South
Antarctic Philately from New Zealand
by list member Steven McLachlan. Great site with outstanding Antarctic philatelic news section. Interesting covers
and stamps presented with excellent information. Also lots of interesting photos. Covers and stamps for sale.
Pete's Polar place -
List member Pete Cranwell presents the literature and philately of polar regions (particularly Antarctic) and to a lesser
extent to non-polar philately.
Antarktis Online -
An excellent presentation of covers, postcards, special ship mail and much more. (German)
Italian expeditions to Antarctica (1957-2004) -
list member Fabio Vaccarezza has posted an excellent resource with many cover and ship images.
Antarctica Services
by list member Klaus Arne Pedersen. Cover service for Antarctic Protection Society members only. (German)
Falkland Islands Philately
by list member Stefan Heijtz. Also includes some Antarctic information.
Falkland War Covers -
by Les Hamilton. Commemorative covers issued for the succesful clandestine radio operations between Islas Malvinas
and Scotland during the Falklands War.
Antarctic Philately -
by Argentine Antarctic Philately expert Salvador Alaimo. Well illustrated and informative site dealing with
Argentine Antarctic cachets, postmarks, and stamps. Covers and other items for sale.
Correo Argentino -
Servicio postal: filatélico en las Bases Antárticas de la Argentina, Fragata A.R.A. Libertad y Tren a las Nubes. (Spanish)
Postal Service on Isla de Los Estados -
The postal service on Staten Island (Tierra del Fuego) by list member Humberto Brumatti.
Spanish version available here.
Zagier & Urruty Publications, Ushuaia -
Material from Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia & Antarctica for sale, including postcards, and CDs about Antarctic ships and flights. (Spanish/English)
Filatelia Antarctica -
Interesting site by list member Josean Arbizu. Includes an extensive philatelic section about Spain in the Antarctic. (Spanish/English)
Proyecto Antawa -
Antarctic information in Spanish. Includes a monthly newsletter and a philatelic section (look under "colleciones").
Antarctica by Stamps -
Site by list member Giuseppe Turra, introducing Antarctica and all its facets by means of stamps and covers. (Italian)
Deutsche Antarktis Station O'Higgins
by Claus Broja. Claus regularly works at the German Antarctic Receiving Station (GARS) and services the philatelic
mail of the station. The site includes an interesting philatelic section. Look under "Kontakt". (German)
Postcards from Antarctica -
An interesting selection of Antarctic postcards from the collection of Manfred Purtz from Germany. Also postcards for sale.
South Pole postcards...old and new
by list member Bill Spindler. Features a selection of interesting picture postcards from the South Pole Station.
The captions and themes of the cards are discussed. Recently some new cards and a new page dealing with QSL cards have been added.
Max Conrad's Antarctic fly-over -
Some interesting philatelic information on Max Conrad's Antarctic Fly-over, which was part of his fly-around-the-world
trip in the late 60s passing over both poles.
"Penguin Poop" for the New Millennium! -
The story of stamp dealer Glen Stephens celebrating the new Millennium on a Russian icebreaker in the waters of Antarctica.
During the trip Glen produced some very interesting covers which are offered for sale on his website.
Terres Australes et Antartiques by Serge Vergonjeanne.
Includes a philatelic summary. (French)
Terres Australes et Antartiques Française Philately
by Yves Duflot. (French)
North West London Stamp Company -
BAT, South Georgia, and Falkland Islands stamps for sale.
R.R.S. Ernest Shackleton Position Report #18 (1999/2000 season)
contains a short piece by John H.Youle on the Polar Postal History Society of Great Britain. At the time of report #18, PPHSGB Member Terry Lay was on board the Ernest Shackleton as the "Antarctic Postman"
to cancel the philatelic mail that had accumulated for Halley and Signy bases. See also report #20 (link below).
R.R.S. Ernest Shackleton Position Report #20 (1999/2000 season)
contains a short report of Terry Lay's activities as BAT Postal Officer.
Die Polarpost der Georg-Forster Station by Hans-Dieter Neuser. Georg Forster Station postal history.(German)
Ukrainian Antarctic Philately - Lots of images of covers from Vernadsky Station (ex BAS Base Faraday)
BG Antarctic Offer - Some info on the Bulgarian Antarctic Base St.Kliment Ochridski and its post office (1988-2001).
Illustrations of postmark, cachets, and covers.
Antarkos XVI (Uruguay) - Information for philatelists. (Spanish)
Birds of the World on Postage Stamps - Useful reference for the penguin stamps collector. Search for "Spheniscidae" (penguins)
in the site's species index or keep track of new issues.
North
ExploreNorth: Arctic/Northern Philately & Postal Services
by list member Murray Lundberg. Lots of useful links, as well as original articles.
Svalbard Philately by Mathias Bjerrang. (English/Norwegian)
Alaska Statehood Postmarks -
The ultimate page for collectors of Alaskan postmarks.
David Piercey's Philatelic Home Page
contains sections on the Canadian Arctic (including David's American Philatelist article North of
Sixty - The Postal History of the Canadian Northwest Territories), Greenland, Fisheries of the North Atlantic,
as well as some other interesting topics.
Greenland Postmarks
by list member Manfred Thiemann. New postmarks used in Greenland after the last edition of DAKA-GF 6 catalogue in 1997.
Arctica provides an extensive
catalogue of cancellations from Russian Arctic meteorological stations.
Polar Post Svalbard -
this large site has excellent coverage of covers, cinderellas, oblats, postcards, local post, cancellations and more.
Polarfuchs Homepage -
List member Udo Schröter collects postmarks showing polar bears, elk, musk oxen, Arctic hares, Arctic foxes, Arctic wolves, wolverine, caribou and seals.
Greenland
Censorship & WWII APO's / Sledge Patrol Sirius - Per Rønberg's superb site has info on and illustrations of WWII US censorship
and APO markings from Greenland as well as much more military material and an illustrated section (in Danish) dealing with Sirius postal history.
Cercle Polaires Expéditions -
CERPOLEX is a French tour company which specializes in North Pole trips. They offer covers from past expeditions
on their website. The coordinator of the polar postal activities of CERPOLEX is list member François Bergez. (French)
Santa Claus' Main
Post Office, Arctic Circle, Finland -
This unique and picturesque post office is located near Rovaniemi, the capital of Lapland, and uses
a special pictorial Arctic Circle postmark. For some photos of the Santa Claus Main PO, see the
Polar Post Offices section of this Web site.
Santa Claus House, North Pole, Alaska - Receive
a letter from Santa postmarked North Pole! For real! This small Alaskan town is located just southeast of Fairbanks
and is actually called North Pole! Great to get the Christmas spirit and a nice addition to your Arctic collection!
Exploring The North Polar Regions (Portrayed
by Postcards) - The book's website, by the publisher.
Postcards from Jan Mayen - part of a large Web site
built by the Jan Mayen crew.
Polar Philatelic Societies and Study Groups
ASPP - American Society of Polar Philatelists
PPHSGB - The Polar Postal History Society of Great Britain
ALPHIPOL - Alsace Philatélie Polaire, Strasbourg, France (French)
Mercator - Belgian society for collectors of shipsmail and polarpost. (Dutch)
Czech Polar Philatelic Section of Union of Czech Philatelists (Czech / English)
FIPSG - The Falkland Islands Philatelic Study Group
SCC - Scandinavian Collectors Club -
Not strictly a polar philatelic society, but with Greenland, northern Scandinavia, etc., it has some polar tie-ins. Site includes some pdf-format articles from The Posthorn
which might be of interest to the polar philatelist (follow link "Posthorn Archives").
Forschungsgemeinschaft Nordische Staten e.V. -
Not a polar philatelic society, but like the SCC and NFVS has some polar tie-ins. (German)
The Anchorage Philatelic Society, Alaska -
Over the years, the APS has produced many interesting covers that might be of interest to the Arctic or Northern collector.
Polarpost-Sammlerverein Bielefeld e.V. (German)
