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Auction: 1016 - Important Stamps & Covers
Lot: 41

Antarctica 1907-09 British Antarctic Expedition 1908 King Edward VII Land 1d rose-carmine upper left corner block of four with pencil notation "The 1st. stamps issued for a Polar Expedition. E.H. Shackleton" in top margin, neatly cancelled with "brit. antarctic exped." c.d.s. for 4 March 1909, the date that Shackleton finally closed the Post Office. A fine souvenir of this remarkable feat of exploration Estimate £ 1,500-1,800

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£1,400