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Auction: 1020 - Summer Collectors Series - Stamps
Lot: 1895

Antarctica 1934-37 British Graham Land Expedition by John R. Rymill 1936 (27 May) envelope (252x177mm.) from the Scott Research Institute, Cambridge to "J.I. Moore, Esq. British Graham Land Expedition M.Y. "Penola" Port Stanley Falkland Islands", bearing G.B. 1 1/2d. brown and showing "t/40/l" tax mark, arrival c.d.s. (date unclear) on reverse; the envelope with some faults though a very rare item of incoming mail to the expedition; also a fine large contemporary photograph of the Penola leaving St. Katherine´s Dock on 10 September. Photo Estimate £ 500-600 Note: This and the preceding cover were discovered in June 1940 when Commander R. Black of the 1939-41 United States Antarctic Expedition made a sledge journey to the abandoned Base of the British Graham Land Expedition provenance: Dudley Styles, 1993

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