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Auction: 1020 - Summer Collectors Series - Stamps
Lot: 1876

Antarctica 1911-14 German South Polar by Wilhelm Filchner 1911 (16 Dec.) picture postcard "Südpolarschiff Deutschland" from South Georgia to Germany, bearing Falkland Islands 1d. vermilion cancelled with South Georgia double-ring d.s. and Expedition label cancelled by "Polarsciff Deutschland/Súd Georgien/Grytviken/10. Dezember 1911" cachet in dull purple; the card with two 5mm. punch holes at left and a central vertical crease with split at top. Also 1913 postcard (damaged) from Kolmanskop, South West Africa to "The Geologist Any Polar Expedition South Pole" asking for exchanges of products and 1914 picture postcard (damaged) connected with the 1912-14 Japanese Antarctic Expedition. Photo Estimate £ 200-250

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£380