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ARGENTINE ANTARCTICA and FALKLAND ISLANDS
Site of Salvador Alaimo *
1. Argentine Antarctic datestamps catalogue.
Illustrate catalogue (bilingual:
Spanish/English) with the datestamps used from the years 1904 to 2008 in the
Argentine Antarctic stations post offices.
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2. Covers and postcards with argentine
antarctic stations datestamps.
Large variety of covers and postcards cancelled in the argentine antarctic
stations post offices from 1942 up to the present-time.
Detailed lists with the description of the pieces, displayed by stations, in
chronological order, and the references to the type of datestamps applied,
according to the catalogue previously mentioned.
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3. Argentine flights to Antarctica.
Airmail covers carried to the Antarctica, or from the Antarctica,
by the Argentine Air Force, the Naval Air Forces, the Army and
Argentine Airlines planes, with different postmarks or cachets allusive
to each flight, carry out from the years 1952 to 2008.
Detailed lists in chronological order
with the description of the flights, the type of plane used and the references
to the postmark or cachet stamped in each case, grouped in the following types
of flights: flights to/from the Antarctica. (over flights, landing, mail
dropping by parachute, logistics, transpolar, commercials, sanitary evacuation
flights, etc.)
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- Interbase flights in the Antarctica. Interbases Service - Antarctic Air Mail.
( flights with DHC-6 Twin Otter planes between argentine and foreign antarctic
stations with a runway apt to land with ski-wheels).
- Mail dropped by parachute. Interbase Service -
Antarctic Air Mail. (flights with DHC-6 Twin Otter planes between argentine and
foreign antarctic stations without a runway apt to land with ski-wheels)
- Mailbag hooking from a flying plane. Interbase
Service - Antarctic Air Mail.( flights with DHC-6 Twin Otter planes between
argentine and foreign antarctic stations without a runway apt to land
with ski-wheels)
- Helicopters flights in the Antarctica. (
flights carry out between different antarctic stations and from ships in operation
in the area.
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- Illustrate
catalogue with the reproduction of the postmarks and cachets stamped in
each opportunity.
4. Argentine ships in the Antarctica.
- Large variety of covers and
postcards with postmarks and the official cachets to the corresponding
ships, cancelled in different argentine and foreign antarctic stations.
- Complete list of the ships
mentioned below, with the description of each piece, detailing the content of
them, with an annex at the end of each section, with the cachets and postmarks
stamped on them.
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- A.R.A. “General San Martín” icebreaker
- “Martin Karlsen”
polar vessel (Norway Navigation Company)
- A.R.A. “Bahía
Aguirre” vessel
- A.R.A. “Bahía
Paraíso” polar vessel
- A.R.A. “Comandante General
Irigoyen” patrol
- A.R.A. “Comandante General Zapiola” patrol
- A.R.A. “Suboficial
Castillo” patrol
- A.R.A. “Bahía Buen
Suceso” vessel
- “Santa Micaela” cargo vessel.
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- A.R.A. “Almirante
Irizar” icebreaker
A.R.A. "Puerto Deseado" oceanographic ship.
5. Argentine Antarctic tourist
expeditions.
List of available covers
and postcards corresponding to the tourist cruises to the Antarctica carry out
with the following Argentine ships:
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Transporte A.R.A. “Les Eclaireurs”
(1958)
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M/N “Yapeyú” (1959)
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- Motonave “Libertad” (1968/69, 1972, 1973)
Motonave “Río Tunuyán” (1970, 1971)
Motonave T.S.S. “Regina Prima” ( 1974, 1975/76 )
6. Foreign ships in argentine
antarctic stations.
Postcards and covers with the postmarks and official cachets
of the following foreign ships, which visited argentine antarctic stations:
- M.S. “Lindblad Explorer” ( 1973,
74, 75, 77 )
- B/M. “Cabo San Vicente”
- T/n. “Enrico C”
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- M.S. “World Discoverer”
- Antarctic Research Ship “Hero”
- M.C. “Calypso”
- “San Giuseppe Due”
- “Academic Sergei Vavilov”
- M.S. “Bremen”
- M/V “Polarsirkel”
- ATF. 65 "Janequeo"
- R/V O.R.P. “Kopernik”
- Royal Research Ship “Bransfield”
- Voilier Polar UAP.
7.
Argentine Antarctic postmarks, special datestamps and cachets.
Large variety of covers
with special postmarks, datestamps and cachets stamped on the occasion of
expeditions, scientific research jobs, special tasks or commemorating important
antarctic events.
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8. Argentine flights to the
Falkland Islands.
Special selection of
covers corresponding to the flights carry out to the Falkland Islands with
Argentine planes, from 1972 to 1982. The majority of them have stamped
the departure and arrival datestamps and some cachet. They are presented in
chronological order according with the following list, with an annex at the
end, in which the cachets and postmarks stamped on them are reproduced. Also
covers transported by ships from the Falklands and British antarctic stations.
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- First flights to
Stanley with Grumman UH-16B “Albatross” planes.
- Scheduled flights with Grumman UH-16B
“Albatross” planes.
- Special flights with Grumman UH-16B
“Albatross” planes.
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- Regular flights to Stanley with Fokker F-27
“Troopship” planes.
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Special flights to Stanley with Fokker F-27 “Troopship” planes.
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Regular flights to Stanley with Fokker F-28 “Fellowship” planes.
- Argentine administration in the Falkland Islands.
- Flights to Falkland Islands with commercial airlines.
- Local flights in the islands with Britten-Norman "Islander"
plane.
- Mail circulated from Stanley and Fox Bay.
9. Argentine and foreign ships
in the Falklands and B.A.T.
Covers and postcards
cancelled at Port Stanley & Fox Bay, with the corresponding postmark and
cachet, from the ships who visited the Falkland Islands and the foreign
antarctic stations
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B.D.T.A.R.A.”Cabo San Gonzalo” - E.L.M.A. “Lago
Lacar”
- M.S.- Aquiles - M.S. Lindblad Explorer -
M.S. World Discoverer - M.V. Society Explorer
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H.M.S. Endurance
- R.R.S. John Biscoe - R.S.S. Brandsfield - R.R.S. James Clark Ross - R.R.S.
Charles Darwin”
10. Argentine Antarctic and
Malvinas stamps.
Argentine Antarctic and
Malvinas stamps issued by the Argentine Post Office, whose vignettes show some
design related with the Antarctic and the Falklands Islands: special events
commemorations, expeditions, scientific activities, antarctic stations,
Argentine ships that navigated in the Antarctic and in the Falklands, pioneers
and expeditionaries, antarctic fauna and maps of the Falklands and Antarctic
a and others stamps, that although they were not dedicated to this thematic,
they bear in their design maps in wich some part of this territory
is observed.
11. Philatelic CD-Rom
about Argentine Antarctic and Falkland Islands
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CD-Rom
"Philatelic Testimonies of Argentine Antarctic Flights - 1942/2000" It contains all the flights
from the Argentine Air Force, Naval Air Forces, Argentine
Army, Argentine Antarctic Institute and Aerolíneas Argentinas, carried
out to and in the Antarctica from the years 1942 to 2000. System minumum requirements: autorun, no
installation needed, Window 95, 98 and NT, RAM 16 MB, sound plate, video
16 bit, CD-Rom x 4 and mouse. US$
20.00
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CD-Rom " Argentine ships in Antarctica -
1903/2003" Temporary Post Offices
datestamps on board of Argentine ships who sailed in the
Antarctica, cachets and official marks from the ships, datestamps,
franking machine and reception postmarks stamped by the Argentine Post Office
and stamps issued about the theme. System minumum requirements: autorun, no
installation needed, Window 95, 98 and NT, RAM 16 MB, sound plate, video
16 bit, CD-Rom x 4 and mouse. US$
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CD-Rom
"The Argentine communications with the Falkland Islands .by
Salvador Alaimo Contents: 1.First Argentine incursions to the
Falkland Islands (1930-1971), 2.First official flights to the Falkland
Islands (1971-1972),
3.Opening of the Temporary Aerodrome at Stanley (Hookers Point), 4.Regular
flights with Grumman HU-16B “Albatross” planes (1972), 5.Regular
flights with Fokker F-27 planes (1972-1978), 6.Regular flights with Fokker
F-28 planes (1978-1982), 7.Special flights (1971-1982), 8.Argentine ships to
the Falklands-Naval Transport Service (1972-1982), 9.Argentine ships to the
Falklands -Tourism ships, 10.Joint Declaration of Buenos Aires, 11.Oficina
Radiopostal 9409 Islas Malvinas (Falkland Is. Post Office),
12.Soldier’s mail (military cachets), 13.Post-conflict postmarks,
14.Postmarks and cachets related with the Falklands, 15.Argentine stamps
related with the Falkland Islands, 16.Roler machine cancell. related with the
Falkland Islands, 17.Datestamps, official postmarks and cachets catalogue,
18.Falkland Islands Government Air Service-FIGAS (1972-82) System minumum
requirements: autorun, no installation needed, Window 95, 98 and
NT, RAM 16 MB, sound plate, video 16 bit, CD-Rom x 4 and
mouse. US$ 20.00
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CD-Rom
"Philatelic testimonies from the Argentine Air Force activities in the Antarctica. by Commodore
(R) Salvador Alaimo
Postmarks from Post Offices which works in
the Argentine Air Force antarctic stations. Sytem minumum
requirements: autorun, no installation needed, Window 95, 98
and NT, RAM 16 MB, sound plate, video 16 bit, CD-Rom x 4 and mouse.
US$ 20.00
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CD-Rom "100 years South Orkneys"(100 años
Orcadas del Sur). by Commodore (R) Salvador
Alaimo Pictures of South Orkneys (Orcadas del Sur)
of different years, maps, ships that carried out the relieves, main events,
endowments of every year, postmark, philatelic covers, stamps and postal
marks. Sytem minumum
requirements: autorun, no installation needed, Window 95, 98
and NT, RAM 16 MB, sound plate, video 16 bit, CD-Rom x 4 and mouse.
US$ 20.00
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12. Philatelic publications about
Argentine Antarctic and Falkland Islands.
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EL SEXTANTE Boletín Informativo Nº 1 (Falkalnd Islands Conflict) Mail circulated to the Falklands Islands and viceversa during the
period of the conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom. (April 2 to
June 13, 1982) Types of postmarks used by the Islas Malvinas
Radio Post Office (9409 ISLAS MALVINAS) during the conflict. Soldier's mail
with various types of covers, postcards and aerograms. Military postmarks of
the Argentine Army, Navy and Air Force applied to the correspondence
circulated at that período. Military and Naval Censorship. Argentine Forces
deployed in the Falkland Islands for the defense of the Islands (
"Malvinas" Operation Theater) and in Patagonia (
"Southern" Operation Theater) Bilingual, 38 pages US$ 5.00 |
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EL SEXTANTE Boletín Informativo Nº 2 (Falkalnd Islands Conflict) Post-conflict Post Marks Military postmarks from the Argentine Post
Office, Army, Navy and Air Force applied on the mail that stayed retained at
Comodoro Rivadavia for the air-sea blockade and were returned to the senders
by the Post Office. Regulations of the Argentine Post Office (Empresa
Nacional de Correos y Telecomunicaciones -ENCOTEL) for postal delivery to the
Falkland Islands by the Bulletin No. 758 of August 3, 1982). "London"
agreement on July 14, 1999 and "Reverse letters" agreement" on
February 23, 2001 Bilingual, 26 pages US$ 5.00 |
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EL SEXTANTE Boletín Informativo Nº 3 (Maritime History) Argentine Ships in the Falkland Islands Philatelic correspondence with, datestamps,
postmarks or cachets, carried by Argentine flag vessels which called at the
Falkland Islands: Passenger ships: MV
"Libertad" (ELMA) and MV "Regina Prima" (ELMA) Tankers: "Astra
II" (Astra Argentine Company of Petroleum), "Fiorentino
Ameguino" (YPF) and "San Clemente" (YPF) Naval Transport Service from the Argentine Navy: BDTARA "Cabo San Gonzalo", BDTARA "Cabo San Isidro," B.D.T.A.R.A. "Cabo San Pio," A.R.A. "Bahía Buen Suceso", A.R.A. " Bahía Aguirre" and A.R.A. "Isla de los Estados" Ships of the Argentine Navy and
other Argentine flag ships that participated in the Falklands conflict. Bilingual, 78 pages US$ 5.00 |
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EL SEXTANTE Boletín Informativo Nº 4 (Scientific spreading) The Global Warming The melting ice in the Antarctica and the Arctic, the retreat of glaciers, the sea levels rising effects in Tuvalu, the Great Barrier Reef, Bangladesh, the Netherlands), Florida and the coast of Mexico. Cities in the world that will be affected by climate change: New York, Hong Kong, Venice, Tokyo, New Orleans, Shanghai, Bangkok, London, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires and others. Desertification Spanish, 58 pages US$ 5.00
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Order and
Payment Information.
Orders of philatelic material can be arranged by
the addresses pointed out
as
follows, detailing clearly the piece number indicate in the list.
Postal: Salvador Alaimo,
Casilla de Correo N° 64
1430 BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA.
Personal: Salvador Alaimo,
Melián 2266 – 10°/ B
1430 BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
Tel./Fax.: (0541) 4541-1396
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Paymentscan be arranged by the following ways
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Argentina
Banknotes,
personal checks and money orders in Argentine pesos (to the U$S dollar exchange
rate)
Outer
Bank
Checks (Cheques) or Bank Drafts in U$S dollars drawn on any USA
bank.Western Union money transfer to my name and address in US$ dollars or € (Euros) and Paypal. For direct
Bank Transfer, contact me for account details.
US$ (dollars) or € (Euros) banknotes. It is suggested do not send cash by mail for
security
reasons, but for small amount of money,
it is
convenient to send it by a Registered letter.
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All the dispatch of material will be sent by
registered piece, suitably parceled up,
and the cost of postage and packing will be charged to the addressee.
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To get a copy of “Argentine
antarctic stations datestamps catalogue”
and the available covers lists, send US$ 10.00 to the following address
and will receive the mentioned material by mail.
Salvador Alaimo
Casilla de Correo N° 64
C1430 BUENOS AIRES
ARGENTINA
Tel./Fax. (541) 4541-1396
E- mail:
Web site: web.sion.com/s.alaimo
Updated on April 21st. 2009
* Curriculum-vitae of Salvador
Alaimo
Commodore Salvador Alaimo, retired from the Argentine Air Force, was born in the city of San Juan ( Argentina) on
January 2 1934.
He obtained
a M.Sc. in Meteorology in Saint
Louis ( Missouri) University, U.S.A. and passed the greatest part of his career
working with the National Meteorology
Service of Argentina where he held the post of General Director from 1983 up to
1993 and he was selected has VicePresident of the World Meteorological
Organitation for two periods of four years.
In his speciality he realized many operations for Argentina´s Air Force in
the Antarctic . It is interesting to point out
the Operativo Tierra de San Martín (1967) ,the inauguration of the Air
Base Marambio (1969) , the first landing in the Antarctic of an Herculés C-130
plane (1970), the first presidential
flight to the Antarctic (1973), the first continental transpolar flight ( 1973) and other airborne
operations to the Antarctic and Islas Malvinas. For that reason he was awarded
the Antarctic insignia and was honoured by the President of Argentina with the
gold medal for his intervention in the First Transpolar Intercontinental
Flight.
Commodore Alaimo is a well known collector of
stamps, covers and postmarks related to the Antarctic and Islas Malvinas theme.
He is a member of :
Asociación de
Cronistas Filatélicos de
Grupo de
Filatelia Naval.
Sociedad
Argentina de Aerofilatélia (AEROIFILIA)
The Falkland Islands Philatelic
Study group. ( G.B..)
Polar Postal History Society of
Great Britain
Has published numerous articles related to the
theme in various publications in Argentina and abroad, such as:
Aeroespacio - Revista Nacional Aeronáutica y Espacial ( Arg).
Antártida -
Órgano de difusión de
Mundo
Filatélico- Publicación mensual ( Arg)
Pefimar- Publicación de
Apuntes
Filatélicos - Revista del Círculo Filatélico de Liniers.
( Arg.)
El Sextante-
Publicación del Grupo de Filatelia
Naval. ( Arg)
Boletín
Aeropostal- Publicación Oficial de
The upland goose - Journal of the
Falkland Is. Philatelic Study Group ( U.K..)
Gaceta Aerofilatélica - Sociedad Filatélica Española ( Spain)
Correo
Polar-Publicación de
Cronista
Filatélico - Publicación de la asoc.de Cronistas
Filatélicos de
Equateur Antarctique- Bulletin
Philarelic ( Ecuador)
Ice Cap News- Journal of the
American Society of Polar Philately ( USA)
Polarphilatelie e.V.- Arbeitsgemeinschaft
im BDPh. e V. ( Germany)
Boletín del Centro Naval de la República Argentina
Revista F.A.E.F. (Argentine
Federation of Philatelic Entities)
Is the author of the Informative Bulletin N ª
57 of the National Meteorology Service titled “ Meteorology and
Philately”; of the Argentine Antarctic Postmarks Catalogue 1904-1997 (SOCOFIRA
1998) and of the book “Centenary of the Rescue of the Nordenskjöld Expedition
by the Argentine corvette “Uruguay” (Library of Philately Nº13
F.A.E.F, 2003), “The Argentine Post Office in South Orkneys Islands”
(Library of Philately Nº16 F.A.E.F. 2008),
“Postal History of A.R.A. “Almirante Irizar” icebreaker”
(Library of Philately Nº17 F.A.E.F . 2008),
and coauthor of the book “ Bibliography of Philately of the Argentine
Antarctic (A.C.F.A. 2003).
Besides, he has published in the framework
of the Philatelic Naval Group, following
bulletins: Boletín Nº1 (Falkland Islands Conflict) “Mail circulated to the Falklands
Islands and viceversa during the period of the conflict between Argentina and
the United Kingdom. April 2 to June 13, 1982”, Boletín Nº2 (Falkland
Islands Conflict) “Post-conflict Post Marks”, Boletín Nº3 (Maritime History) “Argentine Ships in
the Falkland Islands” and Boletín Nº4 (Scientific Spreading) “The
Global Warming”.
He is also author of the CD –Rom “Testimony
of the Argentines flights to the Antarctic 1942-