The well written up collection in five albums, with additional loose material, with many stamps, covers, cancels and cards illustrating the life, voyages and discoveries of Captain Cook, including Cook Islands imperf plate proofs and 1931 2d on 1½d sheet of sixty (S.G. 94).

New South Wales. 1888-1910 Centenary 4d depicting Cook, and similar 4d and 5d postal stationery, the well written up study on 14 pages including 4d orange-brown marginal strip of six with imprint (S.G. 255e) and various other perfs/printing all fine mint, Specimen overprint, imperf plate proof, 1890 2d Centenary issue postcard used to Germany uprated 4d, 1905 "Government Asylum for Infirm" cover bearing 4d perfined "OS / NSW", postal stationery with 4d "Crop Reports" envelope Specimen and 5d registered Public School Savings Bank Return envelopes Specimen, unused (2) and used, etc. (29 + 9 covers).

New Zealand. 1907 (Apr 12) Registered cover franked 1d + Christchurch Exhibition 3d (Landing of Cook) each cancelled "EXHIBITION / N. Z / CHRISTCHURCH" c.d.s, very fine.

Literature. The large quantity of books on the life or voyages of Captain Cook including "The Journals of Captain James Cook" in five volumes, "The Art of Captain Cook's Voyages" in four volumes, "Voyage towards the South Pole" facsimile two volume edition, "Cook's Voyage to the Pacific Ocean" volumes 2 and 3 (Published 1784), "Circumnavigation of the Globe" (published 1836), "Cook's Voyages Around the World" (2 copies, published 1840 and 1844), etc. (100+).

1831-1950s Letters, ephemera and labels including perforated labels issued by "Album Chocolats, Peter, Cailler, Kohler, Nestle" (12), invoices and prices current for whalebone or oil, references given to Norwegian whalers (2), allowance book issued to the wife of a Norwegian whaler, share certificates issued for whaling ships, etc. (34).

Picture Postcards. c.1900-30 Picture postcards with a whaling theme (c.70) including Faroe Islands and Spitzbergen, whaling ships, real photos of beached whales at Pegwell Bay and Margate, Durban, etc. Also real photos (3), Liebig trade cards (6) and a few more recent postcards. (c.80).

American Whalers. 1839-81 Letters and documents concerning whaling ships from New Bedford, Massachusetts, including 1839 insurance policy for goods carried on the "Abagail" during its four year whaling trip to the Pacific; 1853 certificates issued at the Custom House at Cape Town clearing the "Paulina", carrying 225 casks of oil and 94 bundles of whale bone (2); letters written from the "Osprey" (4, two from St. Helena); cheques depicting whales (2), etc. (14).

Hawaii. 1859 Certificate of Clearance issued to the "Paulina" at Lahaina, charged $9 including one dollar for a whalers permit, bearing a printed revenue stamp, very unusual.

Falkland Islands. 1936 Registered cover from Port Stanley to New York bearing 1936 line perf "Whale & Penguin" issue 1/-. Also line perf 1d mint block of ten, and ½d - 1/- mint. (Cover + 17 stamps).

South Georgia - Norwegian Whalers. 1927 Picture postcard depicting dead whales franked Falklands KGV 2d, and c.1931-34 covers bearing KGV ½d + 1d (2) or 1933 Centenary 1d + 1½d (corner fault) all addressed to Norway, cancelled by South Georgia datestamps. The two covers (with return addresses of the ships "Southern Wave" or "Bouvet 1") both with faults, the postcard fine. (3).

South Georgia - Norwegian Whalers. c.1912-60 Covers from Norway to whaling ships at South Georgia (11, the first hand delivered, two 1929 covers to the "Orka", the rest postwar); and 1946-59 covers sent from South Georgia to Norway (4), or locally to a ship's Captain on South Georgia bearing KGVI Falkland Islands Dependencies set of eight. (16).

Norwegian & Dutch Whalers. 1905-72 Covers and cards, from Norway to Norwegian whaling ships (19) in Aruba, Curacao, Uruguay, Holland, Norway, etc., or sent from Norwegian whaling ships (8) with 1930s covers bearing Norway stamps cancelled in Curacao or Liverpool, etc. Also printed Muster cards sent to crew members in Norway (6), and covers or cards from Dutch whaling ships (7). An interesting lot. (41).

Norwegian Whalers - South Africa. 1912-67 Covers and cards sent from Norway to whaling ships in South Africa (6, including 1912 card to S.S "Mosvalla" at Saldanha Bay), or from Norwegian whaling ships posted at Cape Town (4, one 1934 card from the "Skytteren" with Norway 15ore tied by Paquebot machine). (10).

Norwegian Whalers - Walvis Bay. 1931-38 Covers from the "Kosmos III" or "Kos XV" posted from Walvis Bay to Norway, a cover from Norway to "Kosmos II", and 1931 Aerial Post cover with imprint of "The Whaling Company Africa" sent to the Walvis Bay whaling station. Also two 1916-17 covers with Walvis Bay datestamps. (6).

German Whalers. 1938-39 Covers and cards with Deutsche Seepost "Sudliches Eismeer" datestamps for the "Jan Wellum" (2), "Walter Rau" (2), "Wikinger" (3), "Sudmeer" or "Unitas" (3, also a 1949 cover from the renamed "Empire Victory" with manuscript Paquebot of Sandefjord), most philatelic or cancelled to order as usual but one "Jan Wellum" c.d.s on a commercial cover. (12).

The superbly written up thematic collection in six leather bound albums with many stamps, covers and cancels illustrating various themes including types of whales, the whale nation, whaling, whale products, etc. (6 albums).

The remainder of the collection in two boxes with a large quantity of stamps, covers and cancels with a whale theme. (1,000s).

Steel harpoon (27cm long) with a lead point, engraved "40170 REWARD FOR RETURN TO DISCOVERY, BRITISH MUSEUM (NAT HISTORY) LONDON. 40170", fired with a powder gun into live whales during research cruises, intended to be returned to the British Museum when a whale was subsequently caught to provide information on whale movements. An unusual item, first used by the Discovery Expedition (hence the name) in 1901-04 and used until the 1970s.