SOUTH SHETLANDS - DECEPTION IS. - 1d-RATE COVER EX BASE B TO...

SOUTH SHETLANDS - DECEPTION IS. - 1d-RATE COVER EX BASE B TO NEW ZEALAND CENSORED TWICE; 1 Aug. 1944 env. (some edge wear & fault at top near stamp) to Auckland with South Shetlands 1d tied by a very fine black "South Shetlands" cds and having part of a Naval censor tombstone mark visible at left beneath the London "9922/P.C.90." censor label having a mainly very fine P. Stanley backstamp (15 Dec). Sent by the Operation's Radio Operator, Norman Layther to his mother. Rare destination from Deception Island. Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES, NEW ZEALAND