SOUTH SHETLANDS - DECEPTION IS. - 1d-RATE CENSORED COVER TO ...

SOUTH SHETLANDS - DECEPTION IS. - 1d-RATE CENSORED COVER TO G.B. EX W. FLETT BASE B LEADER; 29 Aug. 1944 env. ex Deception Is. Base B from William Flett, the Base B Leader & geologist to a fellow geologist with "H.M. Geological Survey... Edinburgh" with S. Shetlands 1d tied by a very fine black "South Shetlands" cds and also having a fine strike of the cut-down tombstone Naval "PASSED BY CENSOR" mark (ink mark) signed & dated by "W.R. Flett, a/c magistrate" (29 Aug.) with a mainly very fine 2-ring P. Stanley backstamp (15 Dec.). Good cover from the Base B Commander.Cross Reference: FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL