SOUTH ORKNEYS - 3d-RATE 'PROVING COVER' TO BRAZIL FROM CAPTA...
SOUTH ORKNEYS - 3d-RATE 'PROVING COVER' TO BRAZIL FROM CAPTAIN MARCHESI OF HMS 'WILLIAM SCORESBY'; Fine 21 Feb. 1944 env. ("O.H.M.S." imprints; in Marchesi's hand) to the British Naval Attache in Rio with S. Orkneys 3d tied by a mainly very fine purple "South Orkneys" cds but having no Port Stanley backstamp. A most unusual Proving Cover coming from the South Orkneys and going to Brazil.Cross Reference: FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES, MILITARY - WWII, BRAZIL
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SOUTH ORKNEYS - 3d-RATE 'PROVING COVER' TO BRAZIL FROM CAPTAIN MARCHESI OF HMS 'WILLIAM SCORESBY'; Fine 21 Feb. 1944 env. ("O.H.M.S." imprints; in Marchesi's hand) to the British Naval Attache in Rio with S. Orkneys 3d tied by a mainly very fine purple "South Orkneys" cds but having no Port Stanley backstamp. A most unusual Proving Cover coming from the South Orkneys and going to Brazil.Cross Reference: FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES, MILITARY - WWII, BRAZIL
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