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Prod. Code:
APM2
Postmarks of the Australian Antarctic Territory 1911-2004
No.2 in a series of monographs by Australian PictorMarks.
Commencing with a fold-out colour map of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean this 114 page book documents and illustrates all of the official and many of the unofficial postmarks associated with the Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT).
The book has 34 lavishly illustrated pages with many covers, postcards and maximum cards depicted in full colour. A bibliography, list of books about Antarctica with an Australian flavour, contact addresses of many Polar Philatelic Societies, and a full index are to be found in the "back of the book".
This is the first book about pictorial and commemorative postmarks of the AAT produced anywhere in the world since since Milner in 1965.
"This magnificent book is one of a series ..." Ice Cap News, newsletter of the American Society of Polar Philatelists. No. 254. Jan???June 2004.
"This is not only a great reference. It is also a great read." The Cover Collector, Journal of the Australia Cover Society. No. 5. July 2004.
ISSN 1449-3616
ISBN 0 646 40171 8
Featuring an A3 open-out map of the Antarctic, reprinted with special permission.
Glorious full colour depictions of many philatelic items.
Special alerts to little-known facts and figures.
This book was originally used as part of an exhibition at Australia's National PostMaster Gallery in Melbourne, 2004.
We are sure you'll enjoy having it on your library shelf.
