Description

1943 Australia 5½d Registered envelope by airmail to ALB. Bakkes, Surg, Lt. Comdr., c/o H.N.M.S. “Van Galen”, c/o GPO Freemantle from Dutch Consulate with violet circular CONSULAAT DER NEDERLANDEN / Arms / ADELAIDE (Z.A.) Up rated with definitive 2 x GV1 3d tied weak Registered Adelaide South Aust cds & with matching registration label No 5402 on reverse weak smudgy Adelaide despatch cds & good Freemantle /West Australia (29 Mar) arrival cds ………Remarkable item of Registered Airmail envelope from Dutch Consulate to Dutch destroyer “Van Galen” stationed at Freemantle as part of the Free Dutch Navy fighting with the allies & engaged mostly on escort duty