Auction: 1020 - Summer Collectors Series - Stamps
Lot: 1798
Antarctica 1901-03 German "Gauss" Antarctic Expedition Unknown publisher picture postcard (Wharton BA-1), headed "Kerguelen 1 Jan 1902" to Germany, the address panel showing a strike of the "Deutsche/Süpolar Expedition/gauss" cachet in violet, bearing 5pfg. cancelled at Berlin on 22 May and with two part arrival c.d.s. (23.5). Scarce. Photo Estimate £ 600-800 provenance: "Discovery", 1990
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