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Polar Post 2001

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Contents Spring 2001

Editorial; Dates for your diary; Back issues of Polar Post. . . . . . . 2
An Apology; Membership News; Additions to the Library . . . . . . 3
British Polar Exploration and Research (book); Centenary of the Launch of SS Discovery (cover offer) . 4
SG Collect Falkland Islands Stamps (review); German Stamps to Commemorate Antarctic Research . 4
Victor Ian Russell (obituary); Khoo Swee Chiow completes 7 Summits Feat . . . . 5
Sailing Vessel Voilier F’Murr; Heijtz Auction Report – Falkland Islands and Dependencies 9/10/2000 . 6
The BAS 2000/2001 Season – Early cover returns . . . . . . . 7
RRS Ernest Shackleton – First Voyage for B.A.S. to Antarctica – a further cover . . . . 8
The National Antarctic Expedition – The Voyage of the Discovery – Part 1 . . . . 9
Centenary Articles – an update; Sub-Editors wanted for Polar Post; The New World Discoverer . . 12
Australian Antarctic Territory – a cover from Macquarie Island 11 FE 51 . . . . 13
Exchange Scientists US/USSR – further information . . . . . . . 14
An Introduction to Antarctic Cinderellas . . . . . . . . 16
Red is for Danger – The “Dan” Ships of the Antarctic – Part 1 (Kista Dan & Magga Dan) . . 18
Visit of H.M.S. Light Cruiser Dublin to Tristan Da Cunha . . . . . . 21
Unlisted Tristan Cachets (1932-1962) – a correction . . . . . . . 22
H.M.S. Burghead Bay – a correction; Auction Realisation – New Zealand DC10 Mount Erebus Crash Cover 23
New Issues:- BAT; Brazil; Falkland Islands; France; South Georgia; TAAF; Ross Dependency; Tristan. 24
Shackleton 2000 – Arved Fuchs’ Re-enactment of Shackleton’s Boat Journey . . . . 27
Cover offers . . . . . . . . . . . 28
New Tristan / Polar Postcards:- H.M.S. Puma; ms Bossevain; RFA Reliant; K/L Soumen Joutsen; ms Tjisadane 30 Note on Copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Contents Summer 2001

Editorial; Dates for your diary; Back issues of Polar Post. . . . . . . 34
Chairman/Secretary Report for 2000; Membership Secretary’s report for 2000 . . . . 35
Editor’s Report for 2000; Auction Superintendent’s Report for 2000; Accounts for 2000 . . . 36
Cover Service Account and Report for 2000; Library Report for 2000 . . . . . 37
Exchange Packet Summary for 2000; Eurocheques are no longer valid in Great Britain . . . 37
Minutes of the PPHSGB A.G.M. held at St Ermin’s Hotel, London, 3rd March 2001 . . . 38
Report on the Spring Meeting of the Polar Postal History Society of GB by Margery Wharton . . 39
Polar Medal Award for Dr Ronald I. Lewis-Smith . . . . . . . 39
Additions to the Library; Launch of the Discovery – special postmark; Membership update; Auction News 40
Covers and Postmarks from the 2000/2001 BAS Season; South Georgia News . . . . 41
Official Opening of the new BAS Station at King Edward Point by Margery Wharton . . . 42
A new name and new cachets for the South Georgia Museum . . . . . . 42
Dreaming on Desolation Island by Ray Garbutt; A further Medical Evacuation cover by Ray Garbutt . 43
Centenary of the Launch of SS Discovery . . . . . . . . 44
The National Antarctic Expedition – The Voyage of the Discovery – Part 2 . . . . 45
The “Dan” Ships of the Antarctic – Part 2 (ms Thala Dan, m.s Erika Dan, m.s. Perla Dan and m.s. Nella Dan) 48
Cover Offer 2556 – some further background information provided by Hal Vogel . . . 50
Australian Antarctic Airmail 1957 by Andrew Ellis . . . . . . . 51
The Arctic Aerial Expedition to the Pole of Relative Inaccessibility, April 1941 by Tony Walker . 52
Cachets of Tristan Da Cunha by Robin Taylor . . . . . . . . 54
The Jack Cole Sale Part 3 by Robin Taylor . . . . . . . . 55
Italian Bouvet Island Visit of 1958 by Robin Taylor; “New” Allan Crawford Cachet found by Robin Taylor 56
Visit of SS Good Hope Castle to Tristan Da Cunha by Revd. Father M. N. W. Edwards . . . 57
“ANTARKTIS-EXPEDITIONEN DER USA Poststempel der Stationen und Schiffe” – reviewed by J. Youle 57
“Kapitän Wilhelm Bades Touristikfahrten nach Norwegen, Spitzbergen und ins Europäische Nordmeer in Polarphilatelistischer Hinsicht” reviewed by John Youle. . . . . . . 58
A “Norwegian” Penguin from Aubery Halpern; Note on Copyright. . . . . . 58
Cover offers . . . . . . . . . . . 59
New Issue France 16th September 2000 – supplementary information . . . . . 65
New Issues:- AAT; New Zealand & Ross Dependency; TAAF; South Georgia; Japan . . . 65
Heard Island Post Office by Ray Garbutt . . . . . . . . 68

Contents Autumn 2001

Editorial; Dates for your diary; Back issues of Polar Post. . . . . . . 70
PPHSGB Autumn Meeting 27th October 2001; Auction News; Membership News . . . 71
Philatelic Cruise to the Antarctic Peninsula; Sub-Editor for Arctic Polar Activities . . . 71
An Italian Arctic Expedition – A query from Aubrey Halpern . . . . . . 72
75th Anniversary of the first Trans-Polar Flight . . . . . . . . 73
French Southern & Antarctic Territory Base Postmarks, Part 1, by Aubrey Halpern . . . 73
Postmarks and Cachets of the British Antarctic Bases and South Georgia (see also enclosed flyer) . 73
Major forthcoming Anniversaries . . . . . . . . . 74
The First BAT Aerogramme by Stefan Heijtz . . . . . . . . 75
Postage rates from ANARE bases since the GST came to Australia by Peter Cranwell . . . 76
Australian Antarctic Territory – further early dates from Alastair Gunn; AAT- Heard Island . . 76
Tristan Da Cunha Monograph Volume 1: 1939-1942 edited by Robin Taylor and reviewed by Mike Faulds 77
The National Antarctic Expedition – comments and a query from Richard Hindle . . . 77
The National Antarctic Expedition – The Voyage of the Discovery – Part 3 (Madeira & Simonstown) . 78
Wikinger visit to Tristan Da Cunha by Robin Taylor . . . . . . . 80
Visit of H.M.S. Carlisle to Tristan Da Cunha by Ray Lloyd . . . . . . 81
Deep Core Drilling at Vostok Base by Ray Garbutt . . . . . . . 83
Haroun Tazieff, Vulcanologist; covers from Ray Garbutt and Jozef De Mulder . . . . 85
US Geological Survey researcher at Casey Station 1974/75 by Ray Garbutt . . . . 87
Arctic and Antarctic cover offers from Alexey Butorin . . . . . . . 87
The “Dan” Ships of the Antarctic – Part 3 (ms Anita Dan = HMS Endurance) by Margery Wharton . 88
The “Dan” Ships – Part 1, further information from Hal Vogel . . . . . . 89
Further Magga Dan and Thala Dan cachets from the editor . . . . . . 90
Ross Dependency – Vice-Regal Visit to the Antarctic 1963 by John Youle . . . . 91
Note on Copyright . . . . . . . . . . . 92
New Issues:- Australian Antarctic Territory; Argentina; Eire; TAAF . . . . . 93
Cover offers from Harry Evans . . . . . . . . . 95
Cover offers from recent issues of Polar Post from Harry Evans. . . . . 99
Antarctic Cover Service 2001/2002 from Max Koesling . . . . . . . 99
New Tristan / Polar Postcards – Innesmoor TdC 52; Baron Dalmeny TdC 53 . . . . 100
Stop Press – Tristan Da Cunha Hurricane Relief Issue . . . . . . . 100

Contents Winter 2001

Editorial; Dates for your diary; Back issues of Polar Post. . . . . . . 102
Annual General Meeting and London Spring Meeting, 2nd March 2002; Membership News; Auction News 103
Report on the PPHSGB Autumn Meeting, 27th October 2001; Tony Cutler made life member . . 104
Tristan Da Cunha documents donated to the British Library; Macklin Diaries acquired for the nation . 104
The € is here; Associazione Grande Nord – Postcard and 20th Anniversary special postmark . . 105
Discovery also in Arctic Russia; Heard Island Postmark 1992/3; Antarctic History in a Chocolate Box . 106
90th Anniversary of the 2nd German South-Polar Expedition – Special Cachet . . . . 106
The 24th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting; Major Fire at Rothera Station . . . . 107
Fake or not on Tristan; Admiral Byrd Cinderella; TAAF Fisheries Patrol Vessel Albatros . . 108
Postmarks and Cachets of the British Antarctic Bases and South Georgia – extension of offer to members 108
Special Scott Postmark in New Zealand – 21st December 2001 . . . . . . 108
The German South-Polar Expedition 1901-1903 . . . . . . . . 109
The National Antarctic Expedition – The Voyage of the Discovery – Part 4 (New Zealand). . . 114
Discovery and Morning Mail – the 1903/04 use of vignettes . . . . . . 115
Ice Station Weddell . . . . . . . . . . . 116
A Soviet Scientist at Mawson Base (1979) . . . . . . . . 117
First visit of Calypso to Antarctic Waters (1972-1973) . . . . . . . 118
Red is for Danger – the “Dan” Ships of the Antarctic – further information on Thala Dan; Note on Copyright 119
French Southern and Antarctic Territory Base Postmarks – Part 2 – Terre Adélie . . . . 120
Ross Dependency – Vice-Regal Visit to the Antarctic 1963 continued . . . . . 121
Cover offers . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
New Issues:- Argentina; BAT; Chile; Falkland Islands; Germany; Tristan Da Cunha; New Zealand;
Ross Dependency . . . . . . . . . 127
Auction Report – Falkland Islands and Dependencies, Antarctica etc. 03/10/01 organised by Stefan Heijtz 130
International Polar Philately Cruise . . . . . . . . . 131
New Tristan / Polar Postcards – TdC 54 / Pole14:- HMS Endurance (II) . . . . . 132