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Postal History of South Georgia, 1913 ~ 29
PROVISIONALS
1923 BISECTS
Two, or more, stamps were required for the 3d UPU, 1 oz surface letter rate, introduced 1 January 1922
During March 1923, Grytviken Post Office suffered a shortage of ½d, 1d and 2d stamp resolved by the initiative of
the Postmaster who authorised the bisecting of 2½d and 6d stamps to meet this emergency
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The letter headed “Leith Harbour, 2 Mars (19)23” was written by a member of the whaling community
1923 Cover with the bisected 2½d stamp which, as the ½d supplement, has been used with a 2½d stamp to pay the
3d UPU rate to USA, both tied by datestamp SG1, MR 7 23. Taken by SS Velloy making for Barry, South Wales
the steamer departed 7 March to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where local transit marking for 18 MAR 1923 was applied
The only known genuine cover with a bisected 2½d stamp paying ½d, tied to the cover, unique
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