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Polar Post 2016

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Contents March 2016

Colour Illustrations
Postcard of the Polish Arctowski Base; South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands Airmail Postcard Stamps 2015 (NVI) 1
Stamps Issues and Photos associated with MonacoPhil 2015 2
Joint Services Expedition to the Elephant Island Group 1976/77 – An unusual Label 2
An unusual “Paquebot” Cover from the RRS James Clark Ross December 2015 2
Texts and Grey-Tone Illustrations
Contents; Urgent News: Argyll Etkin Auction 4th March 2016 3
Committee; Deadline for next Polar Post; Dates for your Diary; Back Issues of Polar Post; Note on Copyright 4
Chairman’s Message; Membership News 5
Draft Programme for Cambridge 2016 5-6
The Polish in Antarctica, Part 2: Arctowski Base 7-13
Floating Factory Ship Bombay 14-15
Polar Post on DVD-ROM 1953 to 2015 15
PPHSGB Postal Auction March/April 2016 16-18
Call for Auction Lots for the Live and Postal Auction at Cambridge on Saturday 1st October 2016 18
Canada – MV Arctic Endeavour – St Anthony, Newfoundland 30th March 1970 19
Joint Services Expedition to the Elephant Island Group 1976/77 – An unusual Label 19
An unusual “Paquebot” Cover from the RRS James Clark Ross December 2015 19
MonacoPhil 2015 – Awards and Report 20-21
†Max Koesling – 12th March 1942 – 5th December 2015 21
George Hubert Wilkins’ Arctic Fights 22-24
New issue – The United Kingdom (Royal Mail) – Shackleton 24
New Issue – South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands – Biodiversity 25
New Issues – The Falkland Islands: Clouds and Birds of Prey 25
New Issues: French Southern and Antarctic Territories (TAAF): Sentinelle du Climat”; Stamp Booklet – Fishing Vessels 26
New Issues: French Southern and Antarctic Territories (TAAF): Annual Issues 2016 26
New Issue – Monaco – The Arctic Campaigns of Prince Albert 1st of Monaco 26
Colour Illustrations
The Falkland Islands: Clouds and Birds of Prey 27
French Southern and Antarctic Territories (TAAF): Sentinelle du Climat”; Stamp Booklet – Fishing Vessels 27
French Southern and Antarctic Territories (TAAF): Annual Issues 2016 27-28

Contents June 2016

Colour Illustrations
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands New Issues May 2016 29
Chile – Antarctic Maps; TAAF New Issues April and May 2016 30
Cover return from Port Lockroy; Is this a New Base W Date – 10 NO 56? 30
Texts
Contents; Polar Post on DVD-ROM 1953 to 2015; Stop Press – New Issue Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) 31
Committee; Deadline for next Polar Post; Dates for your Diary; Back Issues of Polar Post; Note on Copyright 32
Chairman’s Message; Membership News; North Pole Drifting Stations – Contacts Wanted; Auction Realisation 33
The Polish in Antarctica, Part 3: Miscellaneous Expeditions 34-38
Addenda to the article “The Polish in Antarctica, Part 2: Arctowski Base” 38
Tierra Del Fuego – Argentine Civilian Mail; Tierra Del Fuego – Argentine Military Mail 39-46
Arctic – RRS James Clark Ross – Greenland Sea Tracer Experiments 1996 – 2006 46
Canada – Aklavik/Sachs Harbour – Hammer O’Reilly Type C1 (Aklavik); Type C1 (Sachs Harbour) 46
Minutes of the AGM of the PPHSGB held on 20 February 2016 47
Accounts of the PPHSGB for 2015; Treasurer’s Report for 2015; Secretary’s Report for 2015 48
Reports of the Membership Secretary and the Editor of Polar Post for 2015 49
PPHSGB Postal Auction June/July 2016 50-51
New Issue – The Falkland Islands – Historic Dockyard Museum 52
New Issues – The Falkland Islands, South Georgia & SSI and the British Antarctic Territory: 90 Years of Style 52
New Issue – South Georgia & SSI – 25th Anniversary of the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators 52-53
New Issue – South Georgia & SSI – Sir Ernest Shackleton: Centenary of The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 53-54
New Issue Chile – Antarctic Maps; New Issues TAAF April and May 2016 54
Base W – A new date of W1 and possibly a new earliest date (10 NO 56?) 54
2015/2016 Season BAT and South Georgia Cover Returns – Report delayed until the September Polar Post 54
Colour Illustrations
The Endurance Expedition 1914-1916 as depicted on Postage Stamps 55
The Falkland Islands, South Georgia & SSI and the British Antarctic Territory: 90 Years of Style 56
The Falkland Islands – Historic Dockyard Museum 56

Contents September 2016

Colour Illustrations
Photograph and First Day Cover relating to HMS Endurance A171 ex. Polar Circle 57
Scans of recent Cover Returns 58
Texts
Contents; Polar Post on DVD-ROM 1953 to 2015 59
Committee; Deadline for next Polar Post; Dates for your Diary; Back Issues of Polar Post; Note on Copyright 60
Chairman’s Message; Membership News; 61
Chilean Tierra Del Fuego 62-65
A Postcard from the Shackleton Nimrod Expedition 1907 to 1909 with a Request for further Information 66
Base W – A Further New Date of W1 and possibly a new earliest date (29 OC 56) 66
RRS Ernest Shackleton to Traverse the Northwest Passage 66
New Royal Research Ship named 66
Covers addressed to “Carey” and “KJ” Numbers 67
The Final Voyage of HMS Endurance (II), ex. M.V. Polar Circle 68
An Interesting Souvenir from Monacophil 2015 68
PPHSGB Live and Postal Auction September/October 2016 69-72
A mismatched Byrd II Cover and Letter – A request for information 73-75
British Antarctic Territory and South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands – The 2015/2016 Antarctic Summer Season 76-77
New Postmark for Jan Mayen 77
An Unusual Port Lockroy Cancellation 77
Medical Emergency at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, June 2016 77
Antarctic Summer Season 2016/17: Provisional Programme for the RRS James Clark Ross & RRS Ernest Shackleton 78
“Postmarks and Cachets of the British Antarctic Bases and South Georgia” PDF available Free 78
Your Contributions for Polar Post are desperately needed!! 78
New Issue – AAT – Hurley’s Journey, 1914-16 79
TAAF Low Value Defi nitive Stamps – Polar Post, N°249, June 2016, Pages 30 and 54 79
New Issue – The Isle of Man – The Endurance Centenary – In the Footsteps of Shackleton – with Henry Worsley 80-81
New Issue – South Georgia: Sports 81-82
BAT FDC: Centenary of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, Part III cancelled Signy 17 11. 2015 82
The Mawson’s Huts Foundation (MHF) – The Cape Denison Expedition 2015-16 82
Colour Illustrations
New Issue – South Georgia: Sports 83
An Interesting Souvenir from Monacophil 2015 83
The latest Mawson’s Huts Foundation Covers 83
New Issues – Greenland 84

Contents December 2016

Colour Illustrations
British Antarctic Territory New Issues expected mid-November 2016 85; 112
Selection of Colour Items from the PPHSGB Cambridge Weekend October 2016 86; 111
Argentina New Issue – 25th Anniversary of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty 111
South Georgia & SSI New Issue – Zavodovski Island 111
The Falkland Islands New Issue – Endemic Flora 111
Australian Antarctic Territory – New Issue – Ice Flowers 112
Texts including Grey Tone Illustrations
Contents; Increased Rate for paying ASPP Membership dues via the PPHSGB 87
Polar Post on DVD-ROM 1953 to 2016; Late News: Keel Laying Ceremony for the RRS Sir David Attenborough 87
Committee; Deadline for next Polar Post; Dates for your Diary; Back Issues of Polar Post; Note on Copyright 88
Chairman’s Message; Membership News 89
Polar Postal History Society of GB Annual General Meeting & London Spring Meeting 2017 89
Nordia 2017 and the Fourth International Polar Salon in Denmark 27th to 29th October 2017 90
RPSL Polar Philatelic Group Display, 31st May 2018; Editorial 90
The Opening Date of the Base W Post Office – Further Information 91
An Unusual Cachet on Mail from McMurdo Base (USA) – “Soked in Post Offi ce Cachet” 91
Carey Covers Bearing KJ or J Numbers 91
The PPHSGB Cambridge Weekend 2016; A full Report on the Events and Displays 92 to 104
Updates to “Postcards of Antarctic Expeditions A Catalogue: 1898-1958 by Margery Wharton” 104
Sir David Attenborough at 90 105
The Crystal Serenity traverses the Northwest Passage 105
Possible Discovery of the Wreck of HMS Terror in the Northwest Passage 105
New Issue – Australian Antarctic Territory: Ice Flowers; New Issue – BAT: The 25th Anniversary of IAATO 106
New Issue – BAT: 25th Anniversary of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty 107
New Issue – BAT: The Antarctic Ocean Zones 108 to 109
New Issue – BAT: Life Cycle of the Gentoo Penguin 109
New Issue – Argentina: 25th Anniversary of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty 110
New Issue – Iceland: 80th Anniversary of the Loss of the Pourquoi Pas? IV 110
New Issue – TAAF: “Bernard Duboys de Lavigerie et L’AMAEPF” 110
New Issues – The Falkland Islands: Endemic Flora; South Georgia & SSI – Zavodovski Island 110