British Antarctic Expedition stationary adressed to expedition agent J. Kinsey King Edward VII Land cancelled Mar 4 1909, Victoria Land 1d cancelled Mar 3 1912
British Antarctic Expedition stationary adressed to expedition agent J. Kinsey, in Christchurch, most unusually showing King Edward VII Land cancelled Mar 4 1909, closing date of the first Antarctic post office, Victoria Land 1d cancelled Mar 3 1912, opening day of the post office at Cape Evans, again carried on the Aurora to the Antarctic with "LOOSE SHIP'S LETTER/POSTED IN/ANTARCTICA/(penguin)/S.Y. AURORA/A.A.E.", signed by Capt. John King David with straight line "COMMANDER OF SHIP" and bearing Australia 1d kangaroo cancelled in Hobart on Mar 17 1912, the cover lastly showing further Victoria Land 1d cancelled Feb 4 1913, the "Terra Nova" then en route to New Zealand (this date only known on 'Kinsey' items), vertical fold of adhesives. Ex Philpott. A remarkable item carried on no fewer than four trips to the Antarctic.