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Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958). Ross Sea Committee :Commemorating the first Trans-Antarctic Crossing 1957-8 [First day cover, 20 January 1958]
- Date
- 1957 - 1958
- Reference
- Eph-A-ANTARCTICA-1958-01
- Description
First day envelope shows on the front an illustration of two men (presumably Edmund Hillary and Vivian Fuchs) shaking hands in a snowy landscape. They stand beside a sled dog team, and a caterpillar-wheeled vehicle. A single engine plane flies low overhead. Four Ross Dependency stamps are at top right, and the envelope is rubber-stamped by Pole Station, and a stamp titled "Antarctic meeting Ross Dep[endency] 20 Jan 1958. There are also signatures of 16 participants in the enterprise, including E P Hillary, Roy Howard, George Lowe, Jon Stephenson, Vivian Fuchs, Hal Lister, Ralph Lenton, J.D.G. Pratt, Hannes la Grange, Ken Blaiklock, Allan F. Rogers, Derek Wright, P Mulgrew, M R Ellis, David [Streeton?] and David [Small?]
The verso is stamped with the logos of Operation Deep Freeze (the United States Navy Task Force 43), and the International Geophysical Year Amundsen-Scott IGY South Pole Station. The verso also has the signatures of three men associated with the Trans Antarctic Flight: Flt Lt RAF G Haslop, Flt Sgt RAF Peter D Weston, and Ellis Williams.
Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) with ink annotations and stamps.
Physical Description: Offset print, holographs, ink stamps, and postage stamps on envelope 100 x 229 mm.
Provenance: Originally in the possession of expedition member Peter Mulgrew.
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Scanned from original
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- [Ephemera of octavo size relating to Antarctica, Antarctic exploration, discovery and expeditions] / [Ephemera of octavo size relating to Antarctica, Antarctic exploration, discovery and expeditions. 1900-1999]
- Format
- 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) with ink annotations and stamps, Ephemera, Offset photomechanical prints, Stationery, Memorabilia, Offset print, holographs, ink stamps, and postage stamps on envelope 100 x 229 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958). Ross Sea Committee :Commemorating the first Trans-Antarctic Crossing 1957-8 [First day cover, 20 January 1958]. [Ephemera of octavo size relating to Antarctica, Antarctic exploration, discovery and expeditions]. Ref: Eph-A-ANTARCTICA-1958-01. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/34040522More information can be found in our terms of use.