SOUTH ORKNEYS - 4d-RATE COVER REGISTERED TO CANADA FROM SURV...
SOUTH ORKNEYS - 4d-RATE COVER REGISTERED TO CANADA FROM SURVEYOR ANDREW TAYLOR; Fine 21 Feb. 1944 env. ("A. Taylor" signature on flap) to a Minister in Winnipeg with S. Orkneys 1d(2)+2d all tied by a very fine purple "South Orkneys" cds and having a h.s. "FIRST DAY COVER" beside the Port Stanley blue transit "R" Label, but also having a fine purple London octagonal "T.182" censor mark on the front and backstamps of P. Stanley (6 Mar.) & Winnipeg (25 May). Rare and attractive; Tabarin mail to Canada is seldom seen, especially from the S. Orkneys.Cross Reference: FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - WWII, REGISTERED MAIL
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SOUTH ORKNEYS - 4d-RATE COVER REGISTERED TO CANADA FROM SURVEYOR ANDREW TAYLOR; Fine 21 Feb. 1944 env. ("A. Taylor" signature on flap) to a Minister in Winnipeg with S. Orkneys 1d(2)+2d all tied by a very fine purple "South Orkneys" cds and having a h.s. "FIRST DAY COVER" beside the Port Stanley blue transit "R" Label, but also having a fine purple London octagonal "T.182" censor mark on the front and backstamps of P. Stanley (6 Mar.) & Winnipeg (25 May). Rare and attractive; Tabarin mail to Canada is seldom seen, especially from the S. Orkneys.Cross Reference: FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - WWII, REGISTERED MAIL