Page 44 - South Georgia

Postal History of South Georgia, 1929 ~ 37

POSTCARDS
1930 BISECT
½d or 1d stamps were required for both Empire 1 oz letter and postcard rates
During October 1930, Grytviken Post Office suffered a shortage of ½d and 1d stamps,
resolved by the Acting Magistrate who took it upon himself to authorise the bisecting of 2d stamps
to mitigate the emergency, each half to do duty as 1d

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1930 Postcard, dated “Grytviken, S Georgia; 9 Oct 1930”was sent by a member of the over-wintering maintenance

gang. The bisected half of a 2d stamp used to pay the 1d Empire postcard rate to Twickenham
Despite the comment “mail leaves tomorrow”, available shipping records do not list any such vessel

Only two postcards are known franked with a bisected 2d, both datestamped by SG1, 10 October 1930
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