Great Britain and British Commonwealth TRISTAN DA CUNHA Tristan Da Cunha
Sale No: 43
Lot No:1257
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c.1944 Stampless cover to England with recipients endorsement "From Tristan da Cunha", red "POST / OFFICE / MARITIME / MAIL" machine and tombstone type "FROM H.M SHIP / PASSED BY CENSOR" initialled "EJW 31/5" by Surgeon Lt. Commander E.J.S Wooley, Garrison Commander on the island 1942-44, probably taken from Tristan on 1st June 1944 by the S.S "Empire Friendship", minor creasing but a very scarce identifiable World War Two cover from Tristan. Photo on Page 218. (Image1)