SOUTH SHETLANDS - DECEPTION IS. - 1d-RATE COVER WITH CONTENT...

SOUTH SHETLANDS - DECEPTION IS. - 1d-RATE COVER WITH CONTENTS TO PORT STANLEY; 6 Feb. 1944 env. (slight faults at top) ex "Deception Is. [Base B]" (on board the writer's ship SS 'Fitzroy') from the Fitzroy's Captain Keith Pitt to his wife in Port Stanley with S. Shetlands ½d pair tied (through perfs.) by a fine purple "South Shetlands" cds and having a fine 2-ring P. Stanley backstamp (7 Mar.) but having no Naval censor mark or label. With brief contents; "Beloved, All my love, Keith."Cross Reference: FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES, MILITARY - WWII