SOUTH SHETLANDS - DECEPTION IS. - 1d-RATE COVER EX S.S. 'FIT...

SOUTH SHETLANDS - DECEPTION IS. - 1d-RATE COVER EX S.S. 'FITZROY' WITH FALKLANDS CENSOR LABEL; 6 Feb. 1944 env. ex Deception Is. Base B (on board the writer's ship SS 'Fitzroy') from the Fitzroy's retained Captain David Roberts to his MD of the "Falkland Is. Co." in Surrey with S. Shetlands 1d tied by a very fine purple "South Shetlands" cds and having a fine 2-ring P. Stanley backstamp (6 Mar.) but also having a white Falklands "Opened by Censor." censor label at foot. Roberts was the FI Co's Colonial Manager by this time and had great experience of captaining the 'Fitzroy', so he assisted Captain Pitt on this voyage.Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - WWII, FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES