Sep 13, 2008 Prestige Philately - General Public Auction ... · "Antarctica/5.1.12", minor blemishes & viewside crease that is not apparent from the face, Cat $5500 (2001). [The "Aurora"

Prestige Philately - General Public Auction No 139 Page: 1Sep 13, 2008Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

ANTARCTICA[This is the largest selection of Antarctica postcards we have offered. Catalogue numbers are from "Postcards of Antarctic Expeditions 1898-1958" by Margery Wharton. The much improved Revised Edition (2007) is available from Prestige Philately for $110]

Lot 579

C BRITISH - Picture Postcards "UNION JACK HOISTED AT/SOUTH MAGNETIC POLE" Wharton GA-7, printed facsimile note from Shackleton promoting Plasmon Biscuits, bumped corners, unused. [This famous photo of AF McKay and the Australians Edgeworth David & Douglas Mawson was the basis of the AAT 1959 5d stamp]

579 B

125

Lot 580

C BRITISH - Picture Postcards "WINTER QUARTERS/MT EREBUS IN DISTANCE" Wharton GA-8, minor blemish at lower-left, unused.

580 A-100

Lot 581

C BRITISH - Picture Postcards ditto, printed facsimile note from Shackleton promoting Plasmon Biscuits, soiled on address side, unused.

581 B125

Lot 582

C BRITISH - Picture Postcards "THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT EREBUS/13350FT HIGH" Wharton #GA-10, non-contemporary ink notations about the ascent on the address side, unused. [Australians Edgeworth David & Douglas Mawson were among the successful climbers]

582 A-

100


AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY[We are delighted to have been instructed to offer the award-winning Polar Class exhibit formed by Kevin Dwyer of New South Wales. This fascinating display combines philatelic material with postcards, photographs, telegrams and other ephemera all contributing to the story of Australia's involvement in Antarctica. It was awarded a Large Gold Medal and was Runner-Up for the Grand Prix at the National Exhibition in Canberra in March 2008. After our great success with his wife Kim's Cocos Islands at our auction of 24/6/2006, Kevin said "When I win a Large Gold, the Antarctica goes to you too!" Well, here it is, the most significant Antarctic collection we have ever been privileged to prepare for sale. At some 6,000,000+ square kilometres, the Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) is the largest tract administered by any nation.]

Ex Lot 591

C The balance of the collection with many unusual & interesting items throughout including 1948 to NSW per HMAS "Wyatt Earp", 1948 postcard fashioned from a piece of cardboard, FDCs of the various Base POs, 1966 covers with boxed cachets of the "Thala Dan" (registered) & "Kista Dan" etc. Many are registered including 1959 with 'MACQUARIE ISLAND/VICTORIA' (!) label, 1970 OHMS cover with Opening Day cds of Casey, 1968 from Mawson with superb '[seal]/ANARE/AMERY ICE SHELF/ PROJECT 1968' cachet & an inwards cover from Austria. Finally a sleeve patch & pennant both with the '[seal]/ANARE' logo. (73 items)

591

1,000

AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY - The Age of Discovery (1911-1931)[The 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) was led by Douglas Mawson, a geologist from Adelaide. Mawson had been with Shackleton's 1908 Expedition & was one of the first group to climb Mount Erebus, the highest point on the Antarctic continent. The AAE was essentially a scientific project that made major contributions in geology, meteorology, geo-magnetism & biology. It has been called "the first major scientific exploring venture by Australians beyond their shores". In addition, the extensive physical exploration & associated cartography laid the basis for Australia's later claim to what became the AAT. Mawson's epic editing of the 22 volumes of the AAE "Scientific Reports" was completed only in 1947. Mawson lead the British Australian & New Zealand Research Expedition (BANZARE) of 1929-32 which focussed on marine science & resulted in a further 13 volumes of reports]

Lot 592

PS 1903 NSW 1d Postal Card to "DMawson Esq/Chemical Laboratory/University/Sydney" from 'GERRINGONG' with message "...Don't forget maps, hammer & hatchet..." & signed "TGriffith Taylor", minor blemishes.

Mawson graduated in mining engineering in 1902 & commenced his geological studies in 1904. Thomas Griffith Taylor in some ways had a parallel career to Mawson's. He was meteorologist with Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated "Terra Nova" expedition of 1910-13 & was awarded the King's Polar Medal in 1913. Both men performed distinguished science-related work during World War I. At the date of this card, Griffith was 23yo, and Mawson two years his junior. Taylor is renowned as one of Australia's pre-eminent geographers]

592 B

250

Prestige Philately - General Public Auction No 139 Page: 3Sep 13, 2008AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY - The Age of Discovery (1911-1931) (continued)Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 593

C 1911 commercial cover to Launceston with a superb strike of the 'LOOSE SHIPS LETTER/POSTED AT/MACQUARIE ISLAND/[penguin]/S.Y. AURORA/A.A.E.' cachet alongside Tasmanian 1d Pictorial cancelled on arrival with 'HOBART/21DE11/TASMANIA' cds, light overall soiling & minor flap faults, Cat $5500 (2001).

The "Aurora" departed Hobart on 2/12/1911. It was accompanied as far as Macquarie Island by the supply ship SS "Toroa", on which this cover was carried back to Hobart.

593 B

5,000

Lot 594

C 1911 Figurehead (London) PPC "The gallant Aurora/pushing through the ice floes" Wharton #NA-2, unused. Superb! [Published for the 1930 British Polar Exhibition]

594 A+100

Lot 595

C 1912 Tasmanian PPC to Adelaide with largely very fine 'LOOSE SHIPS LETTER/POSTED IN/ ANTARCTICA/[penguin]/S.Y. AURORA/A.A.E.' cachet alongside Tasmanian 1d Pictorial cancelled with 'HOBART/12MR12/TASMANIA' cds, endorsed "Per SY Aurora" & the message headed "Antarctica/5.1.12", minor blemishes & viewside crease that is not apparent from the face, Cat $5500 (2001). [The "Aurora" returned to Hobart on 12/3/1912. The card is signed "Perc", who has been identified as Percy E Correll, the Expedition's mechanic & assistant physicist]

595 B

5,000


Lot 596

C 1912 AAE PPC "S.Y. AURORA" (with foresails only) Wharton #MA-1 to New Zealand with largely fine to very fine 'LOOSE SHIPS LETTER/POSTED IN/ANTARCTICA/[penguin]/S.Y. AURORA/A.A.E.' cachet unusually without stamp affixed & with a part-impression of the Hobart machine cancel in red as used on bulk mail (and stated to be the only such usage of an item of "Aurora" mail), a couple of very minor blemishes. [The message states "...from Adelie Land Antarctica...Winter quarters very comfortable & shd be A1. All very fit & looking for mischief" and signed "Eric N Webb", the Expedition's magnetician ("one versed in the science of magneticism"). Marjorie Wharton states: "The very few examples of this card...seen have all been used on the Expedition"]

596 A-

4,000

Lot 597

PS 1912 usage of 1911 Fullface 1d Postal Card P1 to "Dr D Mawson/Adelaide University" with printed advice for the Microscopical Section of the Royal Society. [Mawson was still in Antarctica, fighting for his life. With Xavier Mertz & Belgrave Ninnes he had set off in December 1912 on the Far Eastern Expedition. 300 miles out, Ninnis fell to his death in a crevasse, taking with him most of the group's food. The others turned back, supplementing their meagre rations with meat from their dogs. When Mertz died, Mawson used a pocket-saw to cut his sled in half & dragged it the final 100 miles. The return trek took 55 days. He arrived to see the "Aurora" departing for Hobart. A rescue team of 6 left behind to search for the trio nursed Mawson back to health. They were picked up on the "Aurora's" return on 12/12/1913! By then, the radio operator, had "lost his marbles"]

597 A

100

Lot 598

C 1914 commercial cover to Sydney with very fine strike of the rare 'LOOSE SHIPS LETTER/ [penguin]/S.Y. AURORA/A.A.E.' cachet (recut, with the text above the Penguin removed) at lower-left & 1d Kangaroo cancelled on arrival with 'PT ADELAIDE/27FE14/STH AUSTRALIA' cds, central fold & several peripheral tears that have been repaired with archival tape, minor staining at left. One of the great AAT covers, and a marvellous usage item for the Kangaroo collector. [Only 3 other covers & 2 pieces bearing this recut cachet have been recorded: the cachet is listed but unpriced in "Australian PictorMarks"]

After rescuing Mawson & his six companions at Commonwealth Bay on 12/2/1913, the "Aurora" sailed directly to Adelaide, arriving on 26/2/1914.

598 (B)

8,000


Ex Lot 599

L/C 1914 holograph letter with 'AUSTALASIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1911' raised imprint at top dated "Hobart/27th Sept 1914" wholly written by & signed "Douglas Mawson", very fine; with the accompanying envelope with Royal coat-of-arms on the flap to "Mr Harrison/Biologist/Commonwealth Fisheries Department/Melbourne", 1d Roo tied by Hobart machine cancel, flap fault. [Mawson, who had been knighted in London 3 months earlier, advises Harrison "..don't lose [your sketchbook] as some of the sketches may be of value for scientific purposes..."] (2 items)

599 A/B

500

Ex Lot 600

C 1929 BANZARE group comprising a c.1960s print of a 1929 photo of Mawson & 6 expeditioners at their "mansion" (a tiny hexagonal hut) on Heard Island, Dept of External Territories cachet on the reverse, minor bends; tiny Shell collectors card of the "Discovery", faults; two non-contemporary photos of the "Discovery"; 1995 SA Museum PPC of Frank Hurley's famous group shot including Mawson in his balaclava; & BANZARE notepaper with non-contemporary autograph of "Douglas Mawson". [There were 2 separate BANZARE voyages, both involving Scott's old warhorse "Discovery", loaned by the British government. The first, in 1929-30, visited Kerguelen (FAT) & Heard Island] (6)

600

250

Lot 601

? 1929 piece (250x99x5mm) from the side of a wooden crate of chocolates with filigreed MacRoberstons logo lightly burned into the timber, minor cracks at upper-left. Stated to have been been taken by Mawson to the Antarctic & formerly owned by an Italian collector. One of the weirdest lots we've ever offered. [Melbourne businessman Macpherson MacRobertson was the principal financier of the BANZARE. He was also the man behind the 1934 MacRobertson Centenary Air Race from England to Melbourne]

601

Offer

Lot 602

C 1930 philatelic cover to Melbourne with KGV 3d tied by one of two very fine strikes of the 'BANZ/[penguin]/ANTARCTIC RESEARCH EXP' cachet, ironed-out vertical fold & repaired tear clear of the cachet at upper-left. [The second voyage left Hobart 22/11/1930 & returned 20/3/1931. On this journey, Mawson formally claimed for the Crown what became the Australian Antarctic Territory under the AAT Acceptance Act (1933)]

602 B

500


Lot 603

C 1930 self-addressed cover to "Stuart Campbell, Pilot/BANZ Expedition/SY Discovery" at Hobart with Sturt 1½d tied by very fine strike of the "penguin" cachet in black, with a superb strike of the reserve cachet (the most obvious difference is the penguin's eye) in violet at upper-left & another equally fine strike on the reverse. Exceptional quality.

603 A+

850

Lot 604

C 1931 Petterd cover with Sturt 1½d pair tied by a light but clear strike of the 'BANZ/[penguin]/ ANTARCTIC RESEARCH EXP' cachet, signed "NWIngram" (physician & biologist), "Frank Hurley" (photographer), "HaroldPFletcher" (biologist) & "Douglas Mawson", endorsed "No 14" at lower-left (but we haven't seen another), the stamps torn-off (!) & neatly reinstated not greatly detracting from the generally fine appearance. [With accompanying 1932 letter from Frank Hurley's wife that states "...one of my little girls, who collects all kinds of stamps, just casually tore them off, not realising the great value they will be in time..." & signed "Antoinette Hurley"]

604 (B)

1,000

Lot 605

C 1931 unaddressed cover with KGV ½d & 1½d tied by a superb strike of the 'BANZ/[penguin]/ANTARCTIC RESEARCH EXP' cachet forgery. [Offered with a note of the differences from the original]

605 A-

150


AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY - ANARE (Australian Stamps) Period 1947-57Despite the success of the BANZARE voyages, there was no further official Antarctic contact until after World War II. In 1947, the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition(s) was founded. ANARE (pronounced an-AR-ay) embraces the activities in Antarctica of both government and non-government bodies and individuals, with a central focus on scientific research. Prior to February 1957, only Australian stamps were available]

Ex Lot 606

C 1947 ANARE Heard Island Christmas card from Gotley to his fiancée & signed "Aub", with the accompanying cover; "Greetings/[penguin]/from/Antarctica" card with 'HEARD ISLAND' within also signed "Aub", another unfolded unused & rare thus; 1948 Macquarie Island postcard (1948); 1949 Heard Island "HELLO OVERTHERE" Christmas card (unused); finally Navy New Year card with penguin-ship-walrus on the face & photo of "LST 3501" within, signed "John Heazlewood" (also with his 1994 endorsement on the back, minor faults). Scarce ephemera. (7)

606 A/B

200

Ex Lot 607

C 1947 blue/cream "penguin" QSL (ham radio) card but not endorsed thus with "Best wishes from members of Heard Is/Antarctic Expedition 1947 and/officers of HMA LST 3501" and on the reverse 26 signatures including Campbell, Gotley & Lt-Commdr Dixon, minor blemishes; also registered cover self-addressed to Campbell, & modern print of flag-rasing ceremony. [A small number of QSL cards were prepared as souvenirs of the official declaration on 26/12/1947 of Heard Island as an Australian Dependency] (3)

607 A-/A

250

Lot 608

L 1947 (Dec 24) typed weather report on Royal Australian Navy letterhead to the "LST 3501" & signed "AV Gotley", some staining, reinforced with archival (?) tape; also modern prints of before & after photos of the seaplane wrecked by high winds on 21/12/1947. [Gotley's report relates to this incident]

608 B

100

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Lot 609

C/L 1947 over-franked cover cancelled 25DE47 the Opening Day of the Heard Island PO with 2-line Expedition & straight-line 'HEARD ISLAND' cachets, with 3pp letter headed "Aboard HMALST 3501/Wednesday 10 Dec 47" & signed "Aub". [Aubrey Gotley was chief meteorologist. He wrote "...at one stage the engines failed & we drifted helplessly...We are now ready for the next storm..." Then "Thursday 11 Dec/Well we are here at last...the first landing party leaves soon..."]

609 A/B

250

Ex Lot 610

C 1947 Over-franked philatelic covers from members of the crew of the "LST 3501" Lt-Cmmdr George Dixon (the captain, registered), stokers Wilson (registered) & Heazlewood, and correctly rated registered cover from Dr Peter Blaxland (ship's physician) all cancelled 25DE47 the Opening Day of the Heard Island PO, a few stains; also contemporary photo of Blaxland & expedition leader Gp-Capt Stuart Campbell pre-sorting mail on the ship. ["LST 3501" was a WWII Canadian-built troop-carrier able to land tanks through a forward hatch. The ship left Melbourne 17/11/1947 & arrived at heard Island 11/12/1947. Stuart Campbell, of Papuan avaiation fame, had been aviator with the BANZARE. The Post Office had given the Expedition a large stock of stamps but with no instructions as to how they were to be used! Our vendor states that over-franked covers such as these can invariably be linked to one of the expeditioners] (6)

610 A/B

150

Ex Lot 611

C 1947 over-franked covers cancelled 25DE47 the Opening Day of the Heard Island PO from expeditioners Aub Gotley to his fiancée, Lem Macey (radio supervisor), Arthur Carrol (weather observer), Keith York (radiosonde operator, x2) & JE Jelbart (physicist), most with 2-line Expedition & straight-line 'HEARD ISLAND' cachets, mostly fine. (6)

611 A/B

100


Lot 612

C 1947 cover to "AMartin/Macquarie Is/co Antarctic Expedition" from the first mail out of Heard Island (cds of 25DE47), signed "Stuart Campbell" at lower-right (not contemporary). Rare "internal" mail. [There was no direct mail between the two Bases. The cover travelled on "LST 3501" to Melbourne, then on the first ship to Macquarie Island (arrival cds of 7MR48; Opening Day)]

612 A

250

Lot 613

C 1948 privately produced cover (189x121mm) with illustration of the HMAS "Wyatt Earp" & the "Kingfisher" aircraft, to NSW with 3½d tied by Macquarie Island cds of 7MR48, Opening Day of the post office. [The "Wyatt Earp" made only the one ANARE voyage, for which she was too small & with no ice-breaking ability]

613 A

250

Ex Lot 614

C 1948 1947 (Dec 24) cover from Hobart to NSW at Forces 1d rate with boxed 'HMA/SHIP' h/s used aboard the "Wyatt Earp", with multicoloured ship's Christmas card signed within "Robin Gray", pilot of the "Kingfisher" aircraft soon to be taken to Macquarie Island, minor blemishes. (2)

614 B

100

Ex Lot 615

C 1948 letter headed "HMA LST 3501/Wednesday 3 March 48/at sea" & signed "AJHayter", one of the ship's officers, with cover to NSW with Macquarie Is cds of 7MR48 being Opening Day of the PO, various cachets & provisional registration label with 'MACQUARIE ISLAND' h/s on the reverse. [Letter states "We sailed from Hobart this morning...Macquarie Island is our only port of call..."] (2)

615 B

100


Ex Lot 616

C 1948 cover to Fremantle with Macquarie Is cds of 7MR48 being Opening Day of the PO, 'HMA SHIPS' & 2-line ANARE cachets; with the enclosed Expedition card (seal, penguins & whales) bearing 13 autographs on the reverse, some soiling. (2)

616 A/B

200

Lot 617

C 1948 cover to "AV Gotley/ANARE/Heard Island/..." from the first mail out of Macquarie Island (cds of 7MR48), st-line h/s in violet on provisional registration label & faint 'HMA SHIPS' h/s, Melbourne transit b/s of 2AP48 but no Heard Is arrival. Rare "internal" mail.

617 A

300

Ex Lot 618

C 1948 Stuart Campbell covers from Hobart (22JY48) to Macquarie Island (arrival cds of 4AU48 on the face) and from Macquarie to Melbourne, both with 'RAAF No 11 SQUADRON/PT COOK VICTORIA', 'OPERATION/SINBAD' & 'ANARE/MACQUARIE IS' cachets all on the face. [The flight had a real purpose, to bring an engineer to replace a drowned expeditioner] (2)

618 A-

250


Lot 619

C 1948 commercial airmail cover to Gotley at Heard Island "co French Antarctic Expedition/SS Commandant Charcot/Durban/South Africa" with 1/6d Hermes tied by Kogarah (NSW) machine cancel, superb 'HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR AUSTRALIA/South Africa' cachet & date h/s 26JUL1949 both in violet on the reverse, minor blemishes. Stated that only 3 such covers have been recorded. [The cover is from Gotley's mother. Also with the mimeographed ANARE letter to families of the expeditioners advising of this once-off opportunity to get mail to the Bases outside the normal annual schedule, and the envelope - with ANARE imprint at lower-left - to Gotley's fiancée]

619 B

750

C 1948-49 group of used telegrams comprising PMG's Department blue/pink (2, one with 'INTERNATIONAL/TELEGRAM' label affixed) & blue/cream forms, plus 6 message forms with 'RAAF Form A22P' imprint at upper-left, Cable & Wireless red/white form, and two plain forms from HMAS "Australia" (with superb 'PRIORITY' h/s) or from Heard to the ship, a few faults; also ANARE cover in which one was sent on from Melbourne. Very scarce group, with some interesting comments "...Members listened to description of [Melbourne] Cup via Radio Australia...Partial eclipse of sun Monday...Thaw flooded stores...Two chess games are being contested with Marion Island [the South African Antarctic Base]..." (13)

620

300

Ex Lot 621

C 1949 Arthur Bergen covers to & from Macquarie Island with cds of 28MR49 (the stamps cancelled on arrival) or 29MR49 per HMAS "Labuan", both with 'HMA SHIPS' h/s & both with boxed 'SHIPS OFFICER/HMALST 3501' d/s in violet. Superb! [As noted on the covers, the "LST 3501" had been renamed HMAS "Labuan"] (2)

621 A+

200

Ex Lot 622

C 1949 & 1950 philatelic covers to Victoria with Macquarie Island cds of 12MR49 or Heard Island cds of 3MR50 (an error for 3AP50) with st-line 'MACQUARIE ISLAND' h/s & 'PER COMMANDANT/ CHARCOT' cachets; or with 'French Antarctic Expedition/Ship Commandant Charcot' cachet, registered but serviced on arrival where 'NAVY OFFICE' h/s was struck on Melbourne registration label. [The "Commandant Charcot" was the first foreign ship to visit the Australian Bases. The first voyage was a failure. On the second, a French base was established at Port Martin] (2)

622 A

250


Ex Lot 623

C 1950 privately produced covers (one by Arthur Bergen) carried by HMAS "Labuan" both with Heard Island cds of 19FE50, the first unstamped & with boxed 'HMA/SHIPS' h/s, the other with st-line 'HMA SHIPS' h/s & French 'ARCHIPEL KERGUELEN/MADAGASCAR' cds on the face. [The third expedition to Heard Island left Melbourne 22/1/1950; arrived at Heard on 11/2; departed 25/2 & visited Kerguelen 28/2] (2)

623 A

250

Ex Lot 624

C 1950 Arthur Bergen covers carried by HMAS "Labuan" both with Macquarie Island cds of 10AP50, both with superb st-line 'HMA SHIPS' h/s & 'MACQUARIE ISLAND' h/s, the first stampless, the other with ½d x2 paying Forces concessional rate. (2)

624 A

250

Ex Lot 625

C/L 1950 commercial cover to Tasmania with 2½d tied by Macquarie cds of 23AP50 (a previously unrecorded date), small fault at top. Very scarce. [With the letter signed "Neville Parsons" (physicist) "...enjoying every minute of the hard toil & primitive conditions...building myself a hut..."] (2)

625 B/A

150

Lot 626

CO 1950 OHMS cover (255x190mm) with ANARE h/s & 'ON TO/VICTORY/...' printed at upper-left & Department of Air imprint at lower-left, to Sydney with 2d KGVI 6d Kookaburra & 1/3d Bull (a scarce stamp on commercial mail), Macquarie Island cds of 21SE50 & h/s on provisional registration label (fault), minor blemishes & central vertical fold. A very scarce item, short-paying by ½d the rate for a letter between 7 & 8oz (2½d for the first ounce, plus 2d for each additional ounce = 1/5½d + 6d registration. [This was an unscheduled mail made possible by the mercy visit of the "St Austel Bay" to repatriate NA Figg, the cook, who had developed appendicitis]

626 B

250


Lot 627

C 1950 philatelic cover to NZ with Macquarie Island cds of 14DE50 & typed endorsement ".../carried by RRS Discovery II", signed on the flap "John Blackburn/RRS Discovery II". [Following cook Figg's departure, there was a 3 months wait until a replacement cook (R Knightly) arrived on the British research ship "Discovery II"]

627 A

150

Ex Lot 628

C/CL 1951 standard-size & long envelopes with different ANARE imprints at lower-left both to Sydney, the first by internal air with KGV 3d pair, the other with UPU 3½d, with Heard Island cds of 27AU51 or 31JA51, both with 'HEARD ISLAND' h/s, minor blemishes. A very scarce pair. [The latter with enclosed letter on ANARE letterhead signed "HV Vause"] (3)

628 B

300

Lot 629

C 1951 Arthur Bergen cover for the Second Visit of "Discovery II", to Adelaide with QM 2d tied by Heard Island cds of 7SE51, boxed ship's cachet, minor blemishes. ["Discovery II" was requested to repatriate a seriously ill expeditioner]

629 B

150

Lot 630

C 1951 attractive 'VK1BS/MACQUARIE ISLAND' QSL (ham radio) card from WJ (Bill) Storer.630 A 100


Ex Lot 631

C 1952 Arthur Bergen cover for visit of the Norwegian vessel MV "Tottan" to Macquarie Island with Macquarie cds of 9AP52, plus the insert with the same cachet & signed "AH Bergen". (2)

631 A100

Ex Lot 632

C/L 1953 commercial cover to "Glen Huntly Melb" correctly rated with ½d Roo & 3d QE tied by Macquarie Island cds of 21DE53, ANARE & 'MACQUARIE ISLAND' cachets, superb 'BRIGHTON/VIC-AUST' cds & 'MISSENT TO/BRIGHTON' h/s on the face, a little aged. [With the enclosed letter signed "John A Jones", the weather observer on Macquarie for the 1953-54 season "...am on board the Kista Dan in preparation for unloading"] (2)

632 B

100

C 1953 OHMS cover with ANARE imprint at lower-left, cds of Macquarie Island (21DE53, tying QE 3½d), Heard Island (20JA54) French 'ARCHIPEL KERGUELEN/23/JANV/1954/MADAGASCAR' & 'MAWSON' (15FE54, Opening Day) all on the face, minor bends.

633 B

150

C 1954 proof impressions of the Heard Island, Macquarie Island & Mawson cds and of the 3 boxed cachets for the ANARE 3½d FDCs serviced at the Bases (also with Cocos-Aust flight cachet & 2 others) on two pieces of thin card (140x198mm). Very unusual.

634 A

200

Lot 635

CL 1954 airmail cover from England with GB 2d 4d & 1/6d & Cricklewood cds, then Australian 3½d tied by Melbourne cds & 9d + 2/- tied by Mawson cds, registered at point of origin & again at Mawson, signed "WJ Storer/PM Mawson" at upper-left, a couple of tiny blemishes.

635 A-

100

Ex Lot 636

C 1955 Jack Peake hand-illustrated covers with ANARE 3½d tied by cds of Heard or Mawson, and the boxed cachets in violet. (2)

636 A200


Lot 637

PS 1956 philatelic usage of United States (3c+)3c Reply Card reply-half uprated with 1c Washington tied by Macquarie Island cds, to New York. Stated to be the only recorded usage of a UPU reply card from the AAT.

637 A

150

Lot 638

C 1957 Jack Peake hand-illustrated cover (gulls) with ANARE 3½d pair tied by Mawson cds of 15AU57 & Russian Mirny Base cds of 4.9.57, Mawson arrival b/s of 14SE57 & signed on the reverse "PClemence Pilot".

638 A

200

AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY - AAT Stamps Period 1957-1970[The 2/- Map stamp was issued on 27/3/1957, followed by a set of Pictorials on 16/12/1959. Australian stamps were still valid]

Ex Lot 639

C 1959 philatelic cover to Melbourne with 2/- Map tied by Wilkes cds of 1FE59 being the Opening Day of this Base, with the enclosed 'VK3ACD/IN THE ANTARCTIC' illustrated QSL (ham radio) card. (2)

639 A150

Lot 640

C 1960 commercial usage to England of a Russian PPC with Davis cds of 3FE60, 5d Magnetic Pole added & tied by Mawson transit cds of 10FE60, a few blemishes & vertical fold. [The message signed by "Christopher Armstrong" "...The card came from the Russian polar ship when she called..."]

640 B

200

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Lot 641

C 1966 Sipols cover festooned with the signatures of all 27 1966 expeditioners, 8d & 2/3d Pictorials not cancelled but with the scarce 'WILKES AUST/ANTARCTIC TERR' registration label affixed.

641 A200

Ex Lot 642

C 1968 covers for the Amery Ice Shelf Project with AAT 1c & 4c tied by Mawson cds of 17FE68 after the landing of 4 expeditioners at the Ice Shelf, or 13JA69 after their return 11 months later, both signed by all 4 members. [Stated that only 50 covers in total were signed] (2)

642 A-

200

Lot 643

C 1969 Sipols cover festooned with the signatures of all (?) 25 1969 expeditioners, Pictorials 10c & 20c tied by Wilkes cds of 8FE69 (Last Day of Wilkes Post Office) but without a registration label.

643 A200

Lot 644

C 1970 cover festooned on the reverse with the signatures of all (?) 24 1970 expeditioners, Pictorials 1c to $1 tied by Mawson cds of 10JA70, minor tonespots.

644 B150

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Sep 13, 2008 Prestige Philately - General Public Auction ... · "Antarctica/5.1.12", minor blemishes & viewside crease that is not apparent from the face, Cat $5500 (2001). [The "Aurora"