![ANTARCTIC EXPEDITIONS 1901 and 1910. SCOTT, Robert Falcon, Captain (1868-1912) and Sir Ernest Henry SHACKLETON (1874-1922). Souvenir postcard commemorating the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901, signed by both Scott and Shackleton and addressed by the latter to his father, Henry; postmarks 'Cape Colony' and '[An]tarctic [Expedn] 1901 SS Discovery' (abrasion with loss to stamp and 'RNR' following Shackleton's signature, small loss at edge, upper left).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2006/CSK/2006_CSK_04072_0165_000(122001).jpg?w=1)
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ANTARCTIC EXPEDITIONS 1901 and 1910. SCOTT, Robert Falcon, Captain (1868-1912) and Sir Ernest Henry SHACKLETON (1874-1922). Souvenir postcard commemorating the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901, signed by both Scott and Shackleton and addressed by the latter to his father, Henry; postmarks 'Cape Colony' and '[An]tarctic [Expedn] 1901 SS Discovery' (abrasion with loss to stamp and 'RNR' following Shackleton's signature, small loss at edge, upper left).
R.F. SCOTT. Autograph letter signed, Victoria Street, London, on headed paper 'British Antarctic Expedition, 1910', 26 February 1910, 2 pages, 4to. In Scott's own words, a 'very frank letter', in which he refuses a dinner invitation, claiming it would be a 'waste of my time', to attend without the hope of receiving help for his 'enterprise'. 'My time is fully occupied and beyond the preparation for my expedition my whole effort has to be devoted to completing the funds'. Only three of the city companies he had appealed to for funds had responded.
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E.H. SHACKLETON. Autograph letter signed, Marlborough Club, Pall Mall, 17 August 1920, 1 page, 12mo; with, Edward Adrian WILSON (1872-1912), a pencil sketch of A.E. Shipley, signed and dated 1893. Wilson was zoologist on the Antarctic Expedition of 1910. (4)
R.F. SCOTT. Autograph letter signed, Victoria Street, London, on headed paper 'British Antarctic Expedition, 1910', 26 February 1910, 2 pages, 4to. In Scott's own words, a 'very frank letter', in which he refuses a dinner invitation, claiming it would be a 'waste of my time', to attend without the hope of receiving help for his 'enterprise'. 'My time is fully occupied and beyond the preparation for my expedition my whole effort has to be devoted to completing the funds'. Only three of the city companies he had appealed to for funds had responded.
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E.H. SHACKLETON. Autograph letter signed, Marlborough Club, Pall Mall, 17 August 1920, 1 page, 12mo; with, Edward Adrian WILSON (1872-1912), a pencil sketch of A.E. Shipley, signed and dated 1893. Wilson was zoologist on the Antarctic Expedition of 1910. (4)
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