Antarctic 1922 Shackleton Rowett Expedition on GB Great Britain 1/- KGV block of stamps overprinted Gough Island Syria Postal Fiscal £3 green SG

Postal Fiscal £3 green SG F208 MUH

1925 Penny

Vaduz-Lausanne Flight

This prepaid envelope enclosed a leaflet advertising Tattersalls prize money paid out for sweepstakes for all major races in Australia and New Zealand from 1897

"Pre-Stamp Cachets Registered Potato cover

Antarctic 1922 Shackleton Rowett Expedition on GB Great Britain 1/- KGV block of stamps overprinted Gough Island Syria Postal Fiscal £3 green SGThese stamps were issued by Ernest Shackleton as a fundraiser for this expedition. There were a number of values and over prints but for some reason they are not listed by SG. They are extremely scarce and this block is the first one I have had in stock in 42 years. As always he was desperately short of money and had to cut corners, utilising a very poor ship which was all he could afford. The great man subsequently died on this trip at South Georgia