Lot 499
Falkland Islands 1947 Submarine cover

Stamps & Covers of The World Including the Petra Collection | S25021
Auction: 25 November 2025 at 10:30 GMT
Description
1947 registered envelope to Wales bearing 1/3d pair with Port Stanley CDS of 5 JU, with provisional airmail label (Mitchell Type 6). Endorsed ‘To Montevideo per U.S. Submarine “Sea Robin”’. No transit or arrival markings
Footnote
All airmail at this time initially travelled to Montevideo by sea. The Sea Robin was on a voyage circumnavigating South America, during which she became the first submarine to round Cape Horn. She left Port Stanley on 6th June, carrying at least one mailbag

