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Postal History of South Georgia, 1913 ~ 29
UPU MAIL
DOUBLE RATE (2 oz)
1920 Cover at UPU, 1907 - 21 double rate, 2½d + 1½d (second ounce), tied by datestamp SG1, DE 10 20 to Norway
Carried by SS Orwell, a tanker, bound for Durban departing on 16 December 1920 with 4 bags of mail
1924 Cover at UPU, 1922 - 25 double rate, 3d + 1½d (second ounce), tied by datestamp SG2, JA 5 24 to USA
Taken with 4 mail bags by Tijuca on 4 February making for Buenos Aires, transit marked there, 23 FEB 1924
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