Ascension Island

Wallis's Voyage

The Dolphin passed Ascension Island on 23/03/1768 but did not stop.

Carteret's Voyage

The Swallow sighted Ascension on the 30/01/1769, and anchored in order to take on some turtles. They left for England on 01/02/1769. Before they reached England, they met up with Bougainville, who was completing his own circumnavigation.

Cook's First Voyage

Cook passed this island on the homeward leg of the first voyage (10 May 1771) but did not actually land.

Cook's Second Voyage

Cook stopped at the island on the return leg of the second voyage (28-31 May 1775). He used this second visit to gather Green Turtles. These turtles were shown on the 1979 Crown Agents omnibus issue, and have also been shown on quite a few other Ascension Island sets over the years.

The anniversaries of the visits themselves weren't actually commemorated by the island. The early Harrison chronometer, H1, was shown on the Evolution of Space Travel definitive set from 1971. H4 was used in 1979 for the Crown Agents omnibus issue.

Ascension	15/02/1971	The Evolution of Space Travel 14v Harrison's original chronometer H1 from 1735 and HMS Deptford are shown on the 3½p stamp.
Ascension Island	19/02/1979	Bicentenary of Captain Cook's Voyages, 1768-1779 4v The 3p stamp shows HMS Resolution painted by H. Roberts. The 8p stamp shows Harrison's Chronometer, the Green Turtle is shown on the 12p stamp, and in common with other countries issuing this omnibus, the top value 25p stamp shows the Flaxman/Wedgwood medallion of Cook.
Ascension Island	23/06/1988	Bicentenary of Australian Settlement 4v This set of shows four successive ships called HMS Resolution. Captain Cook's Resolution is shown on the 18p stamp. The date given on the stamp is 1772 even though the Resolution visited neither Ascension nor Australia that year. This set was later released with a Sydpex 88 overprint (30/07/1988).
Ascension Island	05/03/1999	Australia 99: Ships 4v & M/S(1v) HMS Endeavour at Ascension in 1771 is shown on the £1 stamp in this miniature sheet. The border of the miniature sheet shows the draft of the Endeavour.

British Antarctic Territory

Cook's Second Voyage

Cook never actually touched the coastline of Antarctica, but did manage to confine its possible position to below the Antarctic Circle. He came closest to the present British Antarctic Territory towards the end of the second voyage shortly before discovering South Georgia.

The latest issue is from the 2008 definitive series.

British Antarctic Territory	14/02/1973	Explorers Definitives 15v The Dance portrait and the Resolution are shown on the ½p stamp in this set. Originally printed on w12 paper, this stamp along with the others in the set was reprinted firstly on w14 ordinary paper (11/06/1975) and then on w14 chalk-surfaced paper (14/03/1978).
British Antarctic Territory	23/11/1994	Antarctic Heritage Fund 4v The Hodges/Basire portrait of Captain Cook is shown along with HMS Resolution on the 17p + 3p stamp. All four stamps carry surcharges for the Antarctic Heritage Fund.
British Antarctic Territory	17/11/2008	Explorers and Ships Definitive Series 12v & M/S(4v) Captain Cook is shown on the 55p value in this set, along with the Resolution and Adventure.

British Indian Ocean Territory

None of our explorers visited these islands.

Cook’s Endeavour has been featured on one 54p stamp issued in 2009 in a sheetlet of 6.

British Indian Ocean Territory

09/03/2009

Seafaring and Exploration 6v & M/S(1v) HMS Endeavour is featured on one of the 54p stamps.

Falkland Islands

Byron's Voyage

Commodore Byron visited the Falkland Islands in the Dolphin with the Tamar. He referred to the islands in the account of his voyage as Hawkin's Maidenland, from the Elizabethan name. Some of the sailors were attacked by warrahs (Falkland Islands wolf) during the stay. It would appear that the warrahs thought the sailors were penguins. The ships charted the islands, starting from the north west, going on to find Port Egmont on Saunders Island, and then over to East Falkland before heading back to South America along the south coast.

Byron established gardens at Port Egmont, and the following year a British settlement was established by Captain John McBride. In 1770, the Spanish forcibly took Port Egmont only for the British to retake it the following year. It was abandoned in 1774 before finally being destroyed by the Spanish in 1780.

Byron has been featured on one stamp from the Early Cartographers set and the map published by Hawkesworth, based on his survey was featured on another stamp.

Falkland Islands	22/05/1981	Early Maps 5v All of these stamps show contemporary maps of the Falkland Islands. The 10p stamp shows a map entitled Hawkin's Maidenland. It was published by Hawkesworth in 1773 and was based on Byron's survey.
Falkland Islands	30/09/1985	Early Cartographers 4v The 22p stamp shows Byron and the Dolphin and Tamar. The 7p stamp shows Captain McBride and HMS Jason who were also in the Falklands that same year.
Falkland Islands	28/09/2008	Saunders Island 2x2v One of the 55p stamps shows the remains of the first British settlement on the Falkland Islands.

St. Helena

Byron's Voyage

The Dolphin and Tamar saw the rocks off the island of St. Helena on the 16th March 1766, but they didn't stop. Byron and the Dolphin are shown on one of the 1986 Explorers definitive, although the picture of the Dolphin looks suspiciously like one from Wallis's time.

Wallis's Voyage

The Dolphin stopped at St. Helena on 17/03/1767 for two days. A stamp released in 1998 shows the Dolphin and the Swallow together at St. Helena, but by this time they had been separated. The date on the stamp is given as 1751, and the supporting documentation talks about the two ships being sent out to the East Indies in order to protect shipping from pirates.

Carteret's Voyage

The Swallow anchored at St. Helena on the 20/01/1769, and set sail again on 24/01/1769. Not very much is mentioned in the journal about the visit. The Swallow has been shown on a couple of stamps from St. Helena. The most recent (1998) shows it accompanied by the Dolphin. This is despite the fact that their visits were 10 months apart.

Cook's First Voyage

Cook visited St. Helena on the return legs of both the first two voyages. The account of the first visit on 1 May 1771, written up by Hawkesworth had been published shortly before Cook's return visit in 1775. The account given by Hawkesworth was, to put it mildly, exaggerated including describing the St. Helenans as not having the wheel. This caused some embarrassment for Cook. Apparently, many a wheelbarrow was paraded before him on this second visit.

Cook's Second Voyage

The bicentenary of Cook's second visit was commemorated in 1975, and since then several more stamps have been issued showing either him or one of the ships. His second visit and meeting with Governor Skottowe has most recently been shown on a stamp in the series being produced for St. Helena's 500^th anniversary.

St. Helena	14/07/1975	Bicentenary of Captain Cook's Return to St. Helena 2v The Dance portrait of Cook and HMS Resolution are shown on the 5p stamp in this set. The 25p stamp shows the Flaxman portrait of Cook with a picture of Jamestown.
St. Helena	19/02/1979	Bicentenary of Captain Cook's Voyages 4v This set was part of the Crown Agents omnibus issue. The 3p stamp shows HMS Discovery. The 8p stamp shows Cook's portable observatory. The 12p stamp shows Pharnaceum acidium sketched by Sir Joseph Banks. The 25p stamp shows the Flaxman/Wedgwood portrait of Cook, in common with the other countries issuing these sets.
St. Helena	22/09/1986	Explorers 13v Bligh, who sailed with Cook, is shown with the Resolution on the 9p stamp. The 12p stamp shows Carteret and the Swallow. The 60p stamp shows Byron and the Dolphin. The £1 stamp shows Cook (Webber) and the Endeavour.
St. Helena	01/03/1988	Bicentenary of Australian Settlement 4v HMS Resolution is shown at anchor off St. Helena on the 13p stamp in this set. The stamp also includes Cook's signature. The 45p value shows Bligh's post-Bounty vessel the Providence in 1792.
St. Helena	25/08/1998	Maritime Heritage 12v The 20p stamp shows the Dolphin and Swallow and gives a date of 1751 rather than 1767. The two ships are described in supporting text to this issue as being sent out to the East Indies to protect shipping against pirates. The Dolphin and Swallow don't appear to have passed St. Helena on the outbound leg of the voyage, and of course they were separated in the Straits of Magellan, both returning to Britain separately. I suspect some artistic license at work. HMS Endeavour in 1771 in shown on the 25p stamp in this set. The 30p value shows Bligh's post-Bounty vessel the Providence in 1792.
St. Helena	05/03/1999	Australia 99 M/S(1v) The £1.50 stamp shows HMS Endeavour at anchor off St. Helena in 1771. The rest of the sheet shows a map of the route of Cook's first voyage highlighting the stop at St. Helena. Kendall's Chronometer K1, the marine timekeeper that Cook actually took with him on the second voyage is also shown on the border of the miniature sheet.
St. Helena	12/07/1999	500th Anniversary of Discovery of St. Helena (part 3) 4v Governor Skottowe and Captain Cook at St. James Church, 1775 are shown on the 30p stamp in this set.

South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands

Cook's Second Voyage

Cook came across South Georgia on the 16/01/1775 at the end of his second voyage. He made note of the desolation of the landscape. He took possession of the island and then encountered the South Sandwich Islands, which he was unable to explore thoroughly. There is an island at the southern most tip of the South Sandwich Islands that is now called Cook Island. This was shown on the 25p stamp of the 1980 Falkland Islands Dependencies definitives.

Stamps were issued in 1975 to commemorate the bicentenary of the discovery and again in 1979 as part of the Crown Agents omnibus issue. In 1985, when the stamps were being inscribed Falkland Islands Dependencies, Joseph Banks was shown on the Early Naturalists set (itself part of a mini omnibus with BAT and the Falkland Islands). This is despite Joseph Banks not being on the second voyage when Cook actually visited these islands. On the first voyage Banks had been disappointed that Cook would not stop at the Falkland Islands after the stay in Rio. Also shown on this set are the Forsters who did accompany Cook on his second voyage.

A miniature sheet was issued for the Australia 99 exhibition showing the Resolution on the stamp and a plan of the Endeavour on the border of the sheet. A sheet was issued for the London 2010 stamp exhibition which shows the 8p stamp from the 1975 Cook set.

A set of four stamps commemorating William Hodges was released on 30/09/2010. One 70p stamp shows the Resolution in the pack-ice, the other 70p stamp shows a view of the monuments of Easter Island (Rapa Nui). The 95p stamp shows Hodges’ portrait of Cook, and the £1.15 stamp shows Possession Bay on South Georgia.

South Georgia	26/04/1975	Bicentenary of Possession by Captain Cook 3v The Dance portrait of Captain Cook is shown on the 2p stamp. The 8p value shows the Resolution and the 16p stamp shows Possession Bay.
South Georgia	14/02/1979	Bicentenary of Captain Cook's Voyages 4v This set was part of the Crown Agents omnibus issue. The 3p stamp shows the Resolution and gives the dates for his voyages. The 6p stamp also shows the Resolution and a map of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands showing Cook's route. The 11p stamp shows a painting of a King Penguin drawn by George Forster. The 25p stamp in common with the other countries issuing this omnibus shows the Flaxman/Wedgwood portrait of Cook.
Falkland Islands Dependencies	05/05/1980	Definitives 15v & 13v reprints & 5v reprints The 25p stamp shows Cook Island. It was reprinted (03/05/1984) with an imprint date and again with the w16 watermark (18/11/1985). Other islands related to Cook's visit featured on this set are Bird and Willis Island (3p), Clerke Rocks (10p) and Candlemas Island (20p).
Falkland Islands Dependencies	04/11/1985	Early Naturalists 4v Johann Forster, the scientist on the second voyage is shown on the 22p stamp with a King Penguin. His son and assistant on that voyage, George Forster is shown on the 27p stamp along with Tussock Grass. The 54p stamp shows Sir Joseph Banks and Dove Prion.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	05/03/1999	Australia 99 M/S(1v) The title on this miniature sheet is Captain Cook's Voyage of Exploration, 1775. However, the £1.50 stamp shows HMS Resolution in the ice in 1773 and the rest of the sheet shows the draft of HMS Endeavour.
South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands	12/04/2010	London 2010 S/S(10x1v) This souvenir sheet contains ten 65p stamps showing older South Georgia and Falkland Islands Dependencies stamps. The seventh stamp shows the 8p Resolution stamp from the 1975 Cook set.
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	30/09/2010	William Hodges 2x1v,2v 2x70p stamps showing Resolution in the pack-ice and the monuments of Rapa Nui. The 90p shows Hodges portrait of Cook, and the £1.15 stamp shows Possession Bay on South Georgia.