£360
Byrd Third Antarctic Expedition. 1939-41 Covers (14) and photos (10) including 1939 covers posted en route to the Antarctic, from U.S.S "North Star" with Balboa Paquebot duplex, or Canal Zone stamp with U.S.S "Bear" first day expedition cancel; U.S.S "Bear" cover from the explorer Finn Ronne with "U.S.S NORTH STAR / U.S / DEPARTMENT / MAR 2 1940 / OF INTERIOR / ANTARTICA" and Base Camp cachets; U.S.S "Bear" covers with cancels applied on differing notable dates or places including "First Day P.O Serv", "Little America", "Palmer Land", "Rounded Cape Horn" and "Evacuation East Base" (2); printed "Snow Cruiser Reaches the South Pole" envelopes cancelled upon arrival back in Boston (2), etc. (14+).
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