Page 64 - South Georgia

Postal History of South Georgia, 1937 ~ 46

EMPIRE MAIL
REGISTERED
Registration charged at 3d from 1 January 1922 to 13 February 1966

1938 Cover at Empire 1d + 3d Registration, label type SG5, rate to England, datestamped SG1, 8 AP 38
South Georgia records list SS Tijuca leaving Grytviken on 11 April 1938 for Buenos Aires with whale oil & mail

Arrival at Maidstone recorded by a transit stamp dated 24 MY 38

1939 Cover at Empire 2 oz, 1d x2 + 3d Registration, label type SG5, rate to Scotland, datestamp SG4, 14 MR 39
FF New Sevilla left South Georgia on 15 March at the end of the whaling season for Tønsberg, her base port
Transit at Liverpool recorded on 17 MY 39

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