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Postal History of South Georgia, 1937 ~ 46

CENSOR MAIL
SOUTH GEORGIA applied “Passed Censor”.

UPU MAIL

1939 Censored UPU cover to Norway, datestamp SG3, DE 17 39
An early example of South Georgia censored mail with the ‘Passed Censor’ [Upright ‘P’] marking

Carried by Pesca’s Harpon leaving with four bags of mail on 5 January 1940 for Stanley

Datestamp SG1 is not known in use after 29 March 1939. Datestamp SG2 continued spasmodically in use until
25 November 1943, and SG4 for a further month. 25 February 1928 was the earliest recorded use of datestamp

SG3 and rarely seen before 15 December 1938 but regularly used thereafter until 24 February 1944

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