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EARLY LETTERS FROM THE FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC TERRITO…
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8
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EARLY LETTERS FROM THE FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC TERRITO…
See original version (French)
Estimate €600
Voluntary lot
Description
EARLY LETTERS FROM THE FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES.
Three letters posted from the Kerguelen Archipelago on 11 March 1955.
RARE LETTERS CARRIED by the POLAR SHIP “KISTA DAN” (*).
The three letters sent to his parents by Lieutenant Michault, “French Southern Territories mission” - The three letters are franked with Madagascan stamps, cancelled at TAFF. Each letter is valued at 1,400 euros (one thousand four hundred).
Note: there are only two known dates: 10 and 11 March 1955.
( * ) The KISTA DAN was a polar supply vessel carrying both cargo and passengers (up to 50), designed to navigate through ice in difficult conditions, including ice up to 80 cm thick and severe storms. It was regularly chartered jointly by the ‘Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions’ (ANARE) and the ‘French Polar Expeditions’ (EPF) to resupply their respective Antarctic bases.
It proved to be perfectly suited to supply and relief missions to isolated bases.
Built in Aalborg in 1957, owned by the Danish company J. LAUTITZEN.
See original version (French)
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