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Postal History of South Georgia, 1909 ~ 13

‘PAID at SOUTH GEORGIA’ PROVISIONALS
JIW INITIALLED, FEBRUARY 1912
Printed Matter, at 1d UPU double rate

Postmaster JI Wilson returned early February 1912 from leave, relieving his Deputy, and used the handstamp

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1912 Cover [Osborne T.3] at 1d UPU Printed Matter, Double rate, datestamp SG1, FE 14 12

Handstamp SH 1C [with upper case ‘A’ in ‘At’ & initialled by ‘JIW’]
On her fourth voyage SS Harpon, bound for Buenos Aires, left Grytviken on 15 February 1912

laden with 6,140 barrels of whale oil, 5 tons of guano and carried the mail

The only known “Paid At” 1d rate cover signed by SG Postmaster JI Wilson
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