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British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909
A collection of stamps issued for use on the Nimrod expedition, also including envelopes, letters and related printed material.
[comprising:] A part sheet of 60 1d. rose-carmine New Zealand stamps, Royle printing, overprinted in green with 'King Edward VII Land', with cancelled to order postmarks stamps dated '2.30pm, 4 March 1909', with selvedge on three sides; a similar part sheet of 43 stamps; a similar part sheet of 31 stamps, a similar part sheet of 9 stamps.
A series of four tls from D. Robertson (2) or F. Waters (2) of the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Department to Shackleton ('Dear Sir' or 'Dear Mr. Shackleton'), General Post Office. Wellington, 19th, 21st, 23rd and 24th December 1907, 1p., 3pp., 1p. & 1p., 4to & folio.
An interesting series, confirming that the expedition will be allowed to open 'a post office at King Edward VII Land, and that 100 sheets of stamps suitably overprinted' will be issued, giving details of the production of the stamps '24,000 stamps in all have been overprinted' and the names of those who should receive letters bearing the stamps.
Commander Sir Jameson Boyd ADAMS. Autograph letter with integral address panel signed to Dr. Henry Shackleton ('My dear Doctor'), [no place and no date but Antarctica, February 1907 with cancellation stamp dated 'Lyttelton 7 M(a)r(ch 19)08'] 1p., 8vo.
A letter sent back with the Nimrod when she returned to New Zealand at the end of February 1908, the stamp (with 'King Edward VII Land' overprinting) was evidently not cancelled in Antarctica and so bears the Lyttelton P.O. cancellation stamp. Adams letter is brief and to the point 'My dear Doctor/Love & Kindest regards/to all/Anything I can do to help/your son I will/Yours/Adams'.
6 B.A.E. envelopes, each bearing a penny 'King Edward VII Land' stamp, five with B.A.E. cancellation stamp dated 4 March 1909, the fifth with incomplete stamp and uncancelled.
Alexander J. SÉFI. King Edward VII. Land, A history of the special postage stamp issued for use in the Antarctic Regions for Sir Ernest Shackleton's Expedition of 1907-09. London: D. Field, 1912. 8° (21.5 x 14cm.). 9 plates, 1 double-page. Original wrappers. (3 copies).
5 letterpress printed forms 'P.O. No.2.. New Zealand. Sub-Office Letter-Bill', [circa 1907]. 21.7 x 16.8cm., one with entries and three cancellation stamps (one for Lyttelton, 1 Jan 1908, two for British Antarctic Expedition, 3 Feb 1908), with two examples of Shackleton's manuscript initials as Sub-Postmaster.
Registered Letter Book No,7. [circa 1907]. Oblong 8° (16.4 x 21.3cm.). 48 leaves of letterpress printed forms for recording 'Registered Articles received at the Sub-post Office... for Delivery', 2pp. with manuscript entries by Shackleton(?) (each followed by carbon copy entries), all for registered post sent from 'King Edward VII Land' on 3 February 1908. Original cloth-backed marbled boards.
New Zealand Post and Telegraph Department Guide Supplement. Issued Monthly: No. 60. Announcements. Notes of Principal Changes. List of Post-Offices, with table of arrival and departure of mails. 10th December, 1907. Wellington: John Mackay, 1907. 8° (21.6 x 13.7cm.). Original wrappers.
An unused postcard Wrench's "Links of Empire" Postcards, Series 3, No.4. British National Antarctic Expedition. 1901, with expedition postmark as normal on front. 9.4 x 14.1cm. The polar image has inset text in red, which records that 'This card was carried by the "Discovery" during her wanderings mid the snow and ice of the South Polar Regions, and was posted by the Expedition at the port of call on their return to civilization.'
PROVENANCE:
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922), and thence by descent.
A collection of stamps issued for use on the Nimrod expedition, also including envelopes, letters and related printed material.
[comprising:] A part sheet of 60 1d. rose-carmine New Zealand stamps, Royle printing, overprinted in green with 'King Edward VII Land', with cancelled to order postmarks stamps dated '2.30pm, 4 March 1909', with selvedge on three sides; a similar part sheet of 43 stamps; a similar part sheet of 31 stamps, a similar part sheet of 9 stamps.
A series of four tls from D. Robertson (2) or F. Waters (2) of the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Department to Shackleton ('Dear Sir' or 'Dear Mr. Shackleton'), General Post Office. Wellington, 19th, 21st, 23rd and 24th December 1907, 1p., 3pp., 1p. & 1p., 4to & folio.
An interesting series, confirming that the expedition will be allowed to open 'a post office at King Edward VII Land, and that 100 sheets of stamps suitably overprinted' will be issued, giving details of the production of the stamps '24,000 stamps in all have been overprinted' and the names of those who should receive letters bearing the stamps.
Commander Sir Jameson Boyd ADAMS. Autograph letter with integral address panel signed to Dr. Henry Shackleton ('My dear Doctor'), [no place and no date but Antarctica, February 1907 with cancellation stamp dated 'Lyttelton 7 M(a)r(ch 19)08'] 1p., 8vo.
A letter sent back with the Nimrod when she returned to New Zealand at the end of February 1908, the stamp (with 'King Edward VII Land' overprinting) was evidently not cancelled in Antarctica and so bears the Lyttelton P.O. cancellation stamp. Adams letter is brief and to the point 'My dear Doctor/Love & Kindest regards/to all/Anything I can do to help/your son I will/Yours/Adams'.
6 B.A.E. envelopes, each bearing a penny 'King Edward VII Land' stamp, five with B.A.E. cancellation stamp dated 4 March 1909, the fifth with incomplete stamp and uncancelled.
Alexander J. SÉFI. King Edward VII. Land, A history of the special postage stamp issued for use in the Antarctic Regions for Sir Ernest Shackleton's Expedition of 1907-09. London: D. Field, 1912. 8° (21.5 x 14cm.). 9 plates, 1 double-page. Original wrappers. (3 copies).
5 letterpress printed forms 'P.O. No.2.. New Zealand. Sub-Office Letter-Bill', [circa 1907]. 21.7 x 16.8cm., one with entries and three cancellation stamps (one for Lyttelton, 1 Jan 1908, two for British Antarctic Expedition, 3 Feb 1908), with two examples of Shackleton's manuscript initials as Sub-Postmaster.
Registered Letter Book No,7. [circa 1907]. Oblong 8° (16.4 x 21.3cm.). 48 leaves of letterpress printed forms for recording 'Registered Articles received at the Sub-post Office... for Delivery', 2pp. with manuscript entries by Shackleton(?) (each followed by carbon copy entries), all for registered post sent from 'King Edward VII Land' on 3 February 1908. Original cloth-backed marbled boards.
New Zealand Post and Telegraph Department Guide Supplement. Issued Monthly: No. 60. Announcements. Notes of Principal Changes. List of Post-Offices, with table of arrival and departure of mails. 10th December, 1907. Wellington: John Mackay, 1907. 8° (21.6 x 13.7cm.). Original wrappers.
An unused postcard Wrench's "Links of Empire" Postcards, Series 3, No.4. British National Antarctic Expedition. 1901, with expedition postmark as normal on front. 9.4 x 14.1cm. The polar image has inset text in red, which records that 'This card was carried by the "Discovery" during her wanderings mid the snow and ice of the South Polar Regions, and was posted by the Expedition at the port of call on their return to civilization.'
PROVENANCE:
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922), and thence by descent.
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