Robert Falcon Scott reached the South Pole on 17 January 1912, only to find Roald Amundsen's Norwegian flag already planted there. The entire five-man party perished on the return march, with Scott's final diary entry dated 29 March 1912. Guernsey issued this piece as part of a broader wave of British commemoratives tied to polar exploration anniversaries, a category that became commercially crowded in the 2000s.
The multi-year striking window of 2006–2009 reflects distributor demand rather than any single commemorative occasion.
Robert Falcon Scott reached the South Pole on 17 January 1912, only to find Roald Amundsen's Norwegian flag already planted there. The entire five-man party perished on the return march, with Scott's final diary entry dated 29 March 1912. Guernsey issued this piece as part of a broader wave of British commemoratives tied to polar exploration anniversaries, a category that became commercially crowded in the 2000s.
The multi-year striking window of 2006–2009 reflects distributor demand rather than any single commemorative occasion.