World - 82 Polar & Maritime Covers – Polish Expeditions

Collection of 82 covers and postal stationery items combining Polish polar expeditions, Antarctic and Arctic research, ship mail, paquebot markings and returned correspondence , some signatures The collection comprises 34 Polish items and 48 additional items with predominantly Nordic, European maritime and polar connections. Countries and postal territories represented include Poland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Greenland and South Georgia, together with Spain, Bulgaria, the Netherlands and Greece. Postmarks and addresses also connect individual items with British Antarctic bases, Svalbard and the Crozet Islands. Country of franking, postal handling and destination are not necessarily the same. Material includes expedition cachets, ship illustrations, research station markings, manuscript signatures, redirected addresses, postage-due markings and return-to-sender endorsements. The overview shows all 82 items: the original 61 followed by the 21 additional covers in the three lower rows. Thirteen selected covers are illustrated individually and are included in the total of 82: 01. XII Polish Antarctic Expedition – Arctowski Station, 1987–1989 Polish cover with two Antarctic-themed stamps and a Gdynia cancellation dated 3 December 1987. Multiple violet expedition cachets, including a map of Antarctica, penguin designs and markings naming expedition leader Dr Piotr Presler. 02. ORP Kopernik – Polish Antarctic Geophysical Expedition, 1979–1980 Cover bearing Polish Academy of Sciences / Institute of Geophysics expedition headings and several illustrated cachets naming ORP Kopernik and West Antarctica. Includes an “ORP Kopernik / Poczta Okrętowa” ship-mail marking and a Gdynia cancellation dated 4 April 1980. 03. M/S Jantar – West Antarctica, 1987–1988 Cover inscribed “Polish Antarctic Expedition / Deep Seismic Sounding / West Antarctica / December 1987–February 1988”. With a prominent penguin cachet, the vessel's name, a heading naming expedition leader Prof. A. Guterch and a Gdynia cancellation dated 10 November 1987. 04. Polish Spitsbergen Expedition – Hornsund, 1983–1984 Cover with expedition headings, an illustrated polar bear cachet, Polish franking cancelled at Longyearbyen and a boxed red “Paquebot” marking. Also bears a Polish Ship Salvage cachet and a manuscript signature beside the heading naming expedition leader Dr Jan Cisak. 05. Polish Polar Station Hornsund – returned mail Cover bearing the heading “Nadano ze Stacji Polarnej PAN / Spitsbergen–Hornsund”, expedition cachets and a manuscript signature beside the heading naming Dr Piotr Głowacki. Addressed poste restante to Szczecin, with a crossed-out address and two bold blue “Zwrot-Retour” return markings. 06. R/V Oceania – Antarctic-addressed and redirected mail, 1987 Cover with Polish franking, an Institute of Oceanology / Gdańsk / Oceania cachet, Antarctic research markings, a “20 DEC 1987” date stamp and “PAQUEBOT” endorsement. Originally addressed to a recipient at Mawson radio station, Antarctica, with subsequent manuscript return and redirection instructions to an Australian mail centre. 07. South Georgia – British Antarctic Survey, 1971 Cover with South Georgia stamps cancelled on 31 December 1971. Large boxed “British Antarctic Survey / King Edward Point / South Georgia” cachet, an oval “Administrative Officer / South Georgia” marking and a further Falkland Islands Dependencies handstamp. Addressed to England. 08. GEOPOL Expedition – Svalbard, 1966 Norwegian-franked cover with Svalbardruta cancellations dated 23 August 1966. Large illustrated “Ekspedisjon GEOPOL / Svalbard” cachet featuring a map and drilling derrick, together with several manuscript signatures. Addressed to Sweden. 09. Arctowski Station – M/S Antoni Garnuszewski Polish-franked cover bearing several Polish Antarctic expedition and Henryk Arctowski station cachets, including an illustrated station emblem, geographical coordinates and blue markings naming M/S Antoni Garnuszewski and the 1979–1980 expedition. Addressed to Quedlinburg, East Germany. The expedition dates are those stated in the cachets. 10. RRS Bransfield – British Antarctic Survey cachet on Polish-franked returned mail Cover with Polish stamps and a large circular “British Antarctic Survey / RRS Bransfield” cachet incorporating a map of Antarctica. The original address is heavily crossed out and a prominent manuscript “RTS” arrow appears below. An example combining Polish franking, a British Antarctic research-vessel cachet and returned correspondence. 11. Bulgaria – Halley Bay / Base Z correspondence Bulgarian-franked cover with a Sofia cancellation, a “Base Z / Halley Bay” datestamp and manuscript addressing referring to Halley Bay, British Antarctic Territory, via Port Stanley and the ship M/S Perla Dan. A further address to Hans Stock at Quedlinburg appears at left. Offered for the postal and manuscript markings visible on the cover, without certifying its complete transport route. 12. Netherlands – Hopen meteorological station, Svalbard, returned mail Dutch-franked cover with Harwich, Essex, cancellations dated 19 January 1972, a boxed “Paquebot” marking and a Koningin Juliana ship handstamp. Addressed poste restante to the Hopen meteorological station in Svalbard. Bears “HOPEN met. stasjon” and geographical-coordinate cachets, a Tromsø datestamp of 11 July 1972 and a manuscript “Return to Sender” endorsement. 13. Netherlands – Crozet Islands, returned mail, 1972 Dutch-franked cover with Harwich cancellations dated 19 January 1972, a Koningin Juliana ship handstamp and a “Paquebot” marking. Addressed poste restante to the Crozet Islands, with an “Archipel-des-Crozet / T.A.A.F.” datestamp dated 29 April 1972, an “Inconnu” marking and a boxed “Retour à l'envoyeur” endorsement. The remaining material includes further Polish Antarctic expedition covers, a “Third Polish Krill Expedition / Survey Around Antarctica / 1977/1978” cachet, additional Oceania and Polferries mail, Greenland correspondence, Svalbard and Norwegian polar markings, icebreaker-related material, maritime and ferry cachets, and returned correspondence. The additional countries are represented by Spanish ship-mail covers with cachets naming Las Arenas, Campoalegre, Ciudad de Salamanca, Campanar and Ciudad de Pamplona; Bulgarian material including the sailing ship Kaliakra of Varna and the Halley Bay-addressed cover; Dutch-franked paquebot and ship-mail covers, including Koningin Juliana, Regina Maris and Rotterdam; and a Greek-franked cover bearing a TSS Atlas / Piraeus cachet. These names and markings describe the material shown and do not certify every stage of carriage. Other named vessels and services include Dar Młodzieży, Pomerania, Silesia, Wilanów, Lindblad Explorer, Nanok S., Sampo, Kungsholm, Viking Line and Silja Line. All 82 items shown in the overview are included. The thirteen individually illustrated covers form part of this total and are not additional items. The collection includes philatelically prepared material. The overview combines the supplied photographs. The five new individual detail images use rectangular crops from the original photographs. I can combine the shippings strictly following the Catawiki rules. Following a recent change in international sector regulations, specifically Articles 18 and 19 of the Universal Postal Convention, starting from January 1, 2026, it will no longer be possible to send items (goods with or without commercial value) using International Registered and International Insured services, which will continue to be used exclusively for sending documents. It means that starting from January 1st, 2026, I will ship abroad only by "POSTE DELIVERY INTERNATIONAL STANDARD" starting from 25,80€ without insurance

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