£600
1908 (Jan 15) Letter on Union Line notepaper (with an illustration of a steamer) from Captain Frederick Evans to his niece Betty, ".... a stamp from King Edward VII Land & the British Antarctic Expedition. The Antarctic Circle January 15th 1908 in sight of the pack-ice with bergs all around us & the possession of very cold fingers", with an attached King Edward VII Land 1d stamp precancelled by the "BRIT. ANTARCTIC EXPD / N.Z" c.d.s (JA 15, applied on the "Nimrod", the first use of these stamps). Evans was Captain of the "Koonya", which towed the "Nimrod" from Lyttelton to the edge of the ice sheet; on the expeditions return from the Antarctic he captained "Nimrod". The letter a little fragile, split horizontally into two parts and repaired with some splitting to a second fold and repaired corners, nevertheless a unique letter.
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