Commemorating the first Trans-Antarctic crossing 1957-8

Object detail

Accession number

MSS-2021-12.2

Maker

<C> Ross Sea Committee

Description

First day envelope with an illustration on the front showing two men (presumably Edmund Hillary and Vivian Fuchs) shaking hands in a snowy landscape. They stand beside a sled dog team and a Tucker Sno-cat vehicle. A De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver flies low overhead. Four Ross Dependency stamps are at top right, and the envelope is stamped by Ross Dep. Scott Base.
The enveloped is addressed to a Miss E Wallace.

Signature/Marks and Type

"Antarctic meeting Ross Dep[endency] 20 Jan 1958. " Stamped
"Miss E Wallace / Murphy's Rd / Springlands / Blenheim / Marlborough" Hand-written

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper

Physical description

1 envelope : illustrations (colour) ; 10 x 23 cm

Record level

Item

Credit line

<C> Ross Sea Committee. 20 Jan 1958. Commemorating the first Trans-Antarctic crossing 1957-8, MSS-2021-12.2. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

Current rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Commemorative Cover, First Day Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Memorabilia

Production place

Wellington New Zealand

Subject: all levels

Hillary, Edmund Percival, Sir, 1919-2008 <C> Fuchs, Vivian Ernest (Sir), 1908-1999 Antarctica History De Havilland DHC 2 Beaver

Collection type

Ephemera and manuscripts Walsh Memorial Library

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