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Polar Post 2000

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Contents Spring 2000

Editorial; Dates for your diary; . . . . . . . . . . 2
Report on the Autumn Meeting of the PPHS held at St.Ermin’s Hotel, London on 30th October 1999 . 3
Auction News; PPHSGB Meeting at The Stamp Show 2000, London; . . . . . 3
Cambridge 2000 Residential Meeting; Membership News . . . . . . 4
Revised Library List; Postmark and Cachet Listings; An Unusual Postmark from the “South Shetlands?” . 5
Argentine Islands Postmarks from 1956; Signy Island Postmark 15 JUN 1978; Back issues of Polar Post 5
Recent Classics Stamp Ltd Auctions from Paul Wales; Cover from the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition 6
Arctic Flown covers; . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Paid at South Georgia Covers; Singapore Antarctic Expedition – newspaper report . . . 7
✞ Sir Vivian Ernest Fuchs, 11th February 1908 – 11th November 1999 . . . . . 8
Operation Tabarin : A Cover sent to Lt Andrew Taylor by Frank Mitchell . . . 9
Exchange Scientists during the 1960s by Ray Garbutt . . . . . . . 10
The 44th Russian Antarctic Expedition 1999 by Max Koesling . . . . . 13
“Antarctic Jack” by G. H. Roberts . . . . . . . . . 14
Franklin’s Second Land Expedition, 1825-1827 by Peter Wordie. . . . . . 15
Part Two of the Jack Cole Tristan Collection by Robin Taylor . . . . . . 21
Cover offers from Harry Evans . . . . . . . . . 23
Copyright Notice . . . . . . . . . . 26
New Issues:- Greenland; Falkland Islands; BAT; Ross Dependency; South Georgia . . . 28
New Tristan / Polar Postcards:- HMS Alcantara; M/S Akademik Fyodorov; HMS Endurance (2) . . 32

Contents Summer 2000

Editorial; Dates for your diary; Reminders – Meeting at Stamp Show 2000 & Cambridge Weekend 2000 . 34
Chairman/Secretary Report for 1999; Membership Secretary’s Report for 1999 . . . . 35
Library Report for 1999; Editor’s Report for 1999; Exchange Packet Summary for 1999 . . . 36
Cover Service Account and Report for 1999; Society Accounts for 1999; Auction Manager’s Report for 1999 . 37
Minutes of the PPHSGB AGM held at St. Ermin’s Hotel, London, on 4th March 2000 . . . . 38
Report of the London Meeting 4th March 2000 by Gerry Pearce; Membership News from Robert McMillan . 39
Society Auction N° 43 from Judith Faulkner; Arctic Flight covers; Apology for delay in publishing articles . 40
Mrs E. N. (Nonie) Neild – covers for disposal; 4th Edition of the Specialised Catalogue of the Falkland Islands & Deps. 41
Air New Zealand crash cover from Paul Wales; Alfred Stephenson – a letter from Jeffrey Stokes . . . 41
South Georgia Post Office to be “removed”; a letter from R. T. Jarvis, Assistant Commissioner, SGSSI . . 42
International Field Work Group at Granite Harbour by Ray Garbutt . . . . . . 42
Frederick B. Alison of South Georgia by Robert Barnes . . . . . . . 43
Chileno Antartico Base Postmark Update by Mark Jurisich . . . . . . . 44
Greenpeace Cinderellas by Steve Pendleton . . . . . . . . . 46
Further Information on German Whaling Activities from Siegfried Niklas and H. E. J. Evans . . . 50
Stop Press – BAT New Issue for Stamp 2000; Polar Expedition “Terra di Nord-Est 2000” . . . 53
Franklin’s Second Land Expedition – a further letter, from Hal Vogel . . . . . . 53
Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913 – 1918 by Peter Wordie . . . . . . . 55
R.M.S. Nascopie by B. A. Crossley ; Gough Island Mail Dates – 1955 to 1957 by Robin Taylor . . . 56
1961 Tristan Definitives Revisited by Robin Taylor . . . . . . . . 57
“Penguins, Potatoes & Postage Stamps” – book review; Note on Copyright . . . . . 58
New Tristan Postmark; New Issues:- BAT; Falkland Islands; South Georgia; TAAF . . . . 59
Cover offers . . . . . . . . . . 64
Back Issues of Polar Post . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Cover Offers from recent Issues of Polar Post; New Tristan / Polar Postcards:- M/V Polarstern; H.M.S. Cumberland 68

Contents Autumn 2000

Editorial; Dates for your diary; Back issues of Polar Post. . . . . . . 70
Cambridge 2000 – Residential Weekend Meeting 20-22 October 2000 from Gerry Pearce . . 71
The Joint Meeting of FIPSG & PPHSGB at Stamp Show 2000 by Margery Wharton . . . 71
The Official re-naming Ceremony of RRS Ernest Shackleton by John Youle . . . . 72
World Discoverer ashore on the Solomon Islands by John Youle; Membership News from Robert McMillan 73
BAT Major Positional Design Error; The Buildings at King Edward Point . . . . 73
Helicopter 434 & 435 Postcards from Robert Hurst; Higher Postal Rates for the F.I. & Dependencies . 74
4th Edition of the Specialised Stamp Catalogue of F.I. & Dependencies . . . . . 74
The Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration – a request from the Editor . . . . . 75
Frederick B. Alison of South Georgia – further covers from H. E. J. Evans . . . . 75
Nelson Jones of South Georgia by Jeffrey Stokes . . . . . . 76
Roald Amundsen – Expedition mail, etc. by Fred Goldberg reviewed by John Youle; Copyright Notice . 76
The British Antarctic Expedition 1989-1900 – Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink by John Youle . . 77
Sothebys On-Line Auctions – 74 classic Antarctic covers from the collection of the late Nonnie Neild . 77
The Beginnings of Australian Antarctic Philately by Tony Shields . . . . . 78
The Antarctic Treaty, 7th Consultative Committee Meeting by Ray Garbutt . . . . 82
The Graham Land Expedition 1920-22 and EN Hvalfangerfaerd by the late Ken Burley . . . 83
Exchange Scientists 1970-1975 by Ray Garbutt . . . . . . . . 85
Port Lockroy Post Office by Ron Lewis-Smith . . . . . . . . 89
Antarctic Peninsula, Post from Ships and Stations – January & February 2000 by Max Koesling . . 91
Unlisted Tristan Cachets 1932 – 1962 by Robin Taylor . . . . . . . 94
Unidentified Tristan Cachets by Ray Lloyd; Cover Offers from Harry Evans . . . . 97
New Issues:- BAT – Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58 (The Stamp Show 2000) . 103
New Tristan / Polar Postcards:- TdC43 rms St Helena; TdC44 HMS Somerset; reprint Pole 9 Polarstern . 104

Contents Winter 2000

Editorial; Dates for your diary; Back issues of Polar Post. . . . . . . 106
A New Year’s Message from our President – Harry Evans . . . . . . 107
PPHSGB AGM and London Spring Meeting 3rd March 2001 . . . . . . 107
Auction N° 44 at Cambridge from Judith Faulkner . . . . . . . 107
“Sail Ho! – A Weekend Away.” – A report on the PPHS Cambridge Weekend 2000 by Mike Faulds . 107
Membership News . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Record Traverse of the Northwest Passage; British Antarctic Survey Internet (Web) Site – new URL . 111
RRS Ernest Shackleton and RRS James Clark Ross – Anticipated Antarctic Itinerary 2000/2001 . . 112
Tristan Da Cunha (new book); Postcards of Antarctic Expeditions (Catalogue) . . . . 112
Stop Press – further New Issues:- Ross Dependency and Tristan Da Cunha . . . . 112
A Classic Cover – “Birdie Bowers” of the British Antarctic Expedition 1910 by Trevor Cornford . . 113
“Hot Air” over the Poles by John Youle . . . . . . . . . 114
Exchange Scientists 1976-1978 by Ray Garbutt . . . . . . . . 116
The Potato Stamps of Tristan Da Cunha by Robin Taylor . . . . . . 118
Membership Renewal Form for 2001 and Bank Standing Order Application Form. . . 120A-120D
Copyright Notice . . . . . . . . . . 121
New Issues:- AAT; Argentina; Russia . . . . . . . . . 122
RMS Nascopie – A well-travelled Postcard by Martin Evans . . . . . . 124
RRS Ernest Shackleton – 1st Voyage for BAS to Antarctica by John Youle (including cover offers 2557-9). 125
Cover offers from Harry Evans . . . . . . . . 132
New Tristan / Polar Postcards – mv Lowland Lancer (TdC45); mv King William (TdC46) . . 136