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Auction: 19012 - The 'Pegasus' Collection of Important Classic New Zealand
Lot: 880

Antarctic Expeditions
1911-13 Victoria Scott Expedition
1913 (18 Jan.) envelope (216x132mm. with "british antarctic expedition, 1910." imprint on flap) to The Hon. Sir Edgar Speyer in London, bearing ½d. deep green and 1d. carmine sharing neat "brit. antarctic expd." datestamp; fine and scarce. Photo

Note: Sir Edgar Speyer was an American-born financier and philanthropist. He became a British subject in 1892. He was chairman of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London, forerunner of the London Underground. Speyer was a supporter of the musical arts and also honorary treasurer of the fund for Captain Scott's Antarctic Expedition. He died in February 1932

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