Lot 690
Arctic 1878 Exploration letter




Stamps & Covers of The World Including Great Britain, 30th-31st July | S25013
Auction: 30 July 2025 at 11:00 BST
£216
Description
Arctic 1878 Lieutenant E.R. Koolemin Beynen Expedition, the first Dutch Polar Expedition, commanded by Lt. A De Bruyne, an expedition to examine the ice in the Barents and Spitbergen Seas, taking deep sea soundings and to make natural history collections. A letter without cover to someone called Egerton, in English, thanking him for his letter and giving temperature readings at various fathoms in Barents Sea




