| AMERICAN SOCIETY OF POLAR PHILATELISTS | |||||||||||||
| SIXTY-EIGHTH MAIL AUCTION | |||||||||||||
| Bid early; in case of tie bids, the earliest postmark or email timestamp, wins. Lots will be sold to the highest bidder at one increment over the second high bid. Photocopies of lots are $1.00 for three pages to US addresses, $2.00 for three pages to addresses outside the US. JPEG images of lots will be emailed in response to reasonable requests -- within a day if possible, but please allow 7 days! Payment for lots is to be made within 10 days after notification of successful bids. Send bids to: Chris Jenner, 540 Spruce Tree Dr., Cary, IL, 60013, USA. Email cjenner00@ yahoo.com. Lots for future auctions are invited. Please contact Dick Julian, 1153 Fairview Dr., York, PA, 17403, USA. Email rajulian@netrax.net. This catalog and scans of some lots are available on the Web at http://geocities.datacellar.net/TheTropics/Paradise/5501/asppauc68.htm | |||||||||||||
| CLOSING DATE FOR BIDS IS: DECEMBER 31, 1999 | |||||||||||||
| ABBREVIATIONS | ESTIMATED VALUES | Bid Increments | |||||||||||
| Ant | Antarctic | ODF | Operation Deep Freeze | A | $1.00 | - | $2.00 | $0.25 | |||||
| auto | autograph | OE | oversize envelope | B | $2.00 | - | $4.00 | $0.25 | |||||
| BS | backed stamped | PC | post card | C | $4.00 | - | $7.00 | $0.50 | |||||
| cc | corner card | PE | printed envelope | D | $7.00 | - | $10.00 | $0.50 | |||||
| cds | circular date stamp | pict | pictorial cancel | E | $10.00 | - | $20.00 | $1.00 | |||||
| ESE | European size envelope | PS | postal stationery | F | $20.00 | - | $40.00 | $2.00 | |||||
| Exp | Expedition | R | registered | G | $40.00 | - | $75.00 | $2.00 | |||||
| FDC | First Day Cancel | S/COB | slit/cut open at bottom | H | $75.00 | - | & up | $5.00 | |||||
| HC | Hand Cancel | S/COE | slit/cut open at end | ||||||||||
| K | cachet | S/COT | slit/cut open at top | ||||||||||
| L&L | latitude and longitude | sign | includes signature | ||||||||||
| LK | line cachet | SOE | just over 6 3/4 size | ||||||||||
| LSE | legal size envelope | TF | Task Force | ||||||||||
| MC | Machine Cancel | ||||||||||||
| LOT | VALUE | PR | |||||||||||
| ----- ARCTIC: UNITED STATES ----- | |||||||||||||
| 1 | USCG WBAS, Barter Island, AK, 21 Apr. 1961, Kaktovik, AK | B | $3.25 | ||||||||||
| 2 | USS Edisto, MSTS Sealift K, Aug. 7, 1961. | B | $3.00 | ||||||||||
| 3 | USNS Redbud, 3l Master's K, MSTS large pictorial K, APO 09124, Sep. 22, 1969. | A | $2.50 | ||||||||||
| 4 | USNS Private John Towle, Top/Bottom of World K with penguin and and polar bear, large MSTS K, APO 09023, Sep. 23, 1969. | B | $4.00 | ||||||||||
| 5 | USCGC Northwind, 25 Jun. 1973, Arctic West cachet | A | $3.00 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Arctic East 1974 block K showing USCGC Westwind and USNS Mirfak, Dec. 19, 1974. | A | $1.50 | ||||||||||
| 7 | USNS Mirfak, 3L Master's K, signed, To the Ends of the Earth K with globe and Mirfak, 21Sep76 | B | $3.25 | ||||||||||
| ----- ARCTIC: CANADA ----- | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Canadian Polar Ice Shelf Project, NWT 12 Jan. 1961 | B | $6.00 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Canadian Icebreaker NGCC RADISSON, csc 21 Mar. 1983 | A | $1.75 | ||||||||||
| ----- ARCTIC: GREENLAND ----- | |||||||||||||
| 10 | Camp Century Greenland, APO 23, 27 Mar. 1961, signed by CO/CE | B | $6.00 | ||||||||||
| 11 | GEOPOLE Station, APO 23, with Camp Tuto Greenland, transit | B | $7.50 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Camp Tuto, Greenland, APO 23, 09 Jan. 1961, signed by CO | B | $5.50 | ||||||||||
| ----- ARCTIC: U.S.S.R. ----- | |||||||||||||
| 13 | Lot of 23 covers/pst cards from the Atomic Icebreaker Lenin, associated w/polar operations. Postmark dates range from 1966-1990, and include all of the different icebreaker Lenin cancel devices (6). Most are postally used (15) and the others are special Soviet postal stationery related to the Lenin or polar activities. Most items have cachets on them. MB-$20.00. | F | $54.00 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Lot of 21 covers/post cards from the Soviet Atomic Icebreaker Arktika, associated with polar operations. Postmark dates range from 1978-1992 (before being renamed the L. Brezhnev and after), and includes both the different Arktika cancel devices. MB-$20.00. | F | $54.00 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Lot of 13 cvrs/post cards from the Soviet Atomic Icebreaker Russia, associated with polar ops. Postmarks range from 1985-90. Most are postally used (12) and have cachets. MB-$13.00. | E | $30.00 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Lot of 25 covers/post cards from the Soviet Atomic Icebreaker Siberia, associated w/polar operations. Postmark dates range from 1978-1990. Most are postally used (24) and most have cachets; one even has the drifting station NP-24 cancel. MB-$25.00. | F | $54.00 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Lot of 14 cvrs/post cards from the Soviet Atomic Icebreaker Soviet Soyuz, associated w/polar ops. Postmarks range from 1990-92. Most are postally used (12) and have cachets. MB-$14.00. | E | $30.00 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Lot of 30 covers from Soviet ships involved w/polar ops. Ships include: Stepan Razin, Svetlomor-3, Sibiriakov, Sevmorput and many others. All have K's and most are ESE's. MB-$15.00. | E | $30.00 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Lot of 10 covers/cards from the R/V Otto Schmidt. Cancel dates range from 1981-89. All items have K's from either the ship or the expedition. MB-$5.00. | D | $6.00 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Lot of 12 covers/cards from Russian tourist ships on Arctic cruises. All have cachets related to the ship or cruise. Ships include: Klavliya Elanskaya, Maria Ermolova, Mechanic Zheltovskiy, Tatariya and V. Vorovski. Cancel dates range from 1967-89. MB-$6.00. | D | $13.00 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Lot of 8 covers/cards from the tourist ship Klavliya Elanskaya. Cancel dates range from 1980-88. All have K's. MB-$4.00. | C | $8.75 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Lot of 9 covers/cards from the ship Vatslav Vorovskiy. Includes the Murmansk-Arkhangel'sk cds of 15Jun75 (very hard to find), since it is a ship to ship cancel. MB-$7.50. | D | $11.75 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Lot of 42 FDC's, circa 1977-1991, some duplication, but all w/printed envelopes, all ESE's, includes some polar postal stationery. MB-$10.00. | E | $14.75 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Lot of 43 mint polar postal stationery, and 5 polar PC, some dup, circa 1959-1993. MB-$7.50. | D | N/S | ||||||||||
| 25 | QSL card from Wrangel Island, dated 12Dec75. | C | $4.00 | ||||||||||
| 26 | Moscow special cancel of 20Jul86 commem. 50th ann. of Chkalov flight over the pole, on pictorial post card of Chkalov. | B | $3.50 | ||||||||||
| 27 | Soviet Russia Polar Expedition cancel of 27Jul86, plus Expedition Center cds of same date, Sverdlovsk cdsof 27Jul86, R-cvr. w/expedition boxed Registration K, ESE, Back Stamped. | C | $9.50 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Lot of 5 covers, all w/Wrangel Island K's, various cds'- Ushakov (4), Dikson (1), all w/K's, ESE | C | $11.00 | ||||||||||
| ----- ANTARCTIC: UNITED STATES ----- | |||||||||||||
| 29 | USS Mount Olympus, Feb. 17, 1947, Operation Highjump K on reverse. | A | N/S | ||||||||||
| 30 | USS Glacier, ODF K, Dec. 18, 1959. | A | $3.50 | ||||||||||
| 31 | USCGC Eastwind World Cruise, 05 May 1961, OSC, DF43 | B | $7.00 | ||||||||||
| 32 | 2 covers. USS Arneb, ODF K, Capt. signature, Dec. 20, 1961. USS Burton Island, ship's DF VI map K, commander signature, Dec. 28, 1961. | C | $13.00 | ||||||||||
| 33 | USS Atka, ODF K, Feb. 21, 1962. | A | $5.00 | ||||||||||
| 34 | SEABEES, DF43 05 Dec. 1962, faint PM, Icebreaker ABG-2 | A | $2.25 | ||||||||||
| 35 | USCGC Eastwind, 20 Jan. 1964, DF43/USARP, cachets, penguin | A | $4.50 | ||||||||||
| 36 | USCGC Eastwind, 20 Jan. 1964, DF43, USARP cachet OSC | A | $5.00 | ||||||||||
| 37 | USCGC Eastwind, 20 Jan. 1964, DF43, USARP cachet, OSC on back | A | $5.00 | ||||||||||
| 38 | USCGC Eastwind, 20 Jan. 1964, DF43, Depositied in Antarctica | A | $3.25 | ||||||||||
| 39 | USS Calcaterra, ODF K, Nov. 18, 1965. | A | $5.00 | ||||||||||
| 40 | USCGC Eastwind, 31 Jul. 1967, DF43, Deposited in Antarctica | A | $3.25 | ||||||||||
| 41 | USCGC Burton Island, OSC DF43, 11 Apr. 1973, FPO 17043 | A | $5.50 | ||||||||||
| 42 | APO AP 96599 cds of 1Sep98 w/USARP circ. label, & 2 McMurdo/Op. Deep Freeze K's, addressed to NZ, ESE. | A | $1.50 | ||||||||||
| ----- ANTARCTIC: ARGENTINA ----- | |||||||||||||
| 43 | Melchior Naval Base printed K, Antarctic corres. rec'd. marking,"Correspondence not cancelled in the Antarctic temporarily 1981/82. | B | $6.50 | ||||||||||
| 44 | General Belgrano II Army Base printed K, Belgrano, Jan. 5, 1982. | B | $6.00 | ||||||||||
| 45 | Orcadas Naval Base printed map sector K, Orcadas, Jan. 1, 1984. | A | $3.00 | ||||||||||
| 46 | Bahia Paraiso ship printed K, 80th ann. of Antarctic mail K, Gen. San Martin Base, Jan. 3, 1984. | B | $6.50 | ||||||||||
| 47 | Esperanza printed map sector K, circular army K, Antarctic corres.rec'd. marking, Esperanza Base, Apr. 2, 1984 | B | $6.50 | ||||||||||
| 48 | Lot of 4 cards, Base Aerea Vcom. Marambio Dotacion XVI w/different K's on each inside & outside of the cards. No stamps on them. | B | N/S | ||||||||||
| 49 | Argentina, Ushuia cds of 31Jan89 w/MS Antonina Nezhdanova ship K, Palmer Station dated K of 25Jan89 & wolftrail Ant. 89 circ. K, signed, ESE. | C | $2.75 | ||||||||||
| 50 | 2 covers, 10Dec1995, one w/ illustrated cancel for 30 years of operation at the South Pole, the other w/ illustrated cancel for Homage to Southern Lands. All K show map sector. | A | $2.00 | ||||||||||
| ----- ANTARCTIC: AUSTRALIA ----- | |||||||||||||
| 51 | Mawson, Feb. 15, 1954. | A-B | $7.00 | ||||||||||
| ----- ANTARCTIC: CHILE ----- | |||||||||||||
| 52 | O'Higgins Base block K with dog sledge, Philatelic Soc. of Chile colored flag and map k, O'Higgins, Jan. 15, 1975. | B | $6.50 | ||||||||||
| ----- ANTARCTIC: CHINA ----- | |||||||||||||
| 53 | CHINARE I Commem. Pre-stamped envelope, mint, unadd, 1984, expedition. descr on back. | C | $6.00 | ||||||||||
| ----- ANTARCTIC: FALKLAND ISLANDS ----- | |||||||||||||
| 54 | HMS Herald transport officer block K, Port Stanley, Feb. 3, 1987. | B | $5.50 | ||||||||||
| ----- ANTARCTIC: GREAT BRITAIN ----- | |||||||||||||
| 55 | BAT, Adelaide Island cds of 6Fe69 w/Adelaide Is. boxed K, on #16-9. | D | $8.00 | ||||||||||
| 56 | BAT, Faraday cds of 31No87 & Rothera cds of 31Mr89 w/Rothera circ. K. B.S. Port Stanley, FI 22Ap88. | C | $4.50 | ||||||||||
| ----- ANTARCTIC: NEW ZEALAND ----- | |||||||||||||
| 57 | Lyttelton, NZ cds of 2Mr87 w/MS Finnpolaris/Ant. boxed K, Italian Antarctic Exped. circ. K 1986-87 & 1LK-Paquebot, ESE. | C | $3.75 | ||||||||||
| 58 | Auckland/Day of the Antarctic Soviet cds of 25Aug90 w/4 Russian K's, polar p.s. | C | $5.00 | ||||||||||
| 59 | Ross Dependency/ChChurch cds of 23De94 w/Historic Huts pict. K, 4 signatures, p.e. | B | $3.25 | ||||||||||
| 60 | As Lot #59, but without signatures. | B | $2.50 | ||||||||||
| 61 | Ross Dependency/ChChurch cds of 26Je95 w/Winfly boxed K, 4 other NZAP K's. | B | $4.00 | ||||||||||
| 62 | Christchurch, NZ Paquebot cds of 3Mr98 w/3 MV Green Wave ship K's, overlength e. | B | $3.75 | ||||||||||
| 63 | Ross Dependency Paquebot cds of 9Mr98 w/Kapitan Kohlebnikov penguin label & 2 ship K's, on Russian postage, p.c. | B | $4.00 | ||||||||||
| 64 | Ross Dependency Paquebot cds of 9Mr98 w/boxed Russian/US/French Coop. on Vostok Ice Cores boxed K, ship K & Drilling in Ant. circ. K, p.c., Russian postage. | B | $4.00 | ||||||||||
| 65 | Christchurch, NZ Loose Letter cds of 2Aug98 on p.e. Medical Emergency Flight - ChChurch-McMurdo-ChChurch, w/oval No. 40 Transport Squadron K. B.S. ChChurch 13Au98. | C | $9.50 | ||||||||||
| ----- ANTARCTIC: POLAND ----- | |||||||||||||
| 66 | Lot of 17 covers/cards, all Polish polar activity related, including FDC's of some of the polar stamps, many w/K's or special p.e.'s, some duplication. MB-$5.00. | D | $11.00 | ||||||||||
| 67 | Lot of 38 covers/cards, all Polish polar activity related, including FDCs of some polar stamps, many w/Ks or special Pes, some duplication. MB-$10.00 | E | $22.00 | ||||||||||
| ----- ANTARCTIC: SOUTH AFRICA ----- | |||||||||||||
| 68 | Capetown Paquebot cds of 8Dec90(2) w/2-RMS St. Helena Maiden Voyage K's, ESE. | B | $4.00 | ||||||||||
| ----- ANTARCTIC: U.S.S.R. ----- | |||||||||||||
| 69 | Mirnyy cds of 12May56(3), ESE. B.S. Leningrad 14Apr57. | E | $30.00 | ||||||||||
| 70 | Bellingshausen cds of 17Nov85 w/30 SAE seal K, on Rep. of Korea p.e. | C | $10.00 | ||||||||||
| 71 | Leningrad/Vostok 30th anniversary special cds, 16Dec87, on polar p.s. | A | $1.50 | ||||||||||
| 72 | Metelitsa Command Women's Ski Trip to S. Pole ds of 8Feb89, on special polar postal stationery for the event, ESE. | B | $8.25 | ||||||||||
| 73 | Mirnyy cds of 14Dec91 w/5 K's including helo K, ESE. B.S. Lith. 20Dec91. | C | $7.00 | ||||||||||
| 74 | Lot of 13 FDCs from 1984 to 1990, all ESE printed envelopes. | D | $9.50 | ||||||||||