SOUTH SHETLANDS - DECEPTION IS. - LOCAL FIRST DAY COVER TO B...

SOUTH SHETLANDS - DECEPTION IS. - LOCAL FIRST DAY COVER TO BASE B COOK CHARLIE SMITH; 5 Feb. 1944 long env. (OHMS imprints on reverse) ex Deception Island Base B addressed in pencil to "C. Smith, British Bransfield Expedition" with h.s. "FIRST DAY COVER" and so with S. Shetlands set from ½d to 1/- (8) all tied by very fine purple "South Shetlands" cds's and having no Naval censor mark or label. Sent by the Base's leader, geologist W.R. [Bill] Flett. Unusual locally used First Day cover and a rare usage of the "Bransfield Expedition" name. [Ex Belfield; also ex Harry Evans, Nov. 2014, lot 4092.] Cross Reference: FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES, MILITARY - WWII, FIRST DAY COVERS