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Auction: 177 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 103

United States: Autographs, Manuscripts, & Ephemera
R.A.J. English (Lieutenant), 1935 typed letter & delayed mail
to Mr. J.F. Welsh at the U.S. Navy Yard, Brooklyn, hand-written on Byrd Antarctic Expedition II letterhead, datelined "S.S. Bear of Oakland, Bay of Whales, Antarctica, 30 January 1935," sending greetings "from the bottom of the world", with original Byrd Expedition envelope, franked but uncancelled, with handstamped Bear of Oakland cachet, also with typed letter from Donald G. Shook to J.F. Welsh, noting that the enclosed letter was discovered among the supplies of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, and that "because of the Assistant Postmaster's physical and mental breakdown at Little America, it was necessary for the Post Office Department to send an expert from the United States to Little America to take charge of the mail service," further explaining that some letters "which he had failed to turn over to the proper authorities were found in some trunks and boxes," an informative letter detailing the challenges of mail handling on this Expedition, scarce and fine.

Sold for
$675

Starting price
$120