Shackleton postcard to fiancée more than quadruples estimate

A postcard from Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) in Cape Town to his then fiancée Emily Dorman in London appeared at a recent sale at Stanley Gibbons Baldwin’s.

At the time, Shackleton was third lieutenant on the ship Discovery and it was said he had only signe…

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