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Auction: 1020 - Summer Collectors Series - Stamps
Lot: 1883

Antarctica 1921-22 Shackleton-Rowett Expedition by Sir Ernest Shackleton and succeeded by Frank Wild 1920-22 series of sixteen letters, etc., to or from George H. Wilkins, Naturalist to the Expedition, several to his mother with the first written from Athens and the last from St. Helena, 1920 letter from Baroness Orczy asking Wilkins to call upon her, 1920 (Dec.) long copy letter from Montevideo, 1921 (Sept.) letter from the Daily Mirror regarding photographs, and 1922 letter from the Scientific and Technical Club in Johannesburg thanking Wilkins for agreeing to give a talk to them. A fascinating group with interesting information about the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition Estimate £ 200-250

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