Worldwide Stamps and Covers Antarctica: RRS Discovery II Expeditions 1929-39
Sale No: 145
Lot No:329
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Antarctica: RRS Discovery II Expeditions 1929-39: 1934 (Dec. 27) unusual use of Ireland 2p. postal stationery envelope with added Falklands 1933 Centenary 1d., addressed to George Cutress in Surrey franked 1929-36 1d. cancelled by indistinct Port Stanley PS.1A c.d.s. of Dec. 27 1933, the day on which the ship left for the Pacific, with two strikes of straight line “PAQUEBOT” in violet and double oval “FALKLAND ISLANDS GOVERNMENT/(crown)/SHIP “DISCOVERY”” cachet (with ms. “II”) in blue. Photo. (Image1)