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Polar Post 2004

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Contents March 2004

Membership Renewal Reminder . . . . . . . . . 1
Editorial; Dates for your diary; Back issues of Polar Post . . . . . . 2
PPHSGB Residential Weekend 2004 (or 2005) at the planning stage . . . . . 3
Display at the “Royal”- colour copy and CD-ROM . . . . . . . 3
Philatelic Activities on Tristan Da Cunha between 1927 and 1940 – a correction; Exchange Packet . 3
Cover offers from recent issues of Polar Post; Scandinavian Polar Flight Firsts; Membership News . 4
Official Mail from Tristan Da Cunha . . . . . . . . . 5
Japanese Antarctic Base Pictorial Postmarks 1956-2003 . . . . . . . 6
Argentine Antarctic Cinderellas . . . . . . . . . . 8
HMS Endurance – Cachets END1-06 and 06A – a puzzle to be solved . . . . . 10
Byrd Radiogram . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The National Antarctic Expedition – The Voyage of the Discovery Part 10; Discovery Relief– All Well! 12
A strange Polarstern cover from the Antarctic 2002/03 season cancelled in York . . . 14
Polarstern in the Arctic – ARK XIX/3 – May to August 2003 . . . . . . 15
The Centenary of the rescue of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition . . . . . 16
Roald Amundsen – The Gjøa Expedition 1903-1906; the Conquest of the North West Passage . . 20
A name from the past – U.S.S. Canisteo; Note on Copyright . . . . . . 24
New Issues:- Monaco; Ross Dependency; South Georgia; BAS Season 2003/04 – early returns . . 25
Cover offers . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
New Tristan / Polar Postcards:- TdC 70/Pole 22 – MT Yorkshireman , TdC 71 – MV Teakbank; . . 31
TdC 72/Pole 23 – RRS Shackleton; TdC 73/Pole 24 – MV. A.E.S. . . 32

Contents June 2004

Front Cover – Stop Press – New Issue South Georgia . . . . . . . 33
Editorial; Dates for your diary; Back issues of Polar Post . . . . . . 34
Greenwich Residential Weekend 2004; Membership News; Captain Scott’s Last Expedition (Display) . 35
Report on the PPHSGB AGM, London, 28th February 2004 . . . . . . 36
Chairman’s Report, Auction Manager’s Report and Secretary’s and Librarian’s Report, 2003 . . 37
Accounts 2003; Exchange Packet Superintendent’s Report and Editor of Polar Post Report, 2003 . 38
Membership Secretary’s Report 2003; Report on the PPHSGB Spring Meeting, London 2003 . . 39
Ships’ Cachets – an update . . . . . . . . . . 40
More New Markings on Ships’ Mail from TAAF . . . . . . 42
Classic Cover Corner – A postcard from the 2nd German Antarctic Expedition? . . . . 43
Tristan Da Cunha – King George VI Proof Art Work Discovered and Post Office Update . . 44
The N.A.E. – The Voyage of the Discovery – Part 11 – “Discovery – Preparation and Homeward Bound” 45
Japanese Antarctic Base Pictorial Postmarks 1956-2003; a correction; New Port Lockroy Cachet . . 49
The Centenary of the Rescue of The Swedish Antarctic Expedition; answer to a query . . . 49
An Antarctic Exhibition in Buenos Aires to commemorate the Centenary of the Rescue of the Swedish
(Otto Nordenskjöld) Expedition . . . . . . . . . . 50
Auction Report – F.I. & Dependencies, Antarctica, South Atlantic Islands Postal Auction 3/9 2003 . 54
New Issues:- Canada/Greenland/Norway Joint Issue Otto Sverdrup; Ireland – Shackleton . . 55
New Issues:- TAAF – 11/2003 and 01/2004; Argentina – Base Jubany and Base Orcadas . . 57
Cover offers . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Note on Copyright . . . . . . . . . . . 63
New Tristan / Polar Postcards:- r.m.s. Asturias – TdC 74; mv. Darro – TdC 75 . . . . 64

Contents September 2004

Editorial; Dates for your diary; Back issues of Polar Post . . . . . . 66
PPHSGB Residential Weekend – last call for bookings (including day visitors) . . . . 67
Membership News; Members future displays; Note on copyright . . . . . 67
Cover Service Account and Report for 2003 with 2002 for comparison . . . . . 68
Postcards of Antarctic Expeditions – call for catalogue information . . . . . 68
Falkland Islands, South Georgia and BAT Postage Rate increases . . . . . 68
Obituaries – Duncan Carse and William Mills . . . . . . . . 69
King George VI Varieties – F.I.D.S. – the Maps issue of 1946 . . . . . . 70
Heard Island 2003/04; Falkland Islands Whaling Postcard with New Island postmark . . . 73
The National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904 – The Voyage of the Discovery – Part 12 (final part) . 74
Washington Post Headline News! – Surprise result in major state philatelic Exhibition (NAPEX 2004) . 76
Greenland and Spitzbergen postcards . . . . . . . . . 78
The Second German Antarctic Expedition – The Way Home . . . . . . 79
Inward Mail to the BAS Bases 1969 – 1970 . . . . . . . . 80
The Centenary of the Foundation of the Whaling Station at Grytviken . . . . . 82
Further BAT Cachets?? . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Stop-Gap Airmail Labels from Tristan da Cunha . . . . . . . 87
Retracing in 2004 the Suomen Joutsen visit to Tristan da Cunha in 1938 . . . . . 88
“Postmarks of the Australian Antarctic Territory 1911 – 2004”; new book with review . . . 90
Letter from Down Under; 50th Anniversary of Mawson Station; The Mrs Chippy Project;
Travels of the James Caird; Tribute to Frank Worsley . . . 91
New Issues:- AAT – 50th Anniversary of Mawson Station . . . . . . 94
Cover offers . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
PROGRAMME for the PPHSGB RESIDENTIAL WEEKEND, GREENWICH, LONDON, 2004 . 100

Contents December 2004

Editorial; Dates for your diary; Back issues of Polar Post . . . . . . 102
AGM and Spring Meeting 2005; London Summer Meeting, 23rd July 2005; Croydon 12th April 2005 . 103
Membership News; Obituaries; New Auction Manager – Bill Tilbury – Postal Only Auction N° 53 . 104
Live and Postal Auction N° 52 – realisations; Members successes at Autumn Stampex . . . 105
Members future displays; 1965 Italian Polar Exploration 1st Philatelic Exhibition . . . 105
The PPHSGB Residential Weekend in Greenwich . . . . . . . 106
The Postman is only Human . . . . . . . . . . 109
HMS Endurance – Arctic Cover; 28th SCAR Meeting in Bremerhaven; St. Paul enquiry from Paul Wales 112
US Air National Guard Recruitment Postcard; Brown Labels on Inward Mail; John Biscoe I Maxi Card . 113
Early registered mail from the FIDS Bases . . . . . . . . 114
A Visit to the World’s most northerly Post Office – Ny-Alesund, Spitsbergen . . . . 118
New Issues:- BAT; The Falkland Islands; South Georgia & SSI; TAAF . . . . 119
Cover offers . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Note on Copyright . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Falkland Islands & Dependencies Postal/Internet Auction N° 11 – 12 October 2004 . . . 126
New Tristan Postcards:- ss Ocean Wanderer TdC 76; ms Straat Bali – TdC 77; ms Tjinegara – TdC 78 . 127