United States: Postal History 1957, Operation Deep Freeze Antarctic Expedition postal history...

United States: Postal History
1957, Operation Deep Freeze Antarctic Expedition postal history collection,
with eighteen covers/cards, most signed by individuals associated with the Expedition, and showing various cancellations as well as printed and handstamped cachets, note two signed by Dr. Paul Siple, leader of the first wintering party at the South Pole, another signed by American Eagle Scout Richard Chappell who was selected as a junior scientific assistant to the Expedition, another signed by R.L. Cameron, who led the traverse party on board the USCGC Burton Island, one signed by Miss Patricia Hepinstall, the first woman to set foot on Antarctica, an interesting cover franked with New Zealand stamps which were disallowed, with explanatory handstamp, U.S.S. Atka cover signed by all members of the New Zealand Geological Survey, and many more, a lovely representation of the Expedition.
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