Antarctic 1922 Shackleton Rowett Expedition on GB Great Britain 1/- KGV block of stamps overprinted Gough Island Miscellaneous Including Rare Matching serial numbered

Including Rare Matching serial numbered certificates

VFL Hawthorn Football Club Signature John Platten on 1988 Premiership Page

2 satang and 10 satang of the airmail issue and 10 satang and 3 satang brown

Parcel Post Stamp 70 ore violet SG P11 Used Ref 09062905

It is signed by expedition leader Howard Whelan

Antarctic 1922 Shackleton Rowett Expedition on GB Great Britain 1/- KGV block of stamps overprinted Gough Island Miscellaneous Including Rare Matching serial numberedThese stamps were issued by Ernest Shackleton as a fundraiser for this expedition. There were a number of values and over prints but for some reason they are not listed by SG. They are extremely scarce and this block is the first one I have had in stock in 42 years. As always he was desperately short of money and had to cut corners, utilising a very poor ship which was all he could afford. The great man subsequently died on this trip at South Georgia