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Catalogue information
LastDodo number
6352495
Area
Stamps
Title
Antarctic Scenes
Face value
Country / area
Year
1984
Month
07
Day
18
Issue group
Order Number in Issue
0
Basic colour
Usage
Type
Theme / topic
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Michel number
63+65+66+69+70
Yvert number
64+6865+66+67
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
64+68+69+74+75
Renniks number
Designer/Engraver
Printing office
Publisher
Perforation
Watermark
Luminescence
Printing technique
Paper
Gum
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
Details
The FDC envelope depicts a Surveyor with standing at a three-legged theodolite-like instrument on a snowy hillside peering at another Surveyor on a distant snowy hillside. This picture is trimmed to the shape of the Antarctic continent.
The scenes on the five stamps are noted on each stamp as:
1. Dog team
2. Sea ice and iceberg
3. Mt Coates
4. Coastline
5. Landing field