Page 18 - South Georgia

Postal History of South Georgia, 1909 ~ 13

GERMAN SOUTH POLAR EXPEDITION MAIL
SOUTH GEORGIA, OCTOBER~DECEMBER 1911
Expedition registered mail sent at 4½d UPU registered rate

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1911 Cover, flap pre-printed ‘DEUTSCHE ANTARKTISCHE EXPEDITION’,
½d over-franked for UPU registered (label type SG1) rate to famous far-east explorer Sven von Hedin in Stockholm
from Leader W Filchner; datestamp SG1, DE 10 11; transit marked London, 21 JA 12
Expedition four-line cachet exhibits the ‘Grytvikeu’ flaw caused by the ‘n’ being inverted

SOUTH GEORGIA, DECEMBER 1912
After escaping Antarctic ice, Expedition ship Deutschland home bound revisited South Georgia, 19 - 30 December 1912

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1912 Expedition Postcard to Germany dated 27.XII.12 with 1d tied by SG1 datestamp, JA 7 13
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