway they all returned to Spitzbergen in one plane without reaching the North Pole. Special postcards and Norwegian stamps were issued to help fund the expedition. Here are two of the cards and a set of the unused Norwegian stamps along with reprinted real photo of Roals Amundsen from 1961. The Norwegian stamps were issued to be used on the polar flight cards and covers. Both of the cards bear the 25ore values. Suggested bid $200 (Image)

Est. 150.00-250.00

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1924 Trans-Polar Flight Expedition CardTough to find 1924 Trans-Polar Flight Expedition card, franked with 2c Washington coil stamp Scott 599, used in combination with Norway 5p and 25o. Mailed on May 20th, 1924 and eventually sent back on June 18th, 1925 from Kings Bay with proper postal markings and cancel. Light vertical fold. Comes with an article from the American Philatelist May 1998 about the same. Suggested bid $40 (Image)

Est. 30.00-50.00

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Italian Air Post Cover Flown on Norge Dirigible to Paris.1926 Transpolar Flight "Norge", special vignette used on cover to Paris with transpolar flight stamps tied by violet "Volo Transpolare 1926/Equipaggio Italiano/Dirigibile ‘Norge’/Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile" purple oval expedition cachet to cover with an April 9th, 1926 Ciampino Airport Rome postmark. The cover flew over the North Pole with Amundsen, Ellsworth and Nobile aboard. Lincoln Ellsworth and the Norwegian government funded the expedition. The expedition was under the direct of Roald Amundsen. Special transpolar flight stamps were issued and their use was required for covers flown on board the Norge dirigible. Suggested bid $400 (Image)

Est. 300.00-500.00

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Reiser-Larsen Norge Polar Flight Card1926 card carried over the North Pole on the November 1926 flight. Roald Amundsen (expedition leader) addressed to Berlin. The card was signed by Hjalmar Risser-Larsen (pilot). The card bears the purple flight cancel. Also comes with a reproduction black and white photo postcard of the Norge. Suggested bid $75
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Est. 20.00-500.00

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Itaian Air Post Stamps for Transpolar Flighton the Norge DirigibleIn 1926, Lincoln Ellsworth and the Norwegian government funded the expedition. The expedition was under the direct of Roald Amundsen. Special transpolar flight stamps were issued and their use was required for covers flown on board the Norge dirigible. This lot contains an unused single, another unused single with the brown color missing, a used single with the Ciampino airport cancel, an unused vertical pair being imperforate between and an unused imperforate pair. Tough to find material. Suggested bid $350 (Image)

Est. 300.00-500.00