Auction of the £175, 000 Amundsen Stamp
Dec. 12, 1967 - Auction of the £175, 000 Amundsen Stamp Collection.: Stanley Gibbons Ltd today began a three-day auction of she Lars Amundsen collection of Classic British Empire stamps - valued at around £175, 000. Lars Amundsen, the only sole remaining male relative of the celebrated explorer (Roald Amundsen, first man to get to the South Pole) is selling his British Colonials in order to mobilise funds to pay for a second lifeboat he is giving to the Norwegian Life Saving Society
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