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Polar Post 2007

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Contents March 2007

Editorial; Dates for your diary; Back issues of Polar Post . . . . . . 2
Chairman’s Message; Redhill Philatelic Society Stamp and Postcard Fair . . . . . 3
Membership News; Report on the London Autumn Meeting 2006 of the PPHSGB . . . 4
Important Information from the Editor of Polar Post . . . . . . . 5
FIPSG Scandinavian Weekend 27th to 29th July 2007 . . . . . . . 6
Auckland Islands – Request for Information; Byrd II Lecture Tour Covers . . . . 7
James Francis (Frank) Hurley: Postcard Publisher . . . . . . . 10
Post from the Deutschland in the Years 1912/1913 following the end of the 2nd German Antarctic Expedition 11
New Issues – New Zealand; Estonia/Chile; the International Polar Year . . . . . 13
New Issue – Ross Dependency . . . . . . . . . . 14
New Issues – TAAF . . . . . . . . . . . 15
TAAF News; Note on Copyright . . . . . . . . . 16
Another Tristan Venture Cover . . . . . . . . . . 17
A Byrd Lecture Tour Leafl et . . . . . . . . . . 20
Byrd Reception Luncheon Menu with signatures . . . . . . . 21
Kiwipex 2nd to 5th November 2006 . . . . . . . . . 22
Correction to the Article ‘‘Quail Island’’ (Polar Post, N°211, page 118); British Antarctic Territory News . 23
Review of the Handbook Japan Antarktis-Expeditionen, Part 2, JARE 15-45 . . . . 24
25 Years Ago – Survival South Atlantic – Cindy Buxton Commercial Cover . . . . 25
New Tristan Postcards:- TdC 92 – USS James McHenry; Pole 28 – ss Saga Rose . . . 26
Auction Report – Falkland Islands & Dependencies +Antarctica Postal Auction 14th November 2006. . 27
Draft Programme for the PPHSGB Residential Weekend in Cambridge, 14th to 16th September 2007. . 28

Contents June 2007

Committee; Editorial; Dates for your diary; Back issues of Polar Post. . . . . . 30
Chairman’s Message; Membership News; Note on Copyright . . . . . . 31
PPHSGB – 55th Anniversary Cambridge Weekend Programme 14th to 16th September 2007 . . 32
FIPSG Weekend in Stockholm, Sweden, 27th to 29th July 2007 – Update . . . . . 33
Redhill Philatelic Society Stamp and Postcard Fair – Photographs . . . . . . 33
Minutes of the AGM of the PPHSGB 2006 held on Saturday 3rd February 2007 . . . . 34
PPHSGB – Chairman’s Review 2006 . . . . . . . . . 35
Accounts for 2006; Treasurer’s Report for 2006; Cover Service Account for 2006 . . . 36
Membership Secretary’s Report for 2006; Report of the Editor of Polar Post for 2006 . . . 37
! Wanted – a Publicity Offi cer ! . . . . . . . . . . 37
Secretary’s Report for 2006; Auction and Packet Report for 2006 . . . . . 38
American Society of Polar Philatelists Elects Offi cers – press release . . . . . 38
Members’ Displays at the Spring Meeting 3rd February 2007 . . . . . . 39
TAAF News – Marion Dufresne – Operation 2006/3 and Albatros . . . . . . 40
Byrd Lecture Tour covers Redux; A further ‘Tristan Venture’ Cover; Members’ Sales . . . 41
The Saga Rose – a Correction . . . . . . . . . . 42
The Saga Rose – Postcard Pole 28 and Fantasy Postmark FEB 2007 . . . . . 43
German Antarctic Flights 2002/2003 . . . . . . . . . 44
Obituary – A life Less Ordinary – an appreciation of Allan Bryant Crawford MBE . . . . 45
A Letter from Allan B. Crawford – Polar Post N° 102, September 1979, page 64 . . . . 45
A Favourite item from my collection – A note from Sir Ernest Shackleton . . . . . 46
SS Manhattan – Second Arctic Voyage – April to June 1970; The 3rd IPY – Polar Post, September 2007 . 47
Kiwipex November 2nd to 5th 2006 – NZ National Stamp Exhibition Part II – Exploring South Island . 48
New Issues – Estonia/Chile; South Georgia & SSI; New Zealand; Malaysia . . . . 49
Visit of HRH The Princess Royal to the Falkland Islands and Antarctica – special commemorative cover . 53
New Tristan/Polar Postcard TdC 93/Pole 29 Professor Molchanov . . . . . 54
‘The Quest for Peter Green – A Dutchman on Tristan da Cunha’ (new book) . . . . 54
SWINPEX 2007; RRS Shackleton 2007/2008 to 2009/10 Antarctic Summer Seasons . . . 55
International Stamp Fair Sindelfi ngen; AWI Open Day; New Postcards showing Historic German Polar Ships 55
The Stamps of South Georgia & SSI – press release; EUROTHEMA 2007 – press release . . . 56
The National Philatelic Exhibition, Fairfi eld Halls, Croydon 23rd and 24th November 2007 . . . 56

Contents September 2007

Committee; Editorial; Dates for your diary; Back issues of Polar Post . . . . .. 58
Chairman’s Message; Correction to the Programme for the Cambridge Residential Weekend; Swinpex . 59
Midpex 30th June 2007; Membership News; Obituary – Aubrey Halpern . . . . . 60
Members’ Future Displays; Rocky Mountain Stamp Show 18th to 20th May 2007. . . . . 61
The 1st to 4th International Polar Years (IPY/IGY) . . . . . . . 62
Stop Press: Latest IPY New Issues . . . . . . . . . 68
Illustrations of Stamps with a Polar Theme issued in connection with the IGY 1957/58 . . . 69
Illustrations of Stamps issued in connection with the 4th IPY 2007-2009 . . . . . 70
Illustrations of Stamps issued in connection with the 4th IPY 2007-2009 and the RSV Cover . . 71
Illustrations of Stamps issued in connection with the 4th IPY 2007-2009 and other New Issues . . 72
Description of Stamp Issues for the 4th IPY . . . . . . .. . 73
Royal Society of Victoria (RSV) – 4th IPY 2007-2008; Note on Copyright. . . . . 74
1st International Polar Year 1882/83 – Royal Bay, South Georgia . . . . . . 75
New Issues:- AAT 7th August 2007; Japan 23rd January 2007; Argentina 21st April 2007 . . . 80
New Issues:- BAT November/December 2007 . . . . . . . . 81
New Tristan/Polar Postcard TdC 94 mfv. Southern Saint . . . . . . 81
Obituaries: Victor Aloysius John Baptist Marchesi; Sir Walter William (Wally) Herbert . . . 82
Îles Éparses . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Commemorating the International Polar Years
1882/83; 1932/33; 1957/58; 2007/08
Aubrey Halpern

Contents December 2007

Committee; Editorial Deadlines; Dates for your Diary; Back issues of Polar Post . . . 86
PPHS AGM & London Spring Meeting; Revised Membership List; Note on Copyright . . 87
Chairman’s Message; Membership News; Help required re. Shackleton Expedition 1907-1909 . 88
The Cambridge Weekend 2007 – Photographs and Report . . . . . 89
An Item from my Collection; How a Letter and Cover are Reunited . . . . 93
TAAF News . . . . . . . . . . . 94
50th Anniversary of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition . . . . 95
50 Years of Stamps and Coins in the AAT and other Anniversaries . . . . 96
US Coastguard Ship Northland 1927 to 1946 . . . . . . . 100
New Issue: Denmark – Galathea 3 . . . . . . . . 101
New Issue: Isle of Man – IPY – The Voyage of the Victory; Manx Connections with Canada . 102
New Issue: South Georgia – Scouts of the Quest . . . . . . . 104
New Issue: British Antarctic Territory – International Polar Year . . . . . 105
New Issues: TAAF – Path of the Sun at Dumont d’Urville on 21 June; Îles Éparses . . 106
New Issues – IPY: The Maldives; Micronesia; Grenada; Thomas and Prince Islands . . 107
New Issues: Grenada Grenadines IPY; Argentina; Japan . . . . . . 108
New Issue: Guinea Bissau IPY; Recent German Special Postmarks; Press Release from Crown Agents 109
Project Iceberg . . . . . . . . . . . 109
New Tristan/Polar Postcards TdC 95: ss. Suveric; Pole 30: RRS Ernest Shackleton; . . 110
Polar Post on CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . 110
Letters to the Editor . . . . . . . . . . 111
Postcards of Antarctic Exploration – Second Edition now Available . . . . 111
BAT News – Provisional Shipping Programme for the Antarctic Summer 2007/08 . . 112