ARCTICA 1910 NORWAY

NORWAY 2x5o on card [Construction of Wellman's Airship at Virgo Havn, Spitsbergen - prior Polar Flight]
pmk Tromso 18.8.10 cds - written aboard Austrian Lloyd ss Thalia
- green "Ost, Lloyd "Thalia" - Spitzbergen/ ]Polar Bear on Ice Floe" vignette
tied by 5-line cachet "Thalia Bordpost Spitzbergen 14 AUG 1910 Virgohafen - Advent Bay to Long Island NY
Message: "Regards from Virgo Bay whence Wellman attempted Motorised Trip over North Pole"