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Issue date: 25th May 2022
Stamps commemorating the centenary of the death of Sir Ernest Shackleton at South Georgia during the 1921-22 Quest expedition, also known as the Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic Expedition. The Quest called at Tristan da Cunha during its return voyage.
Designs
35p - 'Quest' in the Thames
70p - Casting off - showing Ernest Shackleton;
£1.60 - Shackleton's coffin, Montevideo
£2 - Shackleton's cairn, Grytviken; FDC - Shackleton & John Quiller Rowett