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Polar Post 2008

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Contents March 2008

Committee; Editorial; Dates for your diary; Back issues of Polar Post . . . 2
Chairman’s Message; Exhibition Results of Members of the PPHSGB and FIPSG; Membership News 3
Correction to the article “50 Years of stamps and coins in the AAT” . . . . 4
Correction to the article “The Cambridge Weekend 14 to 16 September 2007” . . . 4
Postcards of Antarctic Expeditions – review of the revised and updated edition . . . 4
The Cambridge Weekend 2007 – Items from Alistair MacKinnon, John Youle and Peter Wordie . 5
† Janice Harvis . . . . . . . . . . 7
Tristan Da Cunha Post Offi ce News . . .. . . . . . 7
“The Little Red Ship” 1969 to 2007 – an appreciation (MS Explorer) . . . . 8
1907-09 British Antarctic Expedition Part 1 . . . . . . . 12
Postscript to “Letter from Down Under” (Polar Post, N° 202 September 204, pages 91-94) . 14
Auction Report – Falkland Islands & Dependencies + Antarctica Postal Auction N° 14, 9 November 2007 15
New Issues – TAAF – 8 November 2007, 1 January and 18 June 2008 . . . . 16
New Issue – South Georgia IPY – 25 January 2008 . . . . . . 18
New Issue – South Africa IPY – 31 October 2007; Note on Copyright. . . . . 19
New Issues – Guiné Bissau IPY; The Gambia IPY; BAT stamps with IPY emblem in margin . 20
Polar Post on CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . 20
New Issue – Ross Dependency – 50th Anniversary of the Commonwealth TAE – 7 November 2007 21
British Antarctic Survey postcard listing 1980 to 2007 . . . . . . 22
Frankfurt and the North Pole . . . . . . . . . 25
Galathea 3 . . . . . . . . . . . 25
New Tristan/Polar Postcards – TdC 96: mv.S.A. Agulhas; TdC97: ss Trematon . . . 26
† Sir Edmund Hillary . . . . . . . . . . 27
25th International Stamp Fair Sindelfi ngen, 26th to 28th October 2007 . . . . 28

Contents June 2008

Committee; Editorial; Dates for your diary; Back issues of Polar Post; Note on Copyright . 30
Chairman’s Message; Trevor Cornford wins the FIPSG Ken Clough Trophy . . . 31
Membership News; The Dictionary of Falklands Biography (new book) . . . . 32
Académie Européenne de Philatélie . . . . . . . . 33
1907 – 1909 British Antarctic Expedition Part 2 . . . . . . 34
Cambridge Weekend 2007 – American Ice Drift Stations during the IGY 1957/58 . . . 36
Cambridge Weekend 2007 – Photographs; Tristan Da Cunha Cover . . . 37
T.A.A.F. News . . . . . . . . . . 38
Polar Post on CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . 39
An Exercise in Perspective – Some Comments on Greenland Stamps . . . . 40
New Ross Dependency Agency Cancellation . . . . . . . 41
Visiting Scientists at Crozet . . . . . . . . . 42
IPY 2007/08 – F.S. Polarstern in the Arctic 2007; Polarstern covers posted in Sindelfi ngen . 42
Argyll Etkin Auction 4 March 2008 – Lot 737 – Shackleton letter written on the Aurora . . 43
Philatelic Aspects of a Cruise to the Antarctic on Board Explorer II . . . . 44
The Opening of Scott Base Post Offi ce – FDCs; Halley Rebuild – Construction of Halley VI 2007/08 46
Polar Post published in 1910? (German Satirical North Pole Postcard); Argentine Antarctic DHL ‘Stamp’ 48
BAT and South Georgia – New Postmarks and Cachets . . . . . . 49
New Issues: Bulgaria and Chile IPY Issues . . . . . . . 49
New Issues: Spain (IPY) and South Korea (King Sejong Station) . . . . . 50
New Issue: The Falkland Islands – Polar Explorers and the IPY . . . . 51
New Issue – South Georgia & SSI – The Waters of South Georgia – Fisheries . . . 52
South Georgia & SSI Scouts issue 2007 – First Day cancellers; The Falkland Islands’ Scouts Issue 2007 53
New Tristan/Polar Postcards: Pole 31 m/s Polarbjörn; TdC98/Pole 33 mv. Pacifi c Star . . 54
Members’ Wants . . . . . . . . . . 54
Minutes of the AGM of the PPHSGB 2007 held on Saturday 23 February 2008 . . . 55
PPHSGB – Chairman’s Review 2007; Presentation of Honorary Life Membership Certifi cates . 56
Accounts for 2007; Treasurer’s Report for 2007 . . . . . . 57
Secretary’s Report for 2007; Membership Secretary’s Report for 2007 . . . . 58
Report of the Editor of Polar Post for 2007; Report on the Spring Meeting 23 February 2008 . 59
SWINPEX 2008; Postmarks & Cachets of the British Antarctic Bases & South Georgia . . 60
Deception Island Antarctica – An Historic and Philatelic Record – 2008 Edition (New Book) . 60

Contents September 2008

Committee; Editorial; Dates for your diary; Back issues of Polar Post; Note on Copyright . 62
Society Auction; Chairman’s Message; Cambridge Weekend 2009; Display “Scott’s Last Expedition” 63
Membership News; †William Leonard (Len) Pratt; †Trevor Davis . . . . 64
Report on Swinpex; SG Falkland Islands Catalogue, 3rd Edition, 2008 . . . . 65
Mawson’s Huts – a New Book . . . . . . . . . 66
Ice Station T-3; A Hurtigrute Postcard from Siegfried Nicklas . . . . . 67
Robert Falcon Scott – 140th Anniversary of Birth Dinner Photograph . . . . 67
1907-1909 British Antarctic Expedition Part 3 . . . . . . . 68
Marion Dufresne – Rotation 2008*1; L’Astrolabe . . . . . . 73
The 2nd French Antarctic Expedition of Jean-Baptiste Charcot 1908-1910 – Part 1 . . 74
Recent German Philatelic Activities . . . . . . . . 78
First British Antarctic Territory Coin; IPY Coins from the Falkland Islands and South Georgia & SSI 79
Cover Returns from the British Antarctic Territory and South Georgia . . . . 80
Improved Service From the Tristan da Cunha Post Offi ce; New Tristan da Cunha Cachet . . 82
New Tristan/Polar Postcard – TdC 100: tev Trochurus; New Issue – Alan B. Crawford MBE . 83
New Issue – South Georgia & SSI – WWF Chinstrap Penguins . . . . . 84
New Issues – South Korea – The King Sejong Station Special Souvenir Sheets; Romania – Polar Fauna 85
New Issues – The Falkland Islands – Southern Elephant Seals; Aircraft Defi nitives 5p and £3 values 86
Provisional Cruise Programmes for the RRS James Clark Ross and RRS Ernest Shackleton 2008/09 87
Further BAT, South Georgia & SSI and The Falkland Islands New Issues 2008; Increased Postage Rates 87
South Georgia bans Large Cruise Ships; South Georgia Exhibition starts in the UK . . 88
New CASCO Philatelic Services Watermark Paper . . . . . . 88

Contents December 2008

Committee; Deadline for next Polar Post; Dates for your diary; Back issues of Polar Post; Note on Copyright 90
PPHSGB AGM & London Spring Meeting – 28 February 2009; Chairman’s Message . . . 91
Programme for the PPHSGB Residential Weekend 9 to 11 October 2009 . . . . . 92
Members’ Sales and Christmas Greetings from our President Harry Evans; Membership News . . 93
54th Russian Antarctic Expedition (cover off er); “Essence of Polar Philately”; Editorial and Late News . 94
News of the ASPP; The Future of the specialised Falkland Islands Stamp Catalogue and other Matters . 95
1907-1909 British Antarctic Expedition Part 4 . . . . . . . . 96
The Term “Bogus” – An Email to the editor; USCGC Northland . . . . . . 101
Arctic – Northern Sea Route and Atomic Icebreakers . . . . . . . 102
Tristan Da Cunha “received” marks; New Tristan datestamp comes and goes . . . . 104
Special First Day of Use Postmark for German IPY Postal Stationery Item; AAT Anniversaries . . 105
New Issue: South Georgia & SSI –Letters Patent Centenary . . . . . . 105
New Issue: AAT – International Polar Year . . . . . . . . 107
New Issues: BAT – 100 Years of Naval Aviation; New Defi nitives – Ships and Explorers . . . 108
New Issues: BAT – Fossil Ferns; Auroras; Penguin III Sheet . . . . . . 110
New Issues: New Zealand – Sir Edmund Hillary; San Marino – International Polar Year . . . 112
New Tristan/Polar Postcards – TdC 99: ms. Mowe III; TdC 101 / Pole 34 mv. R.S.A. . . . 112
† Judith Faulkner – an appreciation . . . . . . . . . 113
† Margery Wharton – an appreciation . . . . . . . . 114
† Betty Biggs – an appreciation . . . . . . . . . 115
Update on sending Money to Tristan Da Cunha; Members’ Displays (Tristan da Cunha) . . . 116