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Auction: 177 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 97

United States: Postal History
1936, Byrd Antarctic Expedition II, Postmaster General Farley’s letter to Lt. R.A.J. English,

thanking him for his letter postmarked on January 30, 1935, at Little America, with interesting contents noting: "this letter was transmitted to me by Mr. Donald G. Shook, who states that it was recently discovered in the supplies of the Expedition after its return to the United States," a fascinating and important letter pertaining to the philatelic history of this famed Expedition.
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