POLAR PHILATELY

Polar Regions – exist on the earth with full of unexplored wonders, also called the Frigid Zones of Earth are the regions of the planet that surround its Geographical Poles (The North and South Poles), lying within the Polar Circles.These high latitudes are dominated by floating sea ice covering much of the Arctic ocean in the north, and by the Antarctic ice sheet on the continent of Antarctica in the South.

This Frigid Zones fascinating peoples more than anything, reason for this is that wide expanses of the Arctic and Antarctic have not been explored and unrevealed mysteries and these facts made Polar Philately is a very popular theme or topic for many collectors. 

Since the 1930s, philatelists have gathered stamps recognizing Arctic and Antarctic research on a considerable lot of which are extremely uncommon. It’s very important to gather knowledge of the historical backdrop of Arctic and Antarctic stamps.

Here are some beauties on this topic :-

A native Polar Bear postage stamp issued by Greenland in 1915.

McDonald Islands of Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) was discovered by Captain William McDonald on 4th January, 1854 and the stamp was issued by AAT in 1957.

Arctic Exploration in 1909 issued by US Post in 1959.

Sailing Ship with Iceberg issued by Greenland Post in 1950.