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Polar Post 2017

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Contents March 2017

New Issues – French Southern and Antarctic Territories (TAAF) – 2nd January 2017 1; 26, 27
Fred Goldberg – August 1942 to 6th November 2016 – One of the Great Polar Collectors of our time 1; 8-9
New Issue – Tristan da Cunha: Peter Green and the Wreck of the Emily, 1836 2; 23
New Issue – Bulgaria: 25th Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition 2; 26
New Issue – TAAF: “Cirque du Château à Kerguelen” 2, 26
New Issue – Spain: Antarctic Summer Station Gabriel de Castilla (Deception Island) 2; 26
A Whaling Postcard Exhibit for “Mandurah” Western Australia November 2016 2; 19-22
Contents; Polar Post on DVD-ROM 1953 to 2016 3
Committee; Deadline for next Polar Post; Dates for your Diary; Back Issues of Polar Post; Note on Copyright 4
Important Notice – Resignation of the Auction Manager; Chairman’s Message; Membership News 5
PPHSGB Postal Auction April 2017 6-7
In the Footsteps of Otto Nordenskjöld – The Swedish Antarctic Expedition 2002 – An Unused Postal Canceller 7
BAS Halley VI Station on the Move 7
Walter Sondhelm – An Appreciation 10
An Unusual Cachet on Mail from McMurdo Base (USA) – Polar Post, N°251, December 2016, Page 91 10
PPHSGB Cambridge Residential Weekend 2016 – Items displayed by Siegfried Nicklas 11
Carey KJ and J Numbers – An Update 11
Ellesmere Island 12-15
TAAF Dumont D’Urville Time Cancellation 15
Army Post Office PB1 (Polar Post N°251, December 2016, Page 96 Bottom Left) 15
Incoming mail to a field party in Antarctica 16-17
From Mundane to Magnificent (Postcard from Scott Base 1967) 18
Temporary Post Office on Horseshoe Island (Former FIDS Base Y) ?? 18
The Australian National Stamp Exhibition, Mandurah, Western Australia, 3rd to 5th November 2016 19
New Issue – South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands: Zavodovski Island 24
New Issue – Ross Dependency: Creatures of the Antarctic Sea Floor 25; 28
New Issue – TAAF: Prefabricated Metal Buildings of the Type ‘Fillod’ 25
New Issues – Greenland – 23rd January 2017 (Text Only) 26
New Issues – Greenland – 17th October 2016 28

Contents June 2017

New Issue – Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT): East Antarctic Deep Sea Creatures 29; 54
Temporary Post Office at the Base Y Hut, Horseshoe Island 29; 30; 38
New Issue – New Zealand – Southern Lights 29; 54
BAT First Day Covers – Signy 13th November 2016 30; 48
Contents; Polar Post on DVD-ROM 1953 to 2016 31
Committee; Deadline for next Polar Post; Dates for your Diary; Back Issues of Polar Post; Note on Copyright 32
Chairman’s Message; Special Off er; Membership News 33
John D. Spicer – †10th December 2016; REMINDER – Society Events in June and July 2017 33
Polar Philatelic Display at the Royal Philatelic Society, London on Thursday 31st May 2018 34
Chairman’s Review of 2016; Report of the Hon. Secretary for 2016 34
Report of the Editor of Polar Post for 2016; Membership Report 2016 35
Polar Postal History Society of GB Accounts and Treasurer’s Report for 2016 36
Editor’s Note Concerning the Accounts Item “Editor’s Refund Analysis includes 1xDVD Sale” 36
Minutes of the AGM of the PPHSGB held on 18th February 2017 37
RRS Discovery II at Heard Island 1951 38
Newly Reported HMS Endurance 1 Departmental Cachets (END1-DE-13A and END1-DE-33) 38
The Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition 1933-35 39-41
The History of Norwegians in the Arctic Regions 1870-1928, Part 1 42-47
Cover Returns for the Antarctic Summer Season 2016/17 48-49, 55
Johann August Miertsching and the HMS Investigator Expedition 49
Halley Bay Air Letter – a Query 49
Fred Goldberg Philatelic Publications For Sale 50
A Sad Reminder – 35 Years Ago – War in the South Atlantic 51
New Issues – Greenland – 23rd January 2017 52; 56
New Issue – The Bahamas – Whales 52
New Issue – France – Jean-Baptiste Charcot; New Issue – Russia – Icebreaker Krassin 1917 52; 56
New Issue – The Falkland Islands: Wrecks Part 1 53; 56
New Issues – Columbia; TAAF; Tristan da Cunha 56

Contents September 2017

The History of Norwegians in the Arctic Regions 1870-1928, Part 2 (colour Illustration) 57
Some Recent Cover Acquisitions from Gordon Harrison (three colour illustrations) 58
New Issue – Falkland Islands: Small Birds Definitive Issue (colour illustrations) 58
New Issue – 50 Years of The Falkland Islands Journal (colour Illustration) 58
Contents; Polar Post on DVD-ROM 1953 to 2016; Share Certifi cate Special Off er still available 59
Fred Goldberg Philatelic Publications still available 59
Stop Press: New Issue – South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: Landscapes 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
Polar Philatelic Display at the Royal Philatelic Society, London on Thursday 31st May 2018 61
Absent Friends – †Derek Hogben and †Hans Werner Helfenbein; Swinpex and Midpex 2017 – A Report 62
FINLANDIA 2017 – Tampere Finland – A Report; Members’ Displays October and November 2017 62
A Local Philatelic Society Competition Result; Further RRS James Clark Ross Cachets 63
Some Recent Cover Acquisitions from Gordon Harrison 64-65
Hubert Wilkins Study Group; Lincoln Ellsworth Christmas Card; Final Reminder – Nordia 2017 66
Finn Ronne and the Antarctic 67-69
Shackleton in Russia, 1918-19 70-71
The History of Norwegians in the Arctic Regions 1870-1928, Part 2 72-77
Temporary Post Office on Horseshoe Island – Further information 78
New Port Lockroy Cachet; New RRS Ernest Shackleton Cachet 78
Reminder – PDF File – Postmarks and Cachets of the British Antarctic Bases and South Georgia 78
New Issue – Falkland Islands: Small Birds Definitive Issue (Text) 79
New Issue – TAAF – Marion Dufresne; New Issues – Greenland (Text) 79
New Issue – 50 Years of The Falkland Islands Journal (Text) 80
New Issue: South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands – Albatross Conservation (text) 81
Important Forthcoming Auctions Autumn 2017 82-83
New Issue: South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands – Albatross Conservation (colour illustrations) 84
New Issues – Greenland (colour illustrations) 84

Contents December 2017

New Issue: Australian Antarctic Territory – Cultural Heritage (Colour Illustrations) 85
New Issue: Ross Dependency – Historic Huts (Colour Illustrations) 85
New Issue: TAAF – L’Astrolabe (Colour Illustration) 85
Joint New Issue: Greenland/TAAF (Colour Illustration) 85
New Issues: BAT – Corals, Royal Research Ships and Painted Ladies (Colour Illustrations) 86
Contents and Enclosure 87
Polar Postal History Society 2018 Weekend Proposed 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 2018 89
Share Certifi cate Special Off er still available but Price Increased 89
NORDIA 2017, Vejle, Denmark, 27 to 29 October 2017 90-91
Antarctic Flight: The First Fatal Crash 92-93
PPHSGB Winter Auction 94
The History of Norwegians in the Arctic Regions 1870-1928, Part 3 95-99
Short Editorial 99
An Antarctic Mystery (A letter from The 2nd Byrd Expedition?) 100
New Issue: Australia – Heard Island 101
New Issue: Australian Antarctic Territory – Cultural Heritage 102
New Issue: Ross Dependency – Historic Huts 103
New Issue: Tristan da Cunha – Northern Rockhopper Penguin 104
New Issue: South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands – Landscapes 105
New Issue: South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands – Macaroni Penguin 106
Stop Press – Further TAAF New Issues 106
New Issue – The Falkland Islands: 30th Anniversary of the Falkland Islands Fishery 107
New Issue: TAAF – L’Astrolabe 107
New Issues: Royal Omnibus Issue – Platinum Wedding Anniversary 108
New Issues: BAT – Corals, Painted Ladies and Royal Research Ships 108-110
New Issues – Greenland 110
New Issue – The Falkland Islands: 30th Anniversary of the Falkland Islands Fishery (Colour Illustrations) 111
New Issue: Tristan da Cunha – Northern Rockhopper Penguin (Colour Illustrations) 111
New Issues: Royal Omnibus Issue – Platinum Wedding Anniversary (Colour Illustrations) 111
New Issue: South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands – Landscapes (Colour Illustration) 112
New Issue: South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands – Macaroni Penguin (Colour Illustrations) 112
New Issue: Australia – Heard Island (Colour Illustrations) 112