SOUTH ORKNEYS - 1d-RATE COVER TO G.B. WITH FALKLANDS "Opened...

SOUTH ORKNEYS - 1d-RATE COVER TO G.B. WITH FALKLANDS "Opened by Censor." LABEL; 21 Feb. 1944 env. (Government House 'crown' flap) ex SS 'Fitzroy' during her one-day political call in the South Orkneys to "E.A. Nattress" (of the Crown Agents) in Essex with S. Orkneys 1d tied by a mainly very fine purple "South Orkneys" cds and having both a fine 2-ring P. Stanley transit cds (6 Mar.) and with a Falklands "Opened by Censor." white label at the foot. Rare thus. [Ex Cottis.] Cross Reference: FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES, MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL