GRAHAM LAND - 2d-RATE COVER TO G.B. WITH PORT LOCKROY NAVAL ...
GRAHAM LAND - 2d-RATE COVER TO G.B. WITH PORT LOCKROY NAVAL CENSOR & LONDON CENSOR LABEL; 11 Nov. 1944 env. from Lewis ('Chippy') Ashton, the carpenter at Port Lockroy Base, to London with the Base A tombstone-framed "FROM H.M. SHIP/PASSED BY CENSOR" initialled & dated by "ATB" (Berry, the Base cook) having Graham Land 1d+½d(2) tied by two v. fine purple "Graham Land" cds's, and having a faint P. Stanley transit cds on the reverse, as well as the London "9883/P.C.90" censor label at left. The scarce double weight rate.Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES, MILITARY - WWII
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GRAHAM LAND - 2d-RATE COVER TO G.B. WITH PORT LOCKROY NAVAL CENSOR & LONDON CENSOR LABEL; 11 Nov. 1944 env. from Lewis ('Chippy') Ashton, the carpenter at Port Lockroy Base, to London with the Base A tombstone-framed "FROM H.M. SHIP/PASSED BY CENSOR" initialled & dated by "ATB" (Berry, the Base cook) having Graham Land 1d+½d(2) tied by two v. fine purple "Graham Land" cds's, and having a faint P. Stanley transit cds on the reverse, as well as the London "9883/P.C.90" censor label at left. The scarce double weight rate.Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES, MILITARY - WWII