SOUTH SHETLANDS - DECEPTION IS. - 5d-RATE REGISTERED CENSORE...

SOUTH SHETLANDS - DECEPTION IS. - 5d-RATE REGISTERED CENSORED COVER TO TANGANYIKA WITH "NEW ISLAND" "R" LABEL, ETC.; Extraordinary 5 Dec. 1944 env. registered from Deception Island to Dar es Salaam with South Shetlands ½d(2)+4d tied by fine purple "South Shetlands" cds's but also having a blue "R" label with "NEW ISLAND" deleted in blue crayon but "Falkland Islands" left clear (presumably used in Port Stanley due to losses in the P.O. fire in April 1944; faults). It was censored twice; there is a London "3954/P.C.90" label at left and a fair purple octagon-framed "R/1" censor mark (Durban?) on the front; backstamps include v. fine P. Stanley (15 Dec.), Montevideo (faint; 2 Mar.), Durban (5 June) and Dodoma (19 June). Unique destination for registered mail from the South Shetlands Tabarin Base? Exhibition Quality.Cross Reference: FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, TANGANYIKA/TANZANIA