Polar Post

The PPHSGB’s First Newsletter appeared in February 1953. The fourth newsletter issued in July 1953 bore the title “The Polar Post”, shortened to “Polar Post” from the fifth newsletter onwards. The name has stuck and the title remains today, over 200 issues later.

Since 1993 Polar Post has been published in A4 booklet format by Quacks the Printers in York, England. A major change occurred at the beginning of 2007 with the introduction of full electronic publishing using Adobe Indesign CS3 software which has enabled all illustrations to be printed in grey tone, greatly improving the appearance and clarity.

Polar Post is distributed to members only at the beginning of March, June, September and December. It is not available for sale to non-members.

A CD-ROM in PDF format containing all issues of Polar Post from 1997 to date, over 50 issues, is available to members only at a price of £20 including postage and packing worldwide. Please contact the editor jyoule@hotmail.de

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  Polar Post, N°224, March 2010 – Contents
·         Committee; Deadline for next Polar Post; Dates for Your Diary; Back issues of Polar Post; Note on Copyright
·         Chairman’s Message; Membership News
·         †Robert Barnes FRPSL
·         The PPHSGB Cambridge Residential Weekend 9^th to 11^th October 2009 - Part 2 - Members Entertain
·         1907 - 1909 British Antarctic “Nimrod” Expedition Part 6
·         Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition – an attempt to catalogue the mail items
·         “Links of the Empire” Postcards Series 3, published by E. Wrench – Two Printings of Card N°4 (DA-4)
·         Antarctic Postcards Update by Gordon Buchan
·         Operasjon Latham - The Search for Amundsen 2009
·         Philatelists [Species] at Risk – A most confusing ‘joint’ issue from Australia Post
·         New Fur Seal pictorial postmarks introduced at Kingston PO, Tasmania 7050
·         Alaska – Wiley Post and Will Roger’s Air Crash 1935, Barrow – a Postscript
·         TAAF News - Marion Dufresne OP 2009/2
·         TIMPEX 2009 - New Zealand National Stamp Show, Timaru 16^th – 18^th October 2009
·         Captain Scott’s Last Antarctic Expedition 1909-1913, Part 2
·         New Polar Related Stamp Catalogues
·         Special Commemorative Overprinted AAT Mini Sheets
·         Remains of Mawson’s Air Tractor found
·         Tristan Da Cunha: Robin Taylor’s Ten Year Tristan da Cunha Marathon Ends
·         New Tristan/Polar Postcard TdC 106/Pole 38 - MT. Wolraad Woltemade
·         Auction Update - Urgent Information needed by our Auction Manager Bil Tilbury
·         New Issue - Russia - 50^th Anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty
·         New Issues - Falkland Islands (HMS Exeter; Atmospheres)
·         New Issues - Mexico - PPR&G; India - PPR&G
·         New Issue - New Zealand - Sir Peter Blake 1948-2001
·         New Issue – Ross Dependency – 50^th Anniversary of the Signing of the Antarctic Treaty
·         New Issue - South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands - Post Office Centenary
·         New Issues - French Southern and Antarctic Territory - TAAF - 1^st January 2010
·         New Issue - TAAF - Carnet de Voyage - Les Îles Éparses
·         British Antarctic Territory 2009/10 New Issue Dates
·         Port Lockroy News
·         For Sale – Covers of The President
·         St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Philatelic Society (SHATPS) London Meeting - 13^th May 2010
·         PPHSGB at “LONDON 2010” International Stamp Exhibition