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Polar Post 2018

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Contents March 2018

New Issues TAAF and Spain – 10th Anniversary of the Madrid Environmental Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty (Illustrations) 01
RRS Sir David Attenborough (Colour Illustrations) 01
New Issue South Georgia and SSI: Mapping (Colour Illustrations) 01
The Falkland Islands – 125th Anniversary of the Consecration of Christ Church Cathedral (Colour Illustrations) 02
The Combined Belgian – South African Antarctic Expeditions 1967-1970 Figure 4 in colour 02
Two of our Members at Legoland during Nordia 2017 in Vejle (Colour photograph) 02
New Issue Tristan da Cunha: Norwegian Tristan Expedition 1937-1938 (Colour Illustrations) 02
Contents and Enclosures; Polar Post on DVD-ROM 03
Committee; Deadline for next Polar Post; Dates for your Diary; Back Issues of Polar Post; Note on Copyright 04
Chairman’s Message; Members’ Displays; Membership News 05
Share Certifi cate Special Off er still available but only a few remain 05
Programme for the PPHSGB Cambridge Weekend 19th to 21st October 2018 06-07
Polar Display at the RPS,L on 31st May 2018 – Registration Necessary to attend; List of displays 07
Report on the Argyll Etkin Limited Auction held in London on 29th September 2017 08-11
Argyll Etkin Limited Auction held in London on 29th September 2017, Lot 111 12
Meeting a Movie Star 13
Nordia 2017 – Letter to the Editor with a correction 14
Further information on the Wellman Arctic Expeditions 1906-1909 14
A Query concerning an Arctic Postcard 15
British Antarctic Territory News: 2017 New Issues release date with location; RRS Sir David Attenborough 15
British Antarctic Territory News Continued: Restoration of the Base E Hut on Stonington Island; BAS Halley Station 15
The Combined Belgian – South African Antarctic Expeditions 1967 -1970 16-18
Shackleton Postcard MW GA-7 – South Magnetic Pole and Farthest East? 18
Fred Goldberg Polar Auctions November 2017 19-21
Further Auction of Fred Goldberg’s Arctic Material in Oslo 28th April 2018 21
New Issues Greenland 22nd January 2018 21
New Issue Tristan da Cunha: Norwegian Tristan Expedition 1937-1938 22
New Issue Falkland Islands: 125 Years of Christ Church Cathedral 23
New Issue South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands: Mapping 24
New Issue Norway: Bouvetøya Island 24
New Issue Spain – 10th Anniversary of the Entry into Force of the Madrid Environmental Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty 25
New Issues TAAF (FSAT) October to December 2017 25
New Issues TAAF (FSAT) January 2018 26
New Issues TAAF (FSAT) January 2018 (Colour Illustrations) 27
New Issues TAAF (FSAT) October to December 2017 (Colour Illustrations) 28
New Issue Norway: Bouvetøya Island (Colour Illustrations) 28

Contents June 2018

The History of Norwegians in the Arctic Regions 1870-1928, Part 4, Colour Illustrations 29
The Five Polarhavet Postcards issued in 1912/13 for the forthcoming Maud Expedition, colour illustrations 30
New Issue: Italy – 90th Anniversary of the Italia Airship North Polar Expedition 1928, colour illustration 30
Port Lockroy and Halley Covers from January 2018, colour illustrations 30
Contents and Enclosures; Polar Post on DVD-ROM 31
Committee; Deadline for next Polar Post; Dates for your Diary; Back Issues of Polar Post; Note on Copyright 32
Chairman’s Message; Reminders; Membership News ; Reminder SWINPEX 9th June 33
New Books from Associazione Grande Nord 34
REMINDER – CAMBRIDGE PPHSGB WEEKEND 2018 – 19th to 21st OCTOBER 2018; Revised programme 34
Launch of the New Polar Postal History Society Website! www.polarpostalhistory.org.uk 35
Royal Philatelic Society, London: Stockholmia 2019 and future premises 36
Treasurer’s Report 2017; Society Accounts 2017 37
Report of the Editor of Polar Post for 2017; Membership Report 2017 37-38
Minutes of the AGM of the PPHSGB held on 17th February 2018 39
Report of the Honorary Secretary for 2017; Cachet – “Stamps not acceptable for posting in a United States Post offi ce” 40
Restoration of the Base E Hut on Stonington Island and the Temporary Post Office 40
South Georgia and British Antarctic Territory News 41
The History of Norwegians in the Arctic Regions 1870-1928, Part 4 (Final Part) 42-48
New Issue – Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) – Crabeater Seals 49
New Issue – Italy – 90th Anniversary of the Departure of the Italia Airship Expedition to the North Pole 49
New Issues – TAAF (FSAT) – “L’Astrolabe”, “Logo de Terre Adélie” and “Symphonie australe” 49
New Issue – Tristan da Cunha – Visiting Royal Navy Ships 50
New Issue – Tristan da Cunha – 70th Anniversary of the ‘Tristan Venture’ 51
New Issue – The Falkland Islands – Wrecks Part II 52
New Issue – Falkland Islands – Macaroni Penguins, Predators and Prey 53
New Issue – South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands – Fur Seals 54
TAAF /FSAT) 1st/2nd January 2018 – Stamp Value Correction 54
TAAF /FSAT) 1st/2nd January 2018 – Stamp Value Correction, colour illustration 55
New Issues – TAAF (FSAT) – “L’Astrolabe”, “Logo de Terre Adélie” and “Symphonie australe”, colour illustrations 55
New Issue – Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) – Crabeater Seals, colour illustrations 55
Covers from the Temporary Post Office on Stonington Island, colour illustrations 55
New Issue – South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands – Fur Seals, colour illustrations 56
New Issue – The Falkland Islands – Wrecks Part II, colour illustrations 56
New Issue – Falkland Islands – Macaroni Penguins, Predators and Prey, colour illustrations 56
New Issue – Tristan da Cunha – Visiting Royal Navy Ships, colour illustrations 56
New Issue – Tristan da Cunha – 70th Anniversary of the ‘Tristan Venture’, colour illustrations 56

Contents September 2018

The Polar Postal History Society Online Library is up and running, colour illustration 57
Launch of the RRS Sir David Attenborough, colour illustration 57
Exploring the Polar Regions – The Display at the RPSL on 31st May 2018, colour photos 58
Contents; Polar Post on DVD-ROM 59
Committee; Deadline for next Polar Post; Dates for your Diary; Back Paper Issues of Polar Post; Note on Copyright 60
Chairman’s Message; Membership News ; Reminder Cambridge Residential Weekend, 19th to 21st October 2018 61
The online Polar Postal History Society Library is up and running; Adding Colour to Polar Post 2007 to 2017 62
STOCKHOLMIA 2019 Joint FIPSG and PPHSGB Meeting 63
The First South African National Antarctic Expedition 1959-60 64-68
Argentina’s Feliz Ano Nuevo Cards and Tierra del Fuego 69-70
RRS James Clark Ross and RRS Ernest Shackleton – The Final Antarctic Season? 70
PPHSGB Live and Postal Auction October 2018 71-74
Polar Post on DVD-ROM for members attending the Cambridge Weekend October 2018 74
North Pole Mail Cards 75-79
Exploring the Polar Regions – The Display at the RPSL on 31st May 2018 80
Launch of the RRS Sir David Attenborough 80
New Issue 2nd July 2018:- The Falkland Islands: Centenary of the RAF 1918-2018 81-82
New Issue 7th June 2018:- French Southern and Antarctic Territories – Penguin Panorama 82
New Issues:- The Falkland Islands, South Georgia & SSI and British Antarctic Territory The Royal Wedding
– The Duke and Duchess of Sussex 82
New Issue 7th June 2018:- French Southern and Antarctic Territories – Penguin Panorama, colour illustrations 83
New Issues:- The Falkland Islands, South Georgia & SSI and British Antarctic Territory The Royal Wedding
– The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, colour illustrations 83
New Issues 16th April and 25th and 26th May 2018:- Greenland, colour illustrations and text 84
New Issue 2nd July 2018:- The Falkland Islands: Centenary of the RAF 1918-2018, colour illustrations 84

Contents December 2018

New Issue: British Antarctic Territory – Landscapes – Illustrations 85
New Issue: British Antarctic Territory – Defi nitive Issue – Penguin and Chicks – Illustrations 85
Cambridge Weekend 19th to 21st October 2018 – Photographs 86
Contents and Enclosures; Membership subscriptions 2019; Polar Post on DVD-ROM 87
Committee; Deadline for next Polar Post; Dates for your Diary; Back Issues of Polar Post; Note on Copyright 88
Chairman’s Message; Polar Postal History Society of GB Annual General Meeting & London Spring Meeting 89
Membership News; Polar Magazines Available; Polar Salon 2020; Postcard Wharton CI-1, mint/unused for Sale 90
A New SG2 Earliest Date? 90
Further Improvements to the PPHSGB Website 91
“Operation Tabarin and its Postal History” – Sales information and a Book Review 92-93
The PPHSGB Cambridge Weekend 19th to 21st October 2018 – a Report Part 1 94-100
Richard Black, Unsung American Antarctic Leader 101-102
New Issues: Five British Overseas Territories Omnibus – Migratory Species 103-105
New Issues: TAAF – Subtropical Rockhopper Penguin of the Island of Saint Paul and Exhibition GAMMA 105
New Issues: Greenland – 22nd October 2018 105
New Issues: South Georgia & SSI and BAT: Centenary of the end of World War I: Shackleton’s Men 106-107
New Issue: British Antarctic Territory:- Construction of RRS Sir David Attenborough 107
New Issue: British Antarctic Territory – Defi nitive Issue – Penguin and Chicks 108
New Issue: British Antarctic Territory – Landscapes 109
New Issue: AAT: RSV Aurora Australis 30 Years 109
New Issue: The Falkland Islands – Landscapes 110
New Issue: The Falkland Islands – Landscapes – Illustrations 111
New Issues: TAAF – Subtropical Rockhopper Penguin of the Island of Saint Paul and Exhibition GAMMA – Illustrations 111
New Issue: British Antarctic Territory:- Construction of RRS Sir David Attenborough – Illustrations 111
New Issue: AAT: RSV Aurora Australis 30 Years – Illustrations 111
New Issues: Five British Overseas Territories Omnibus – Migratory Species – Illustrations 112
New Issues: South Georgia & SSI and BAT: Centenary of the end of World War I: Shackleton’s Men – Illustrations 112