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Postal History of South Georgia, 1937 ~ 46
DEPENDENCY OVERPRINTS
CENSOR COMMONWEALTH MAIL
1d Commonwealth, was Empire, Rate, 1892 - 13 February 1966
1944 Cover, with “Passed Censor” handstamp, type a2 ‘Upright P’ in violet; sent by I Fleuret, SG Postmaster
Late but accepted use (officially discouraged) of un-overprinted stamp tied by SG5 datestamp, 4 OCT 1944
Taken by Pesca’s transporter Ernesto Tornquist later that day, bound for Buenos Aires carrying 3 bags of mail
1945 Cover, with ‘Opened by Censor’ label, type a, on reverse to Canada at 1d Commonwealth rate,
“South Georgia” overprinted 1d tied by SG5 datestamp, 9 JAN 1945
Taken by transport ship SS Suderøy outbound 11 January for Stanley arrived 19 January with 1 bag of mail
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