Philatelic Corner
The Philatelic Corner is reserved for mail cachets, covers, envelopes signed by historic Antarctic figures, and anything else of Antrarctic philatelic interest. There are other philatelic sites devoted to Antarctic and polar stamps and envelopes, such as www.polarphilately.com and www.polarphilatelists.org. However, this section is reserved for philatelic material contributed by our members and readers, and if you look at what is here, you find it well worth visiting! To see the content, simply click on the "Reference" item for each entry.
IGY Collection from Paul Dalrymple
This is a fascinating collection of covers and cachets that Paul deliberately set about to collect as a participant in the original International Geophysical Year. To see a detailed explanation by Paul of how this collection came about, click HERE . Of particular interest is the envelope and cachet from the Transantarctic Expedition signed by ALL members of both the Fuchs party crossing from the Wedell Sea and the Hillary support party starting from Scott Base. Paul believes there are less than a dozen of these historic covers in existence! We are proud to display these rare covers on our website.
IGY Collection from Stanley "Skip" Johnson
This is a collection of covers and cachets that Skip Johnson acquired as a Navy Electronics Technician during the IGY. It includes covers signed by such prominent Antarcticans as Dr. Laurence Gould, Dr. Carl Eklund, Dr. Harry Wexler and Admiral Dufek.
Philatelic Collections
Contributor |
Theme |
Descrption |
Reference |
| Paul Dalrymple | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Executives responsible for the IGY, including Sydney Chapman, James Van Allen, Lloyd Berkner Laurence Gould and Harry Wexler | IGY Executives |
| Paul Dalrymple | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Little America covers from the station that was originally established by Admiral Byrd in 1929 | Little America Station |
| Paul Dalrymple | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station covers: Paul Siple and Admiral Richard E. Byrd | South Pole Station 1 |
| Paul Dalrymple | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station covers: general cachet postmarked on the 28th anniversary of Admiral Byrd's flight over the South Pole. | South Pole Station 2 |
| Paul Dalrymple | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station covers: Vivian Fuchs, Phil Law, Paul Siple, Adm. David Tyree | South Pole Station 3 |
| Paul Dalrymple | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station covers: Paul Siple, John Tuck | South Pole Station 4 |
| Paul Dalrymple | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station covers: Sir Hubert Wilkins, Sir Raymond Priestley (member of Scott's expeditions) | South Pole Station 5 |
| Paul Dalrymple | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station covers: Entire 1957-58 Winterover Crew, Vernon Houk (OIC South Pole) | South Pole Station 6 |
| Paul Dalrymple | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station covers: Adm. Dufek, Larry Gould, Paul Siple, winterover crew 1957-58 | South Pole Station 7 |
| Paul Dalrymple | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Ellsworth Station covers: Finn Ronne, Rev. Daniel Lenihan, Matthew Brennan | Ellsworth Station |
| Paul Dalrymple | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Wilkes Station cover: Carl Eklund, Rudi Honkala, Willis Tessler | Wilkes Station |
| Paul Dalrymple | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | McMurdo Station cover: Navy Leaders | McMurdo Station |
| Paul Dalrymple | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Byrd Station covers: Brian Dalton, George Toney, Charlie Bentley, Vern Anderson, Stephen Barnes | Byrd Station |
| Paul Dalrymple | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Hallett Station cover: Ken Salmon | Hallett Station |
| Paul Dalrymple | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Paul Siple First Day Cover | Paul Siple |
| Paul Dalrymple | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Ships covers: U.S.S. Curtiss, U.S.S. Atka | Antarctic Ships |
| Paul Dalrymple | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Antarctic Pilots covers | Antarctic Pilots |
| Paul Dalrymple | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | British Commonwealth Transantarctic Expedition. This rare cover includes all members of both Vivian Fuchs' crossing party and Sir Edmund Hillary's support party. The last cover is the official TAE cachet, signed by Fuchs. | British Commonwealth Transantarctic Expedition |
| Paul Dalrymple | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Argentina Base cover: Almirante Brown Station | Argentina Base |
| Paul Dalrymple | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Australian Base covers: Davis, Wilkes, McQuarie Island, Mawson | Australian Bases |
| Paul Dalrymple | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Chile covers | Chile |
| Paul Dalrymple | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | French, Belgian Bases covers: Dumont Dur'ville, Gerlache | French, Belgian Bases |
| Paul Dalrymple | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Falkland Islands covers | Falkland Islands (UK) |
| Paul Dalrymple | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Italy and Germany covers | Italy and Germany Bases |
| Paul Dalrymple | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Japan cover | Japan Bases |
| Paul Dalrymple | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | New Zealand Bases covers: Scott, Campbell Island | New Zealand Bases |
| Paul Dalrymple | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Norway cover | Norway Bases |
| Paul Dalrymple | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Russian Bases covers: Vostok, Mirny, Molodyozhnaya | Russian Bases |
| Paul Dalrymple | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | South Africa Bases covers: Marion Island, SANAE | South African Bases |
| Stanley "Skip" Johnson | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Signatures of Gould, Eklund, Wexler, Dufek | IGY Signatures |
| Stanley "Skip" Johnson | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Byrd Station cancellations | Byrd Station |
| Stanley "Skip" Johnson | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Covers with Deep Freeze II cachets | Deep Freeze II |
| Stanley "Skip" Johnson | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Covers with IGY cachet | IGY |
| Stanley "Skip" Johnson | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Covers with miscellaneous cachets | Miscellaneous |
| Stanley "Skip" Johnson | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | South Pole Station cancellations | South Pole Station |
| Stanley "Skip" Johnson | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Seabee patches from Operation Deep Freeze | Seabee patches |
| Stanley "Skip" Johnson | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Ski Club patch and Deep Freeze Christmas Card | Ski Club and Christmas Card |
| Stanley "Skip" Johnson | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Transantarctic Expedition covers | British Commonwealth Transantarctic Expedition |
| Stanley "Skip" Johnson | International Geophysical Year (IGY) | Covers from the USS Curtiss | USS Curtiss |