GRAHAM LAND - 1d-RATE 'PROVING COVER' TO G.B. (TO ADMIRALTY ...

GRAHAM LAND - 1d-RATE 'PROVING COVER' TO G.B. (TO ADMIRALTY INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, J.C. MOSSOP); Long 12 Feb. 1944 env. (minor creasing) from Port Lockroy Base A to Holbeach with Graham Land ½d pair tied by very fine purple "Graham Land" cds; sent to Mossop's home address to prove the British presence in the Dependencies. Mossop is credited with having invented the name 'Operation Tabarin' "because we had a lot of night work and the organisation was always so chaotic, just as the club [had been]..."! [Ex Harry Evans, 2014; lot 4097.] Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII, FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES