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Postal History of Operation Tabarin, 1944 ~ 1945

                      CENSORED EXPEDITION MAIL from Base B, SOUTH SHETLANDS
                                        The Layther Correspondence to New Zealand

1944 Cover (number 20) datestamp B3, 18 SEP 1944; Sender: N Layther, Wireless Operator & Mechanic, Base B
      to his Mother. Twice Censored: Examiner 2482 (UK PC90 tape) & RN Tombstone, Censor Dr WE Flett

                     1944 Cover (numbered 16), Thrice Censored: Examiner 1184 (UK PC90 label),
                  Examiner Number illegible (UK PC90 tape) & RN Tombstone, Censor Dr WE Flett;

                               datestamp B3, 21 AUG 1944; Stanley transit PS.3, 15 DE (44)

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‘Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey,’ a civilian organisation, replaced RN led Operation Tabarin in July 1945.

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