[Envelopes] [manuscript]. 1908-1911.

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[Envelopes] [manuscript]. 1908-1911.

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Two envelopes from letters, one posted by the British Antarctic Expedition under Sir E.H. Shackleton, 1908, and the other by the British Antarctic Expedition under Captain Scott, R.N. 1911.

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