Page 72 - South Georgia

Postal History of South Georgia, 1937 ~ 46

CENSOR MAIL
POSTAL SERVICES SUSPENDED
Mail en route to Norway considered undeliverable owing to German invasion on 9 April 1940
Censor Whaling mail to Norway “Returned to Sender”

1940 (20 Feb) Registered whaling cover from Stanley, Falkland Islands, en route to Norway
was censored in England, and resealed by “Opened by Censor 259” label after examination
Postal services to Norway were suspended; a result of the invasion and occupation by German armed forces and

thus mail in transit was handstamped for RETURN TO SENDER by Royal Mail

This English World War II marking is not known on mail from South Georgia
[Around five examples recorded on mail from the Falkland Islands]

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