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Private Cover of 1990-1991 for India’s expedition to Antarctica with a variety of special and pictor

Currency:INR Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:15,000.00 INR Estimated At:15,000.00 - 17,000.00 INR
Private Cover of 1990-1991 for India’s expedition to Antarctica with a variety of special and pictor
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Items over 100 years old cannot be taken out of India without the permission of the Director General ASI.
Expedition, Postal Cover, 1990-1991, 60 Rupees, Indian Expedition to Antarctica – Dakshin Gangotri – Maitri. A collector's master piece and a very special cover because as it travelled to various places, it has various interesting seals related to the expedition from various countries.

Seals on the covers are:


Rectangular postal seal with text in Devanagari as “मैत्री | Maitri B.O.”
Round postal cancellation on the stamp in Devanagari as “दक्षिण गंगोत्री | S.O. | 1 JAN 91 | DAKSHIN GANGOTRI”
Round postal seal with text as “Indian Antarctic Scientific Research Expedition | MAITRI”
Rectangular pictorial seal with an unclear image and text on outer as well as inner edge as “TENTH INDIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1990-91 | INDIAN ANTARCTIC STATION | MAITRI | 70o 45 39.4o 5. 11o 44 48.6 E”
Rectangular pictorial postal seal with image of Antarctica map and presence of Maitri in the “NINTH INDIAN ANTARCTIC | EXPEDITION 1990-91 | INDIAN | ANTARCTIC STATION | MAITRI”
A big circular pictorial postal seal with an image of a photographer with his camera and specially equipped van, and text in foreign language as “Station Georg Forster | GEOMAUD | A Antarktisexpedition der DDR”
Round pictorial seal with images of penguins, snowflakes and text in foreign language
Round pictorial seal of a photo of Georg Forster and text as “ANTARKTISSTATION | 0101  91-00 | Georg Forster”
Seal with image of Georg Forster and text as “Georg Forster |1754-1794”
Faded rectangular seal with text as “DDR Antarktisstation | Georg Forster” | 70o 40 S   11o 5 | DDR Antarktisexpedition”
A hexagonal seal with images of Penguins, map of Antarctica and text in foreign language.
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