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Postal History of South Georgia, 1929 ~ 37
EXPEDITION MAIL
‘DISCOVERY’ COMMITTEE
1933 ‘Discovery’ Expedition Cover at Empire rate, 1d Centenary tied by datestamp SG2, 6 MR 33
Carried by SS Fleurus, departing 17 April to Stanley, docking on 22 April
1937 Cover at Empire rate, tied by datestamp SG2, 18 JA 37
Written by James Marr, a Biologist aboard SS Discovery II to his fiancée, later to be his wife
1n 1943 Lieutenant Commander JS Marr RN was appointed Expedition Leader of Operation Tabarin
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