A booklet of 12 self-adhesive stamps was issued in honour of “The Great Voyagers” from Marco Polo to Amelia Earhart.  The postage rate of lettre verte is the economy rate for internal post, equivalent to €1.16.  The people depicted include

• Jacques Cartier, who was the first European to explore the Gulf of St Lawrence and the St Lawrence River, Canada.
• Jeanne Barret, the first European woman to sail round the world.  She went in Bougainville’s ship dressed as a man.
• James Cook.

Ian Boreham

Originally published in Cook's Log, page 21, volume 45, number 3 (2022).

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A stamp booklet was issued showing seven Antarctic Pioneers: James Cook, Jules Dumont d’Urville, Jean Baptiste Charcot, Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, Douglas Mawson, and Ernest Shackleton.  The value of each stamp was €1.50. 

Ian Boreham

Originally published in Cook's Log, page 17, volume 45, number 3 (2022).