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Postal History of South Georgia, 1937 ~ 46
EMPIRE MAIL
1937 Cover at 1d Empire rate datestamp SG1, 21 AU 37; taken by Salvesen transport/tanker SS Saluta departing
26 August, carrying 3 bags of mail, bound for oil port, Curacao; mail reached UK on 30 September
1939 Cover at 1d Empire rate, datestamp SG3, MR 28 39
SS Lafonia departed Grytviken that day, taking the mail bound for Stanley, arriving 31 March
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