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Auction: 177 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 94

United States: Postal History
1934/1947, Byrd Antarctic & 1946-7 South Pole Expedition group,
with fifteen items, all but two from the Byrd Expedition II, note several different printed cachets, five with "This letter has been delayed for one year / because of difficulties in transportation / at Little America, Antarctica" handstamps, one with scarce Hacker cachet (ex-Skowron), letter from Donald Shook to Mr. Perry Solomon thanking him for the display of covers loaned to the Byrd Booth at the 1934 New York National Stamp Exhibition, 1947 "Operation Highjump" South Pole Expedition cover signed by Lt. Commander Ellis Schiller and "Order of the Penguin" certificate provided to those who served on Operation High Jump, etc, a few with creases but an overall fine lot.
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Sold for
$250

Starting price
$90