Page 30 - South Georgia

Postal History of South Georgia, 1913 ~ 29

UPU MAIL
UPU Letter rate 2½d for first 1 oz, re-established 1 January 1926~31 August 1940

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1928 Cover datestamp SG2, FE 19 28 during the short SG 2½d Provisional surcharge period sent by Einar Palmer (died and

buried at Grytviken) to his fiancée in Norway. Taken by SS Skaraas, leaving that day for Montevideo with 10 mail bags

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1928 Cover at UPU 2½d rate, datestamped SG1, OC 29 28; taken next day by SS Tijuca to Buenos Aires

Sent from Johansen, SS So(uthern) Wave [whale catcher], Prince Olav Harbour, SG
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