AAT: 2009 Base Covers
About 120 Australians spend a full year at one of the four ANARE stations. They are isolated from the world for up to eight months, until the the supply ships arrive at the stations. Each station has its own unique pictorial postmark. The first day of issue for each station is the date the supply ship arrives at the station.
All ships arrived safely at the respective stations.
The AAT International Polar Year 2007-08 stamp issue released in September 2008 arrived at the following stations on the dates shown:
- Davis Station - 1 November 2008
- Casey Station - 4 December 2008
- Mawson Station - 9 December 2008
- Macquarie Island - 19 March 2009
The block of 4 base covers for each station contains a block of 4 of the 55c stamps and a block of 4 of the $1.10 stamps.
![Base cover [block of four] set of 4](/assets/image/productcatalog/0484032.jpg?width=125&height=80&method=pad&z=100)
![Base covers [block of 4] - Mawson](/assets/image/productcatalog/0484033.jpg?width=125&height=80&method=pad&z=100)
![Base covers [block of 4] - David](/assets/image/productcatalog/0484034.jpg?width=125&height=80&method=pad&z=100)
![Base covers [block of 4] - Casey](/assets/image/productcatalog/0484035.jpg?width=125&height=80&method=pad&z=100)
![Base covers [block of 4] - MacQuarie Island](/assets/image/productcatalog/0484036.jpg?width=125&height=80&method=pad&z=100)