1972 light Signy Islands South Orkneys dial cancel ties 2-p overprinted on 2-d skiing stamps franking #6 cover from the M.S. Lindblad Explorer (clear black & red cachet pictures ship) to Labrador Canada, clear red 'DEPOSITED IN ANTARTICA(sic--C missing)', neatly addressed. Cover sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 bs

    25 DE 74 clear Argentine Islands Grahamland dial cancel on 4-p C. A. Larsen and ship Jason stamp franking #6 cover from Antarctic Tourist Expedition 1974 / 75 of the M.S. Lindblad Explorer (well struck black cachet showing ship) to Ohio, dark red boxed Argentine Islands Station cachet with sled dogs at LL, neatly addressed, never sealed. Cover sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 bs

    25 DE 74 somewhat light Argentine Islands Grahamland dial cancel on 4-p C. A. Larsen and ship Jason stamp franking #6 cover from Antarctic Tourist Expedition 1974 / 75 of the M.S. Lindblad Explorer (light but complete black cachet showing ship) to Ohio, dark red boxed Argentine Islands Station cachet with sled dogs at LL, doubling of ship handstamp at upper left, slight yellowing of the paper with age, neatly addressed, never sealed. $4.25 b

    12 Jan 76 Antarctic Tourist Expedition cover from the MS Lindblad Explorer on #6 cover with 5-p British Antarctic Territory stamps tied by somewhat blurry cancel of the Argentine Islands Station of Graham Land to Ohio, 3 small handstamp cachets (including the base). $9.00

c.13 Jan 76 Antarctic Tourist Expedition cover from the MS Lindblad Explorer on #6 cover with 10-p British Antarctic Territory stamp tied by legible cancel of the Argentine Islands Station of Graham Land to Ohio, 3 small handstamp cachets (including the base). $12.50

14 Jan 76 Antarctic Tourist Expedition cover from the MS Lindblad Explorer on #6 cover with 1-1 / 2-p & 4-p British Antarctic Territory stamps tied by legible cancels of the Argentine Islands Station of Graham Land to Ohio, 3 small handstamp cachets (including the base). $10.00

    4 JAN 1977 bold Halley cancel ties complete four-stamp whale conservation issue to cacheted unaddressed official FDC. Gorgeous! $20.00 bfe

    -7 FEB 1977 clear Argentine Island official FDC for the complete three-stamp Silver Jubilee issue, cacheted & unaddressed. $4.50 b

    APR 6 1979 bold SOJEX STA. / ATLANTIC CITY NJ 08401 hand cancel ties 8-c US Antarctic Treaty & 13-c Christmas stamps & 6-p Duke of Edinburgh & 5-P Gerlach British Antarctic Territory stamps franking #6 cover to Ohio, black boxed cachet 'British Antarctic Survey / 10JAN1979 in corner card area, neatly addressed, never sealed. $4.00 bn

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GEOGRAPHERS ISSUE ON COVERS

    -2 DEC 1981 clear Signy Island South Orkneys cancel ties 22-p Royal Geographical Society stamp franking #6 cover to Ohio, neatly addressed, never sealed, small KA & RA US routing marks on back, recipient's annotations on back about when sent & received. 1 in 81 appears to be missing.

    -8 DEC 1981 clear Argentine Islands dial cancel ties 11-d Lord Curzon & 3-d Sir Barrow stamps franking #6 cover to Ohio, neatly addressed, recipient's annotations about timing on back, small K9, RC & R3 US routing marks on back, never sealed, light wrinkling.

    8 MR 82 bold Rothera cancel on 15-p Sir Goodenough stamp franking #6 cover to Ohio, clear black-text British Antarctic Survey handstamp in lower left corner serves as cachet, neatly addressed, recipient's markings on back, never sealed.

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FALKLAND ISLANDS STAMP NEWS of February 1981 with the official announcement of the early settlement issue of 4 stamps, the farm animal set of 4 stamps, the delay in the issue of the Royal Geographical Society issue for the British Antarctic Territory, and the 1981 stamp programme, 8.5" x 11" illustrated, in black and white, exceptionally interesting. $1.50 fb NEW / NOVA / NUEVO

FALKLAND ISLANDS STAMP NEWS of September 1985 with the official announcement of their early charting issue of 4 stamps. the first day of usage covers for the Pitney Bowes electronic canceling machines, the change in the name of the Dependencies, the Dependency definitive reprints, the Halley's Comet issue for British Antarctic Territory, and the second Falklands pictorial aerogramme. 8.5" x 11" illustrated, in black and white, exceptionally interesting. $1.50 fb

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ANTARCTIC CROSS-REFERENCES
Other listings at our website of potential interest:

See also Antarctica postcards.

    See also Antarctica topical covers (mostly expeditions).

See also Australian Antarctic Territory postal history.

See also British Antarctic Territory postcards.

See also Chilean Antarctic Territory covers.

    See also French Southern & Antarctic Territory postal history.

    See also Ross Dependency covers.

    "Aeroplane view of the / entrance to Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC" postcard including nearby docks & boathouse, sepia-tone real photo on yellowish paper, mailed there FEB 6 1929 to Pennsylvania ('PARCEL POST / REACHES / EVERY WHERE' slogan cancel on 2-c King stamp), corner crease & small corner crease miss image, small spot mostly in upper border. $4.00 b-b%

"VE4VG" QSL card mailed OCT 15 1935 to Pennsylvania by operator Frank Keys, 3-c King stamp tied by clear 'COMMUNITY CHEST / HELP / OUR HELPLESS' slogan cancel, inverse of same cancel on front, small pinhole with discoloration at top center, several small shallow scrapes on the front obscure nothing. $1.50 b-b NEW / NOVA / NUEVO

June 1967 American Philatelist: US--The 13 A. P. S. Firs Days; US--The Harry F. Allen Collection of Black Jacks--A Study of the Stamp and Its Use; Vancouver's Island--British Columbia--The 2½d Stamp of 1860; & much more. $3.75 the complete issue. abu

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    1885 revalued postal card, "ONE CENT" overprint on 3 cents, pen-made bar on old value, unused, fresh appearance. $4.75 b

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1955 British Honduras 22-cent stamp showing Hidden Valley Falls franking #6 cover to Illinois, Punta Gorda cancel ties stamp, backflap lost when slit open neatly at top. $1.75

6 MY 71 registered airmail #6 cover from Belize to Illinois, franked with 2-c warree & 15-c Easter flowers & 50-c fish stamp, neatly addressed, light strike of numeral in registration etiquette redone in pen (undoubtedly by postal clerk), 2 different backstamps on arrival. $2.50 b

Undated BRITISH HONDURAS #6 cover from a farm to Illinois, franked by 26-c Carib dance stamp, lightly toned back. $1.75

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BRUNEI COVERS

24MAR1992 airmail #10 cover from Bandar Seri Begawan to New Haven Connecticut, 20-sen & $1 ruler stamps, neatly opened with scissors clipping top perfs of high value stamp. $2.00 b

-7MAY92 registered #6 airmail cover from Seria A to Southampton England, 15-sen & $2 ruler stamps & 75-sen homeless shelter stamps, neatly opened, slight perf disturbance on 75-sen stamp, royal mail international label with bar code on back. $8.50 b

??AUG92 airmail #6 cover from Kuala Belait to Southampton England, 10-sen & 15-sen ruler stamps & 50-sen kiri pot & 20-sen Asean year stamps, one of the two cancels very light, neatly opened. $7.00 b

25JAN93 airmail #6 cover from Kuala Belait to Winchester England, five 20-sen ruler stamps (including one pair & one with short perf) tied. $7.50 b

    25SEP93 airmail #10 cover from Tutong to Wincester England, pair of 15-sen ruler stamps, violet triangular T60 / 90 marking. Neatly opened. $10.00 b

21DEC93 airmail #10 cover from Muara to Southampton England, 90-sen Asean jubilee stamp tied by clear cancel, opened neatly. $7.50

03MAY94 #10 cover from Tutong to Southampton England, 15-sen ruler & 75-sen Palestinian support stamp tied by clear cancel, opened neatly. Airmail rate although the cover is not so marked. $7.50 b

03MAY94 registered #10 cover from MPC(C) to Southampton England, $2 & 15-sen ruler & 75-sen homeless shelter stamps tied by 2 cancels (one clear, one light), perf disturbance to high value stamp, opened neatly, Royal mail international label & bar coding on back. $9.00 b

    25MAY94 airmail #6 cover from Lamunin to Southampton England, block of four 20-sen ruler stamps tied by clear & centered cancel, neatly opened & gorgeous. $10.00 b

25MAY94 airmail #10 cover from lamunin to Southampton England, block of four 20-send ruler stamps tied by clear & centered cancel, neatly opened & gorgeous. $9.50 b

22.-6.94 small airmail cover from Bandar Seri Begawan to Southampton England, 15-sen ruler & 75-sen shelter for homeless stamps tied by exceptionally clear cancel, neatly opened. $3.75 b

25.-6.94 Bandar Seri Begawan to Southampton England, 50-sen & 40-sen ruler stamps neatly cancelled; red Daihatsu & Mitsubishi Motors advertising logos in corner card area, corner below stamps has a light crease. $3.75 b

13JUL94 airmail #6 cover from Kuala Belait to Southampton England, 50-sen & 40-sen ruler stamps tied, wide area of very light ink smearing in address, neatly opened. $6.50 b

13AUG94 registered #10 cover from Kuala Belait A to Southampton England, $2 & 15-sen ruler & 75-sen Malay Technology Museum stamps with light cancel, neatly opened, Royal mail international label with bar code on back. $10.00 b

circa 1994 windowed #10 URUSAN KERAJAAN KEBAWAH DULI YANG MAHA MULIA airmail cover frande by 50-sen & 40-sen ruler stamps with very light cancel, backflap taped shut, neatly opened. $5.00 b

circa 1994 #10 airmail cover with multicolor cachet showing Omar Ali Saifuddin Masque, from Seria to Southampton England, 15-sen ruler & 75-sen homeless shelter stamps with very light cancels, small MS & 19 markings on front, neatly opened. $3.75 b

7-0004-04 Bandar Seri Begawan cancel ties 20-sen Japan Exchange Year stamp franking large cover (approximately 6"x9") from Royal Embassy of Cambodia (ornate red chop in return address area) to Negara Brunei Darussalam, addressed neatly, opened neatly, light wrinkling at top front center affects nothing. $3.75 bc& NEW / NOVA / NUEVO

11.06.2005 M P C cancel ties 20-sen Happy Family Campaign 1991 stamp franking large cover (approximate 7"x10") from Embassy of the Union of Myanmar at Negara Brunei Darussalam to Gadong Brunei Darussalam, neatly addressed, opened neatly, small corner crease at bottom. $3.75 bb NEW / NOVA / NUEVO

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"Kadar-Kadar Bayaran Pos / Postal Rates / 1993" official government publication in 26 large softbound pages, replacing the first edition issued in 1978. This succinct description from its foreword: 'This booklet consists of Postal Rates in all Postal Services provided by Postal Services Department, Brunei Darussalam.' Bilingual, including English, with detailed map, illustrations & tables. Some bends & creases to the paper. $19.00 b-b

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    "Ligne de bataille près de Odrin" TCV with 3 stamps, post card mailed from Vidin 1913, clear "Panajot Velizaroff, Vidin (Bulgarujo) / Membro de l'internacia Ligo Nr. 2335" violet handstamp, 1 / 3-inch tear at left edge that closes well. The Bulgarians were victorious against the Turks in this battle. Odrin is sometimes called Edirne or Adrianople. $10.00 bh-b

    "Mine de Plakainiza (Traves Bank)." black & white mailed 1909 with blue railroad station cancel (10-s stamp with thin 1 in left 10 variety as shown) to the United States, corner crease, internal crease, 1 / 4-inch tear at top that closes well. $10.00 b-b

"Rychnov n. Kneznou" mailed in Knezha (a town in the northwest) in 1904 with an Austria stamp, blue Gablonz transit mark, clear Kukan (a Czech town) arrival mark, color view, minor corner & edge wear, lightly toned front. $12.00 b-b

    "Salutations de Sophia / Rue 'Lege'" also captioned in Cyrilic, 10-st Bulgarian stamp with clear KuK Feldpost markings (2nd Balkan War), corner & edge wear. $12.00 b-b

    "Sofia Bul., 'Maria Louise'" real photo postcard with street scene, mailed 1938 (clear Sofia Gare railroad station cancel on 4-lv baby prince stamp) to Dalmatia, rough edges as issued. $6.00 b-b

    (Cyrillic caption as shown) Viewcard in black & white with red caption, sent 1907 from Luvetor, a very small town (bold cancel on 5-st stamp). $10.00 b-b

    (Cyrillic caption) Color Easter card showing woman with large hatched egg, mailed Varna 1908 to New York (clear cancel ties 10-s stamp). $10.00 be-b

    Uncaptioned real photo postcard as shown, mailed 1909 with a blue railroad station cancel on 15-s stamp to the United States, 3 corner creases, lightly toned back. $10.00 b-b

June 28 1930 - June 30 1930 Cover flown from Sophia to Istanbul Turkey, franked by two 6-leva & 4-leva & 1-leva stamps, marked Drucksache & Par Avion on front, backstamped at Istanbul, very fine, flap not sealed, sender's address on back. $24.00

    Censored WWII cover from Sislini Bardez Portuguese India to the International Red Cross in Genéve Switzerland 'via Istanbul / Sofia', 'written in Italian', return address is Trieste Italy 'via Karachi Durban', censor tape 'OPENED BY EXAMINER / P. C. 90' tied by 'PASSED DHC/1' under crown handstamp, censor tape 'Oberkommando der Wehrmacht Geöffnet' in violet tied by two red 'Oberkommando der Wehrmacht' handstamps, brown tape over the latter without words. Franking is a pair of 7-1/2-Tgs plane over globe stamps. $500.00 gtb

12.1.92 clear Plovdiv Bulgaria circular date stamp ties 1- dog stamp to greeting card size cover airmailed to Connecticut, neatly opened & attractive. $2.00 db

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1941 airmail from Rangoon to Calcutta bearing 2-anna & 6-ps stamps with several receiving marks & docketing. $4.50

1941 airmail from Rangoon to Churu (a town in NW India) franked by 3a6p stamp. $10.00

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circa 1970 #10 cover from Bujumbura to Berwyn Illinois franked by tied 14-f Expo 1970 stamp with selvedge, non-stamp corners have small creases. $2.00 b

10-5-73 FDC airmailed from Bujumbura to Detroit Michigan, franked by 5 different stamps in honor of Interpol's 50th anniversary. $5.00 bl

19-4-74 FDC for five Easter painting stamps--El Greco, Tisiano, etc.--unaddressed, uncacheted. $4.00 bp

-7-11 74 complete set of three FDC's for six Madonna paintings & souvenir sheets for Christmas 1974, unaddressed, uncacheted. All for $6.00 bcm

circa 1974 Burundi 14-f International Letter Writing Week stamp franks #10 cover to Michigan, too lightly cancelled to be discernable, long crease away from stamp, as is. $0.50 cb

-9-10 74 complete set of two FDC's for the International Letter Writing Week, 6 stamps & one souvenir sheet all with various paintings--Rembrandt, David, Holbein, etc.--unaddressed, uncacheted. $5.50 bp

-2-12-74 complete set of three FDC's for 6 Madonna paintings & souvenir sheets, semi-postals for Christmas 1974, unaddressed, uncacheted. All for $11.00 bcm NEW / NOVA / NUEVO

-2-12.74 FDC airmailed from Bujumbura to Detroit Michigan, franked with six different semi-postals bearing Madonna paintings, 2 small corner creases at bottom. $5.00 bm NEW / NOVA / NUEVO

14-7 1979 #10 airmail cover from Bujumbura (crisp cancel) to Hyattsville Maryland, official Ministière des Postes et Télécommunications violet cachet lightly struck obviating the need for stamps, small corner crease, corner crease, neatly opened. $1.25 b

29-7-89 unaddressed FDC with 10-f, 17-f, 30-f & 50-f stamps of the African Development Bank issue, scrape mars 10-f & 30-f stamps. $1.50 b

    3 2 92 light blue Kigali Rwanda cancel ties 90-f African Development Bank stamp to #10 airmail cover to Bujumbura Burundi, returned to sender in Kigali, blue logo of Interfreight Panalpina in corner card area, some crinkling along short end furthest from stamp. The only return to sender we have ever seen from Burundi. $10.00 rb NEW / NOVA / NUEVO

Undated greeting card cover from Gitega to Cyangugu Rwanda(!), franked by 110-f Russula Indens Buyck mushroom stamp tied by a blue cancel that is lightly struck, some of the message written on the backflap. $3.50 bm

Undated #10 cover from Bujumbura to Ann Arbor Michigan franked by 14-f orange fish airmail stamp lightly cancelled, small light corner creases. $1.25 bf. Same except for different fish--orange & blue, light wrinkling of cover. $1.00 bf

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