27th Oct, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST

Stamps, Postcards & Postal History

 
  Lot 142
 

142

Greenland

Collection in two solid binders from a Polar specialist collector, with much postal history written-up along with stamps throughout. There is some duplication here, the stamps beginning with a dozen Pakke Porto bears from 1o. olive-green to 1kr bistre-yellow shades, 1938-46 set x4 each both mint and used, the 1950 set incl. key 50o. blue MNH, the 1956 surcharges set x2 mint (incl. MNH imprint margin) and several used, with further sets, booklets and m/s to 2007. Then the approx. 200 covers/cards beginning with 1954 first flight to Copenhagen, FDCs mostly 1960s onwards, a colourful series of supply ship cachets, Russian ice-breaker, expeditions with some signed, 1969 Anglo-Danish Watkins Mountains expedition photo card signed by the team, 1958 and 1963 Scottish expeditions, the latter signed Jock Anderson, 1978 Austrian expedition signed by the team, etc. A well-researched collection, please inspect.

Sold for £400
Estimated at £200 - £300


 

Auction: Stamps, Postcards & Postal History, 27th Oct, 2021

The Stamps, Postcards & Postal History Sales cover the full spectrum of philatelic collecting, and comprise world accumulations, single country or themed lots, single stamps and sets, and specialised collections.  

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