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The Expeditions of Richard E Byrd continued...

Antarctica: USA Antarctic Service Expedition 1939-41 continued...
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722 / c, entire, etc. imageAntarctica: USA Antarctic Service Expedition 1939-41: The Snow Cruiser, scarce Chicago-Boston overland trip cover signed by designer Thomas Poulter, “THE SNOW CRUISER/REACHES THE/SOUTH POLE” envelope, examples unused (2, one printed as sample), red “DEFENSE PLANS HALTED” overprint cancelled May 6 1941 on return to Boston and signed by Byrd, and another example found later in the Cruiser’s lockers by members of Operation Highjump with typed cachet and bearing Canal Zone 6c. cancelled USS “Mount Olympus” Feb. 6 1947, also six photos of the Cruiser and planes. (Image1)

Est. £120-150

SOLD for £120.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
723 / c, entire, etc. imageAntarctica: U.S.A. Antarctic Service Expedition 1939-41: Combination cover, self-addressed and carried by pilot James McCoy, U.S.N., endorsed and signed at left, this believed to be the only cover carried on the Little America III Condor flight forced into emergency landing on the Beardmore Glacier in Jan. 1941 whilst resupplying a trail party, and showing a range of other adhesives and cancellations incl. Cristobál, C.Z. Nov. 29 1939, Pitcairn Island Dec. 14, Ahurei, Île Rapa Dec. 17, Wellington, N.Z. Dec. 27, Little America Feb. 1 1940 and East Base Mar. 22, the date of the dramatic flown evacuation. James Charles McCoy (1905-1981), Chief Pilot for the United States Antarctic Service at West Base was commemorated by the naming of Mount McCoy in Marie Byrd Land. Ex Goldberg. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £180-200

SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
724 / c, entire, etc. imageAntarctica: U.S.A. Antarctic Service Expedition 1939-41: 1939 (Dec. 14) Printed “Aboard the ANTARCTIC SNOW CRUISER” envelope to U.S.A., endorsed “Ted Petras, U.S. Antarctic Expedition U.S.S. North Star, Dunedin New Zealand”, bearing New Zealand 1935 21/2d. cancelled by Agency c.d.s., and 1935 4d. cancelled by Wellington c.d.s. with “AHUREI/ILE RAPA” c.d.s., and straight line “AHUREI ILE RAPA”, scarce. The U.S.S. “North Star” carrying Byrd and 44 members of the U.S. Antarctic Service, had anchored off Pitcairn for water and repairs. Ex Brill. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £500-600

SOLD for £380.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
725 / c, entire, etc. imageAntarctica: U.S.A. Antarctic Service Expedition 1939-41: 1939 (Dec. 14) “U.S.S. North Star” cacheted envelope to U.S.A., bearing New Zealand 1940 Centenary 3d. cancelled by Wellington c.d.s. with Pitcairn Island Agency c.d.s. below, with “R.E.C./W.A.C.” initials, resealed by “Opened and passed by Censor/in New Zealand” label and violet circular “PASSED BY CENSOR/29” mark. Ex Brill. The Pitcairn Island stencilled cachet had been created on board by East Base commander Richard Blackburn Black (1902-1992) on Dec. 11. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £500-600

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
726 / c, entire, etc. imageAntarctica: USA Antarctic Service Expedition 1939-41: Amended ‘Snow Cruiser’ envelope carried on Jan. 14 1940 Barkley-Grow seaplane exploration flight, signed by Ashley Snow (pilot), Earl Perce (co-pilot) and Zadic Collier (mechanic), franked 3c. cancelled by USS “Bear” Mar. 5 1940 duplex. Ex Evans. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £100-120

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
727 / c, entire, etc. Antarctica: USA Antarctic Service Expedition 1939-41: USS “Bear”, selection of covers with a range of duplex types, cachets etc. incl. 1940 (Jan. 17) to Dunedin also showing “U.S.S. NORTH STAR/LITTLE AMERICA/MAR 20 1940/U.S. DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR”, (Jan. 19) Dept. of the Interior envelope signed and privately used New York by physicist Murray Wiener, (Mar. 5) card bearing 1/2c. with registered c.d.s. and 2c. pair tied by scarce “HORSESHOE BAY” straight line, unusual cover sent by Wiener with both 1941 (Jan. 21) Little America and Evacuation East Base Mar. 22 duplexes, etc. (14 covers)

Est. £150-200

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
728 / c, entire, etc. imageAntarctica: USA Antarctic Service Expedition 1939-41: USS “North Star” visit to Chile, U.S. Department of the Interior ‘Penalty for Private Use’ envelope sent by biologist Milton Lobell from Valparaíso to New Zealand franked 30c., with scarce “Byrd-U-S-Antarctic Expedition I/This stamp was applied/on the/Antarctic Continent/West Base 1940” in violet (”0” entered by hand), resealed by “Opened and passed by Censor/in New Zealand” label and violet circular “PASSED BY CENSOR/19” mark, some cover faults but a rare item from this visit. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £120-150

SOLD for £90.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
729 / c, entire, etc. imageAntarctica: USA Antarctic Service Expedition 1939-41: Amended ‘Snow Cruiser’ envelope carried on Feb. 27 1940 Barkley-Grow seaplane exploration flight, signed by Ashley Snow (pilot), Earl Perce (co-pilot) and Zadic Collier (mechanic), franked 3c. cancelled by USS “Bear” Mar. 5 1940 duplex. Ex Evans. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £100-120

SOLD for £80.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
730 / c, entire, etc. Antarctica: USA Antarctic Service Expedition 1939-41: USS “North Star”, selection of items incl. scarce circular dated cachet “U.S.S. NORTH STAR/U.S./DEPARTMENT/MAR 8 1940/OF INTERIOR/ANTARCTICA” on cover to sister of the ship’s purser first cancelled by Little America Jan. 17 duplex, (Mar. 10) letter on Dept. of the Interior letterhead from John O. Wahlborg Jr., also 1940 (Jan. 14) covers from both ships on day of arrival in Bay of Whales.

Est. £100-120

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
731 / c, entire, etc. imageAntarctica: USA Antarctic Service Expedition 1939-41: Illustrated envelopes for West Base-Little America and East Base-Neny Fjord (a limited number of each were printed and used solely by expedition members), both franked 3c. and sent to the designer of the sketches, Louise Holtgreve in Washington DC, cancelled by Jan. 26 1941 “LITTLE/AMERICA” and Mar. 22 “EVACUATION/EAST BASE” duplex respectively. Also photographs of the two base commanders. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £150-200

SOLD for £110.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
732 / c, entire, etc. imageAntarctica: U.S.A. Antarctic Service Expedition 1939-41: Evacuation of East Base, cover with typed endorsement of having been carried on every flight from East Base, signed by flight crew, franked 3c. cancelled by USS “Bear” Evacuation East Base Mar. 22 1941 duplex, very scarce. Ex Goldberg. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £200-250

SOLD for £400.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
Antarctica: Operation Highjump 1946-47
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733 / c, entire, etc. imageAntarctica: ‘Operation Highjump’ 1946-47: USS “Pine Island”, two ‘Penalty for Private Use’ envelope sent officially from medical officers on board, stampless and with U.S. Navy 15763 BR. duplex, the first (Jan. 11, with “1946” year error) to Commander Western Sea Frontier in San Francisco on the day of discovery of the crash site of the aircraft “George I” in which the captain of the ship had been travelling, the second (Jan. 17) with Task Force 68 cachet sent to the Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in Washington DC sent five days after the survivors had been recovered. Henry Howard Caldwell (1905-1985) was declared officially missing after the flying boat (in which he was an observer) crashed on the Thurston peninsula. Three of the crew were killed and Caldwell, with other survivors, was marooned for thirteen days before rescue. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £150-200

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
734 / c, entire, etc. imageAntarctica: Operation Highjump 1946-47: South Pole Flight, 5c. airmail stationery envelope endorsed “CARRIED OVER SOUTH POLE ON 15/16 FEBR 1947” cancelled by ?USS “Mount Olympus” Jan. 6 duplex, signed by Byrd, co-pilot James McCoy, photographer Kenneth Swain and radio operator Joseph Valinski. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £400-500

SOLD for £320.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
735 / c, entire, etc. imageAntarctica: ‘Operation Highjump’ 1946-47: Second South Pole Flight 1947 (Feb. 15), airmail envelope with Expedition cachet on both sides and five line typewritten cachet signed by pilot Lt. G. Anderson, bearing Air 5c. cancelled Mount Olympus Feb. 16 (“6” entered in ms. for correct date), also official photograph taken same day of aircraft with tracks in snow. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £350-400

SOLD for £260.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
736 / c, entire, etc. imageAntarctica: ‘Operation Highjump’ 1946-47: Collection of covers, photos etc. incl. 1947 (Jan. 16) with scarce USS “Merrick” ‘bear’ cachet with misspelling “ANTARTIC”, (Feb. 2) envelope with mimeographed USS “Merrick”/Little America cancellation (only known on this date), ranges of cancellations and other scarcer cachets incl. “BYRDS OF A FEATHER ...”, ‘zoot suit penguin’, unofficial USS “Currituck”, etc., signed and serviced items incl. “Mount Olympus” datestamps from Jan. 7 with unusual cover to London franked G.B. 1/2d., 2d. with Jan. 10 mark at left, (Jan. 24) two covers endorsed ‘Free’, one stampless to Baltimore, the other to Washington DC with Canal Zone 5c. and purple “Mailed At/Little America” mark, both showing USCGC “Northwind” duplex, scarce incoming cover sent 1946 (Nov. 26) from California, mapping and helicopter flights, submarine USS “Sennet” cover with 1947 (Apr. 7) typically smudged duplex, Byrd’s own ‘certificate of service’ on USS “Philippine Sea”, etc. (Image1)

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Est. £350-400

SOLD for £350.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
Antarctica: Operation Windmill 1947-48
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737 / c, entire, etc. Antarctica: Selection of mainly scarcer covers etc. from later expeditions incl. Operation Windmill with 1948 (Feb. 20) U.S. Navy Antarctic Expedition printed envelope (addressed locally to USS “Burton Island” franked F.I.D. Thick Map 1/2d. pair tied by E1 c.d.s. showing “1947” year date error, Operation Deepfreeze with 1956 (Oct. 26) First Polar Overflight with cachets, late use of Snow Cruiser envelope in 1958 signed by joint leaders of the second wintering over party, Fuchs and Hillary, also Richard (’Dickey’) Byrd Jr. with items from family archive incl. German 1931 ‘catapult’ cover, etc.

Est. £150-200

SOLD for £240.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
Antarctica: Byrd Various
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738 imageAntarctica: The balance of the Richard E Byrd collection, with contemporary and reproduced photographs, Byrd I, II, III Expedition and U.S. Antarctic Service medal ribbons, lecture tour promotional leaflets, covers incl. ‘Snow Cruiser’, later commemorative items etc. (Image1)

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Est. £50-70

SOLD for £70.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.

Miscellaneous and Mixed Lots

Miscellaneous and Mixed Lots
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739 A Commonwealth collection in fourteen albums, from 1935 to 1983, incl. extensive 1935 Silver Jubilee and 1948 Silver Wedding (with Hong Kong) issues, Bermuda 1938-52 set to £1, British Somaliland 1938 to 5r. mint and used, Ceylon 1938-49 5r. mint and used, Cyprus 1938 to £1 mint and used, Falkland Islands 1938-50, 1952 and 1960 sets to £1, Fiji 1938 and 1954 sets to £1, Gibraltar, Hong Kong 1938 to both $10 mint and used, 1941 set mint and used, 1962 set mint to $20, Mauritius 1938 set to 10r. mint and used, North Borneo 1950, 1954 and 1961 sets mint, Northern Rhodesia 1938 to 20s. mint and used, Nyasaland 1938 to £1 mint, 1945 and 1953 to 20s., Penang 1949 to $5 mint and used set to $5, 1954 mint set to $5, Straits Settlements, Sarawak, Virgin Islands, etc. (1,000s)

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Est. £2,500-3,000

SOLD for £2,600.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
740 A mint K.G.VI collection in two albums incl. Antigua 1938-51, Ascension 1938-52, Bahamas 1938-52, Bermuda 1938-53 (range with three £1), British Guiana 1938-52, British Honduras 1938-47, Canada 1937-38, 1942-48, Cyprus 1938-51, Gibraltar 1938-51, Great Britain 1939-48, Johore 1949-55, K.U.T. 1938-54, North Borneo 1939 (mild gum toning), Northern Rhodesia 1938-52 (less 2d.), Pakistan 1947, Penang 1949-52, Somaliland 1938, Sudan 1936-46 Official, ands Turks and Caicos 1938-45 sets, etc. (100s)

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Est. £2,000-2,500

SOLD for £1,750.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.
741 An all World selection in an album and two small notebooks, mainly early material, incl. Ionian Islands 1859 (1/2d.) single and (1d.) blocks of four (2) mint, Tasmania Chalon proofs in various colours (6), Natal Chalons with 1863-65 6d. imperf. plate proof pair and single on gummed watermarked paper, 6d. proof in black on card, 6d. mint (3), 1869 type 7e 1d. mint, 1870-73 1d., 3d. (2) and 6d., 1877-79 1d. on 6d. (4) mint, Queensland 1860-61 “REGISTERED” (6d.) block of four mint, 1868-78 range to 1s. with 2d. block of four mint (2), 6d. proof block of four on gummed watermarked paper, 1880 range to 20s. unused (2, not guaranteed), St Lucia proof of first issue head on unwatermarked paper, St Vincent early sideface issues to 1s. mint, U.S.A. 5c. and 24c. imperf. proofs on card, also “The Postage Stamps of New South Wales” by Bassett-Hull, etc. (100s)

Est. £2,000-2,500

SOLD for £2,000.00
Closing..Oct-04, 03:00 AM EST.

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