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Terra Incognita to 'Terra Nova' Territorial Claims on Antarctica 1901-1961

Exhibitor: Martin P. Kirkbride Award: 71; Silver
Description: A display of postal and related material from nations which pursued claims to parts of the great Southern Continent before the 1960 Antarctic Treaty. It develops the theme of how mail has been used to further national interests using the devices of cartography, history, colonisation and commemoration on stamps , covers and postcards.
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