![EVANS (EDWARD R.G.R., later Lord Mountevans)Postcard of Terra Nova at Lyttleton, signed, mentioning a sledge party to lay depots, [1912]](http://images1.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2012-02/21/8484832-1-2.jpg&tmp=web300&top=0.000000&left=0.000000&right=1.000000&bottom=1.000000&dt=zoom_image "EVANS (EDWARD R.G.R., later Lord Mountevans)Postcard of Terra Nova at Lyttleton, signed, mentioning a sledge party to lay depots, [1912] Sold for £1,375 inc. premium")
30 Mar 2012
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Polar Sale: Scott and Amundsen Centenary
Back to auction 19552
Polar Sale: Scott and Amundsen Centenary
Back to auction 19552
EVANS (EDWARD R.G.R., later Lord Mountevans)
Autograph pictorial postcard depicting "Terra Nova" at Lyttleton, signed ("Teddy Evans"), to Arthur Cheatle F.R.C.S, wishing him a Happy New Year, and reporting that "The Merchant Taylor's School Club Theodolite is just off with me on a big sledge journey to lay depôts before our start for the Pole", with New Zealand penny red overstamped "Victoria Land", and circular postal stamp "Antarctic Exped.", "Cape Evans, Lat. 77' 38'S. Long. 166' 23'E", [February, 1912]
Sold for
£1,375
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Scott's second-in-command writing from Cape Evans, mentioning depot-laying in preparation for Scott's "start for the Pole". The recipient Arthur H. Cheatle (1866-1829) was a successful aural surgeon, who overlapped with Evans at Merchant Taylor's. The photographic postcard, by Hillsdon Photo., depicts "Terra Nova. Lyttelton, 28/10/10". See illustration overleaf.
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