FALKLAND ISLANDS: WWII 'OPERATION TABARIN', 1943-1 continued...
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 GRAHAM LAND - LATER USE OF THE HOPE BAY BASE D 'DOTTED CIRCLE' CANCEL ON PHILATELIC COVER; 2 Feb. 1946 env. to Port Stanley with
Graham Land ½d to 1/- set of six tied by v. fine blue dotted-circle "Graham Land" cds's.Cross Reference: FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES
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 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
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 SOUTH SHETLANDS - DECEPTION IS. - UNIQUE(?) INTER-BASE COVER TO "BASE A" (PORT LOCKROY); 5 Feb. 1944 env. (edge wear) ex Deception
Island Base B to "Surgeon Lt. E.H. Back RNVR, Port Base A" with S. Shetlands 1d tied by fair purple "South Shetlands" cds but having no Naval censor mark or label. Carried by SS 'Fitzroy' at the correct internal 1d rate. Believed to be the only
surviving Inter-Base Operation Tabarin cover. Significant Exhibition Item. Cross Reference: FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES, MILITARY - WWII
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 SOUTH SHETLANDS - DECEPTION IS. - 4d-RATE COVER REGISTERED TO PORT STANLEY; 5 Feb. 1944 env. (minor edge wear etc.) ex Deception
Island Base B to "Miss Madge B. Biggs" Port Stanley Librarian endorsed "Registered" and so with a S. Shetlands 4d tied by superb black "South Shetlands" cds but having no Naval censor mark or label. Rare genuine 4d single-franking First Day cover.
Cross Reference: FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, REGISTERED MAIL (Image) (Image2)
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 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:
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 SOUTH SHETLANDS - DECEPTION IS. - 1d-RATE COVER WITH CONTENTS TO PORT STANLEY; 6 Feb. 1944 env. (slight faults at top) ex "Deception
Is. [Base B]" (on board the writer's ship SS 'Fitzroy') from the Fitzroy's Captain Keith Pitt to his wife in Port Stanley with S. Shetlands ½d pair tied (through perfs.) by a fine purple "South Shetlands" cds and having a fine 2-ring P. Stanley
backstamp (7 Mar.) but having no Naval censor mark or label. With brief contents; "Beloved, All my love, Keith."Cross Reference: FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES, MILITARY - WWII (Image) (Image2)
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 SOUTH SHETLANDS - DECEPTION IS. - 1d-RATE COVER EX S.S. 'FITZROY' WITH FALKLANDS CENSOR LABEL; 6 Feb. 1944 env. ex Deception Is.
Base B (on board the writer's ship SS 'Fitzroy') from the Fitzroy's retained Captain David Roberts to his MD of the "Falkland Is. Co." in Surrey with S. Shetlands 1d tied by a very fine purple "South Shetlands" cds and having a fine 2-ring P. Stanley
backstamp (6 Mar.) but also having a white Falklands "Opened by Censor." censor label at foot. Roberts was the FI Co's Colonial Manager by this time and had great experience of captaining the 'Fitzroy', so he assisted Captain Pitt on this
voyage.Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - WWII, FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES (Image) (Image2)
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 SOUTH SHETLANDS - DECEPTION IS. - 3d-RATE 'PROVING COVER' TO URUGUAY (WIFE OF BRITISH SCHOOLMASTER); 6 Feb. 1944 env. (embossed
Admiralty flap; slight faults at top) ex Deception Is. Base B to the wife of P. S. Schor the Headmaster of The British School in Montevideo (who worked for the Admiralty's Department of Naval Intelligence in London in 1943/5) in Montevideo (arrival
m/c of 13 Mar. on reverse) with S. Shetlands 1d+2d tied by very fine purple "South Shetlands" cds's but having no Naval censor mark or label. Mrs Schor is recorded as one of the Tabarin addressees of official Admiralty Proving Covers that could be
used to establish Britain's establishment of the Bases. Very rare Proving Cover from the S. Shetlands.Cross Reference: FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, URUGUAY (Image) (Image2)
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 SOUTH SHETLANDS - DECEPTION IS. - PAIR OF 1d-RATE COVERS TO G.B. [+PHOTO OF S.S. 'FITZROY']; 6 Feb. 1944 pair of envs. ex Deception
Is. Base B (on board the writer's ships SS 'Fitzroy' or HMS 'William Scoresby') from Captain David Roberts or Lt. Marchesi to F.I. Co. Chairman in Hampshire or to E.A. Natriss (of the Crown Agents) in Essex; franked with S. Shetlands 1d or ½d pair
all tied by very fine purple "South Shetlands" cds's and each having a mainly very fine 2-ring P. Stanley backstamp (6 Mar.) but having no Naval censor marks or censor labels. [Plus an undated photo of the 'Fitzroy'.] Attractive pair. (2 covers)
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 SOUTH SHETLANDS - DECEPTION IS. - PAIR OF 1d-RATE COVERS TO G.B. (ONE A PROBABLE 'PROVING COVER'); 6 Feb. 1944 pair of envs. ex
Deception Is. Base B (?on board the writer's ships SS 'Fitzroy' or HMS 'William Scoresby') from Captain David Roberts to F.I. Co. M.D. in Surrey or to "C.H.M. Waldock" in Oxford; Waldock was a leading barrister working for Admiralty Intelligence at
this time and the cover to him may have been a 'Proving Cover' addressed by him and specially taken from G.B. Both are franked with S. Shetlands 1d's tied by very fine purple "South Shetlands" cds's and each having a mainly very fine 2-ring P.
Stanley backstamp (6 Mar.) but having no Naval censor marks or censor labels. Good pair. (2 covers)Cross Reference: FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL (Image)
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 SOUTH SHETLANDS - DECEPTION IS. - 1d-RATE UNCENSORED COVER TO G.B. EX CAPTAIN ROBERTS; 6 Feb. 1944 env. ex SS 'Fitzroy' Captain
David Roberts to his "Falkland Is. Co." M.D. in Surrey with S. Shetlands 1d tied by a very fine purple "South Shetlands" cds and clearly addressed by Roberts; also having a mainly very fine P. Stanley transit 2-ring cds (6 Mar.) on the
reverse.Cross Reference: FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES, MILITARY - WWII (Image) (Image2)
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 SOUTH SHETLANDS - DECEPTION IS. "NAVAL PARTY 475" COVER + CONTENTS TO PORT STANLEY; 20/22 Mar. 1944 env. (with contents) ex
Deception Island Base B to Port Stanley with S. Shetlands ½d pair tied by fine purple "South Shetlands" cds's and while having no Naval censor mark or label, signed on the front by "W.R. Flett, a/c magistrate" on the front; with mainly very fine
2-ring P. Stanley backstamp (8 Apr). Sent by the Base's meteorologist, Sub. Lt. "Gordon" Hawkins. The contents headed "Naval Party 475, c/o GPO London" include thanks for help obtaining warm clothing when briefly in P. Stanley and; "...I've learned
enough to know that you won't be keeping the Stamp on this letter. Sorry I wasn't able to write to you both and so provide you with a stamp each, but they are strictly limited and only essential letters are allowed." Rare thus. Cross
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 SOUTH SHETLANDS - DECEPTION IS. "NAVAL PARTY 475" CENSORED COVER + LONG CONTENTS TO EAST FALKLANDS; 17/20 Apr. 1944 env. (with long
contents) ex Deception Island Base B to "Darwin, East Falklands" without stamps but having a blue tombstone-framed "FROM H.M. SHIP" Naval censor mark dated (20 Apr.) and initialled by "JM" (Jock Matheson) on the front; also with mainly very faint
2-ring P. Stanley transit backstamp (25 Apr). Sent by the Base's meteorologist, Sub. Lt. "Gordon" Hawkins. The contents headed "Naval Party 475, c/o GPO London" include thanks for 6 camera films, news of the writer's imminent wedding to Olga, and
lengthy details about the restricted use of S. Shetlands stamps; "I can't do anything about purchasing stamps for you here, but, as you probably know, they are on general sale in Stanley... Only South Shetland stamps will be accepted here - the
Graham Land & Orkneys overprints are not valid. The magistrate is away at the moment [hence the lack of a stamp on this letter]...". [Plus 1988 OHMS env, ex P. Stanley to Evans with copy of the marriage cert. for Howkins & Olga (King) on 3 Apr.
1945.] Rare stampless O.A.S. cover to East Falklands. [Ex Harry Evans, Nov. 2014; lot 4100 realised £680+BP.]Cross Reference: FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image) (Image2)
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 SOUTH SHETLANDS - DECEPTION IS. - 1d-RATE COVER EX BASE B TO NEW ZEALAND CENSORED TWICE; 1 Aug. 1944 env. (some edge wear & fault at
top near stamp) to Auckland with South Shetlands 1d tied by a very fine black "South Shetlands" cds and having part of a Naval censor tombstone mark visible at left beneath the London "9922/P.C.90." censor label having a mainly very fine P. Stanley
backstamp (15 Dec). Sent by the Operation's Radio Operator, Norman Layther to his mother. Rare destination from Deception Island. Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES, NEW ZEALAND (Image) (Image2)
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 SOUTH SHETLANDS - DECEPTION IS. - 1d-RATE CENSORED COVER TO G.B. EX W. FLETT BASE B LEADER; 29 Aug. 1944 env. ex Deception Is. Base
B from William Flett, the Base B Leader & geologist to a fellow geologist with "H.M. Geological Survey... Edinburgh" with S. Shetlands 1d tied by a very fine black "South Shetlands" cds and also having a fine strike of the cut-down tombstone Naval
"PASSED BY CENSOR" mark (ink mark) signed & dated by "W.R. Flett, a/c magistrate" (29 Aug.) with a mainly very fine 2-ring P. Stanley backstamp (15 Dec.). Good cover from the Base B Commander.Cross Reference: FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES,
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 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,
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 SOUTH SHETLANDS - DECEPTION IS. - 1d-RATE CENSORED COVER TO G.B. EX TABARIN COMMANDER MARR; 6 Dec. 1944 env. ex Deception Is. Base B
from Lt. Cdr. James Marr, Commander of Operation Tabarin (in his distinctive hand) to Stamford with S. Shetlands 1d tied by a very fine purple "South Shetlands" cds and also having a London "898/P.C.90" censor label at left but without backstamps. A
rare cover from Deception Island sent by Marr himself.Cross Reference: FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)
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 SOUTH SHETLANDS - DECEPTION IS. - 1d-RATE SELF-CENSORED COVER TO G.B. EX BASE B LEADER FLETT; 6 Dec. 1944 env. ex Deception Is. Base
B Leader W.R. Flett to "James Wordie, Cambridge" with S. Shetlands 1d tied by a very fine purple "South Shetlands" cds and clearly addressed by Flett and also signed by him as censor at lower left; "W.R. Flett, a/c magistrate", also having a very
fine P. Stanley transit cds (15 Dec.) on the reverse.Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES
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 SOUTH SHETLANDS - DECEPTION IS. - 2d-RATE PANORAMIC PPC OF FACTORY BAY USED TO PORT STANLEY; 5 Dec. 1944 usage of a fine
double-width "PANORAMIC POSTCARD" depicting "General View, Factory Bay, South Shetlands" ex Deception Is. Base B S. Shetlands 2d on the picture side tied by a very fine purple "South Shetlands" cds; addressed with purple h.s. to "LES HARDY" (the
souvenirs & general goods shop owner) in Port Stanley (v. fine 15 Dec. arrival cds on address side). Unusual item.Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES, MILITARY - WWII (Image) (Image2)
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 SOUTH SHETLANDS - DECEPTION IS. - 3d-RATE COVER TO CHILE CENSORED BY SUB. LT. "ALAN REECE"; 22 Jan. 1945 env. (light stains) ex
Deception Is. Base B to "Iquique, Chile" and censored (tombstone Naval mark) by "Alan Reece" (signed & dated at lower left by him as censor) with S. Shetlands 3d tied by a light purple "South Shetlands" cds, having overlapped fine P. Stanley (16
Feb.) and Iquique (8 May) backstamps. Rare destination from Tabarin in the South Shetlands.Cross Reference: CHILE, FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES, MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image) (Image2)
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