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McMurdo Station, Antarctica
The post office at McMurdo Station, Ross Island,
Antarctica in 1999. Photo by Scott F.Smith, Oct.99.
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McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Inside the McMurdo Post Office in 1999. Photo by Scott
F.Smith, Oct.99.
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McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Inside the McMurdo Post Office in 2000. Photo by Scott F.Smith, Oct.2000.
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McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Inside the McMurdo Post Office in 2000. Photo by Scott F.Smith, Oct.2000.
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McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Inside the McMurdo Post Office in 2000. Photo by Scott F.Smith, Oct.2000.
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McMurdo Station, Antarctica
The post office at McMurdo Station, Ross Island,
Antarctica in 1975. Photo sent in by Billy-Ace Baker.
Billy-Ace tells that the building
shown is Number 2 that was right next door to Building Number 1. In 1975 Building 1 was the
Club Erebus. When Billy-Ace wintered in 1963, Building 1 was the Administration building. In
1967 it was converted into an enlisted mens club. Billy-Ace cannot remember what Building 2 was
used for in 1963, but it was NOT the post office during that year. During Deep Freeze '67,
Building Number 2 was also used as Post Office building and the winter Post Master during that
year was YN1 A.C.Webb. The gentleman in front of the PO in the 1975 picture is the winter Post
Master YN1 Tom Schlesinger.
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South Pole Station, Antarctica
The post office at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole
Station in 2000. Note the station cachets on the right. At 90º South this is the world's
southernmost post office. Photo by Scott F.Smith, Nov.2000.
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South Pole Station, Antarctica
Here's a view of the outside of the post office
building at the South Pole Station in 2000. The PO building is located inside the South Pole
Station Dome and is the one shown here all the way in the back. The buildings up and to the
left are the Fire Shack, Science Building, Berthing, and Annex Berthing. Photo by Scott F.Smith, Nov.2000.
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South Pole Station, Antarctica
A close-up of the South Pole Station PO building.
Photo by Scott F.Smith, Nov.2000.
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South Pole Station, Antarctica
Another close-up of the South Pole Station PO
building. Photo by Scott F.Smith, Nov.2000.
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South Pole Station, Antarctica
The Dome at the South
Pole Station. Photo by Scott F.Smith, Nov.2000.
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South Pole Station, Antarctica
List member Scott F.Smith at the South Pole. Shown is
Scott underneath a cornice overhanging the Dome. The Dome is the large sloping thing just to
the left of Scott.
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South Pole Station, Antarctica
The post office at the
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in 1961. Photo sent in by Billy-Ace Baker.
The caption
of the photo reads: "South Pole Station, Officer in Charge, Doctor, and Postmaster of the
world's southernmost outpost, dispensary, and post office. This photo is from
Our World In Antarctica, by LTJG Denis Clift, USN. The book, which was published in
1962, was used as a Navy cruise book for several years thereafter. The person in the photo is
not identified, but it looks like it might be LT P.K.Swartz, Medical Corps who was the OIC
during DF-61. Note the Postage Rates, Fees & Regulations taped on the bulkhead."
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Little America, Antarctica
The post office at
Little America (78ºS 165ºW), Antarctica, during the Byrd II expedition (1933-1935).
Photo from an unknown newspaper.
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St.Kliment Ochridski Base, Antarctica
The post office at Bulgarian Antarctic Base St.Kliment Ochridski (Livingston Isl., South
Shetlands. 62º38'S 60º22'W). Note the "Poste Antarktika 1090" sign. Photo sent in by
Phil Guasch.
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German Antarctic Receiving Station / Base O'Higgins, Antarctica
Claus Broja stamping philatelic
mail with special cachets at the German Antarctic Receiving Station - GARS. Claus regularly
works at the GARS and services the station's philatelic mail.
Photo courtesy Claus Broja.
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German Antarctic Receiving Station / Base O'Higgins, Antarctica
The GARS cachets in 1999. Photo courtesy Claus Broja.
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German Antarctic Receiving Station / Base O'Higgins, Antarctica
View on GARS /
O'Higgins from the nearby glacier. The GARS is located at the Chilean Antarctic Base O'Higgins
at 63º19'S 57º54'W. Photo courtesy Claus Broja.
Visit Claus' excellent GARS website at
www.antarktis-station.de.
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Port Lockroy, Antarctica
Here's a photo from Glen Stephens showing Glen on January 1st, 2000,
pointing out the red enamel Royal Mail sign ("ER Post Office") at the British Antarctic Territory Post
Office at Port Lockroy (Goudier Isl., Wiencke Island [close to Anvers Island]. 65ºS 64ºW).
Photo courtesy Glen Stephens.
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Port Lockroy, Antarctica
Glen inside the Port Lockroy Post Office cancelling philatelic
mail on the first day of the new Millennium. Photo courtesy Glen Stephens.
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Port Lockroy, Antarctica
The historic "Bransfield House" (which houses the post office)
at Port Lockroy. Note the Gentoo penguins nesting right up to the building's walls. Photo courtesy
Glen Stephens.
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Marambio Base, Antarctica
Shown here is list member Dr.Fred Goldberg of Sweden and Marambio
Postmaster Quiroga at the post office of the Argentine Antarctic base Marambio (Seymour Island.
64º14'S 56º37'W). The Marambio Post Office is just a small office room with a desk and a bookcase.
In a wooden box in the bookcase about 15-20 cachets and two older cancels are kept. The stamps are kept in a
briefcase of the postmaster. Mail is flown out approx. once a month all year. Photo courtesy Fred
Goldberg, taken March 2001.
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Marambio Base, Antarctica
Dr.Fred Goldberg on Seymour Island with the main building
of Marambio Base in the background. Photo courtesy Dr.Fred Goldberg, taken February/March 2001.
Dr.Fred Goldberg was a member of the Nordenskjöld History Expedition to Snow Hill Island (a
10-minute helicopter flight from Seymour Island) which took place in February/March 2001. The
expedition examined the condition of the 1902 hut of Nordenskjöld on Snow Hill Island and
the extensive restoration work that that has been done over the last 15 years. Nordenskjöld
spent two years in the 6.3 by 4 meters hut together with 5 other expedition members before finally
being rescued in 1903 by the Argentinian ship A.R.A. Uruguay.
During the expedition Dr. Goldberg serviced about 100 pieces of philatelic mail which all received the expedition's
cachet, were signed by the expedition team members, and got postmarked at Marambio.
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Macquarie Island
The Post Office at Australian Antarctic Division Station Macquarie
Island (54º30'S 158º57'E) in 2001. Photo sent in by the 2001 Macquarie Station Postmaster
Paul Jenkins.
Macquarie Station website.
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Macquarie Island
The Post Office at Australian Antarctic Division Station Macquarie
Island (54º30'S 158º57'E) in 2001. Shown is the 2001 Macquarie Station Postmaster Paul
Jenkins. Photo sent in by Paul Jenkins.
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Macquarie Island
The inside of the Macquarie Station Post Office. Shown is the 2001
Macquarie Station Postmaster Paul Jenkins. The Post Office building doubles as a pool and recreation
room (note the pool table). Photo sent in by Paul Jenkins.
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Mawson Station, Antarctica
The Post Office at Australian Antarctic Division Station Mawson
(Robertson Coast. 67º36'S 62º52'E), June 2001. Shown is Mawson Postmaster Daniel. Photo taken
and sent in by the 2001 Mawson Station Leader Meg Dugdale.
Mawson Station website.
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Mawson Station, Antarctica
The Post Office at Australian Antarctic Division Station.
Mawson (Robertson Coast. 67º36'S 62º52'E), June 2001. Mawson Postmaster Daniel selling
stamps to one of the expeditioners. Photo taken and sent in by the 2001 Mawson Station Leader Meg Dugdale.
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Casey Station, Antarctica
The Post Office at Australian Antarctic Division Station Casey
(Vincennes Bay, Budd Coast. 66º17'S 110º32'E), May 2001. Shown is Casey Postmaster and SCTO
Allan who had just returned from a field trip. Photo taken and sent in by Casey CTO Henry Banon.
Henry Banon has his own website at www.banoncom.com
providing us a unique glimpse into the life at Casey during the 2001 - 54th ANARE through his interesting journal,
lots of great photos and other features.
Casey Station website.
SCTO = Supervising Communications Technical Officer
CTO = Communications Technical Officer
ANARE = Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition
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Davis Station, Antarctica
The Post Office at Australian Antarctic Division Station Davis(Ingrid
Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land. 68º35'S 77º58'E) on Dec.30th, 2000. Shown is David
Harrowfield of Christchurch, NZ acting as temporary postmaster to service philatelic mail. The regular
postmaster is Dave Correl. Photo provided by Steven McLachlan, taken by Davis SCTO Mark Tell.
Davis Station website.
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Davis Station, Antarctica
The Post Office at Australian Antarctic Davis Station (68º35'S 77º58'E)
on December 30th, 2000. See comments above.
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Syowa Station, Antarctica
The Post Office at Japanese Syowa Station (Ongul Isl. 69º00'S 39º35'E).
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Syowa Station, Antarctica
The Post Office at Japanese Syowa Station (Ongul Isl. 69º00'S 39º35'E).
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Japanese Icebreaker Shirase
This photo taken on board the Shirase shows
the Chief Radio Officer Kohei Okamura. He also acts as the Postmaster and is here at his Post
Office desk organising expedition mail. The Shirase is the main Japanese Antarctic
Support vessel. Photo by Klaus Arne Pedersen, courtesy Steven McLachlan.
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Scott Base, Antarctica
The Post Office at New Zealand's Scott Base (Ross Island.
77º51'S 166º46'E) as in existence in 1970. The Scott Post Office closed on October 1,
1987. Between 1987 and 1994 New Zealand Post did not offer any postal facilities to the base at
all. After this period all mail from Scott Base is handled at the Ross Dependency Agency in
Christchurch.
Interestingly, this photo was found on a breakfast cereal card. The card
is called "No 23 Post Office, Scott Base" and is part of a set called Antarctic Adventure.
The set, consisting of a series of 30 cards, was issued in 1972 by Sanitarium Health Food
Company. Scan provided by Steven McLachlan.
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King Edward Point, South Georgia
Early 90s shot of the post office at King
Edward Point, South Georgia. Photo from the book Naar Koude Kusten (1994) by Eerde
Beulakker.
Polar Philatelists and official sources report that the old King Edward Point PO shown here
and below was demolished in Nov.2000 to make way for the buildings of the new British Antarctic
Survey Research Station. The new post office will be housed in the main building of the new BAS
Station which is to be officially opened in March 2001.
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King Edward Point, South Georgia
The King Edward Point PO as depicted on a 1999
South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands 65p stamp issue.
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Isla Redonda, Tierra del Fuego
Dec. '99 shot from Glen Stephens showing the post office on
Isla Redonda in the Beagle Channel, in the Tierra del Fuego National Park in Argentina. Isla Redonda is
totally uninhabited and the post office opens only a few days a week for a few hours to service the mail
from a nearby small Argentine coast guard station. Apart from the ones in Antarctica, this is one of the
most southern post offices on Earth. Isla Redonda is in fact located on a more southerly latitude than for
instance sub-antarctic South Georgia or Macquarie Isl.
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Isla Redonda, Tierra del Fuego
Dec. '99 - Glen and the Isla Redonda Postmaster in front of
the Isla Redonda Post Office. Glen holds the framed 1890 Tierra del Fuego "Popper" stamp which hangs inside
the tiny post office (more on the "Popper" stamp can be found in the Polar Overprint & Cinderella Gallery
on this site).
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Isla Redonda, Tierra del Fuego
Another one of the Isla Redonda Post Office and Glen
Stephens. Note the sign "Unidad Postal - "Fin del Mundo" - Correo Argentino".
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Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego
Glen cancelling philatelic mail at the Ushuaia Post
Office, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina in Dec.99. Ushuaia is the southernmost town on Earth and is
a major Antarctic gateway. Photo courtesy Glen Stephens.
To read more about Glen Stephens' philatelic adventures in Tierra del Fuego and Antarctica,
go here.
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Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego
The outside of the Ushuaia Post Office. Note the unusual
paintings. Photo courtesy Glen Stephens, taken Jan.2000.
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Operation Deep Freeze Base, Christchurch, New Zealand
The post office of the American
Operation Deep Freeze Logistics Base in Christchurch, New Zealand. Photo by Scott F.Smith, late 1999.
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Operation Deep Freeze Base, Christchurch, New Zealand
Here's an inside shot of
the Deep Freeze Post Office in Christchurch. Shown is postal officer Enrique at the counter.
Photo by Steven McLachlan.
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Operation Deep Freeze Base, Christchurch, New Zealand
Here are some more inside
shots of the Deep Freeze Post Office in Christchurch, New Zealand. Shown are Dave at left and
Enrique at the right. Photos by Steven McLachlan, October 2000.
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Ross Dependency Agency, Christchurch, New Zealand
Here's a view of the New
Zealand Post Shop at Cathedral Square in Christchurch, New Zealand. This is also the Ross
Dependency Agency where all the mail from the New Zealand Antarctic Scott Base is cancelled.
Photo by Steven McLachlan.
"...I flew to Christchurch for three days. As soon as
possible I found the New Zealand Post Shop in Cathedral Square and enquired about the Ross
Dependency Agency. It was actually there, and I was given a quick tour of the small room where
all the mail from Scott Base is cancelled." (Margery Wharton in Antarctic Adventure - a
philatelist's travels to the far South [Ice Cap News July-Sept 1998])
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Ross Dependency Agency, Christchurch, New Zealand
This is the inside of the New
Zealand Post Shop in Christchurch. Shown is Joan Merryweather, a staff member at
right helping a customer at left with his order for Ross Dependency stamps.
Photo by Steven McLachlan.
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Ross Dependency Agency, Christchurch, New Zealand
The Ross Dependency Agency
Bureau. Shown is Joan Merryweather datestamping Ross mail. It includes a variety of first day
covers plus some mail from Scott Base and some from an Italian party.
Photo by Steven McLachlan, Nov.2000.
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Ross Dependency Agency, Christchurch, New Zealand
The Ross Dependency Agency
Bureau. Shown is Joan Merryweather datestamping Ross mail. It includes a variety of first day
covers plus some mail from Scott Base and some from an Italian party.
Photo by Steven McLachlan, Nov.2000.
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Ross Dependency Agency, Christchurch, New Zealand
Ross Dependency Agency postmarks
and hand-cancels. Photo by Steven McLachlan, Nov.2000.
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