SOUTH SHETLANDS - DECEPTION IS. "NAVAL PARTY 475" COVER + CO...

SOUTH SHETLANDS - DECEPTION IS. "NAVAL PARTY 475" COVER + CONTENTS TO LONDON EX BASE B LEADER; 1/5 Feb. 1944 env. (with contents & full typed transcript) ex Deception Island Base B to London with S. Shetlands ½d marginal pair tied by very fine purple "South Shetlands" cds's but having no Naval censor mark or label; with mainly very fine 2-ring P. Stanley backstamp (6 Mar). Sent by the Base's leader, geologist W.R. [Bill] Flett. The contents headed "(At sea) Naval Party c/o GPO, London" include; "...I am now almost at my destination... this is the third ship in transit... I have had no mail since we first set sail from England...". Rare genuine FDC from Tabarin's Base B Leader.Cross Reference: FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES, MILITARY - WWII