GRAHAM LAND - 2d-RATE COVER TO THE FALKLANDS GOVERNOR IN POR...

GRAHAM LAND - 2d-RATE COVER TO THE FALKLANDS GOVERNOR IN PORT STANLEY ENDORSED "MOST SECRET"; Long 14 Feb. 1944 OHMS env. (minor creasing) to The Governor of the Falkland Islands in "Port Stanley" and most exceptionally endorsed "MOST SECRET" above address with Graham Land 2d tied by mainly very fine purple "Graham Land" cds (unusually struck upside down). The envelope had been used before - addressed with a small label on the reverse; "924/822. Lt. Cdr. J.W.S. Marr, HMS BRANSFIELD" Only three Operation Tabarin covers have been recorded with this "Most Secret" endorsement; this one is addressed in Lt. Cdr. James Marr's hand. [It is thought to have contained a long report on why Hope Bay had not been accessible and so the Base was set up at Port Lockroy instead.] Cross Reference: FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES, MILITARY - WWII