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Postal History of South Georgia, 1937 ~ 46
UPU MAIL
DOUBLE RATE, 2oz
First ounce charged at 2½d, additional ounces, or part ounce, charged at 1½d
1938 Cover double rate to Tønsberg Sparebank franked at 4d paying the UPU 2 oz rate
datestamped SG1, 26 NO 38; despatched per Salvesen’s cargo vessel SS Fintra on 10 December 1938
making for Las Palmas, a popular port of call for whalers returning to North Europe, arrived Tønsberg, 9 I 39
MAIL CENSORSHIP at SOUTH GEORGIA
WW II Censorship was authorised by the Governor throughout the period 25 August 1939 to 31 July 1945
The Censor was equipped with two handstamps : “Opened by Censor”, and “Passed Censor”
Markings were mostly in shades of mauve/violet ink, known in black ink but only a few, rare
After c1942, research has confirmed that the “Opened by Censor” label,
printed in Stanley by the Government Printing Office was supplied, and resupplied to Grytviken
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