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Robert Falcon Scott

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Robert Falcon Scott

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Auction Date:2013 Dec 11 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
British naval officer and explorer (1868–1912) best known for the two expeditions he led to the Antarctic in 1901–1904 and 1910–1912. During the second of these, the Terra Nova Expedition, extreme weather, poor health, and a shortage of supplies led to the death of Scott and his party. ALS signed “R. Scott,” one page, 8 x 10, British Antarctic Expedition 1910 letterhead, July 6, 1910. Letter to Sir Arthur Biggs. In part: “I write to say that the photograph the King has graciously given to the Expedition has been duly received and is now in safe custody. I need scarcely add that such a possession will be greatly prized by the members of the Expedition.” In fine condition, with tiny edge separations at mailing folds and a bit of soiling to upper right corner. Scott wrote this letter the day after an audience with King George V, where he apparently received a royal photographic gift—an interesting contrast, as Scott’s photographer Herbert Ponting, who survived the ill-fated Terra Nova mission, would later present the king with his glass negatives from the expedition.